Helping your child learn to read doesn't only have to mean using books from the library or from the store. You can make a book of your own - a nonsense book!

With nothing more than a flat open space and some lively kids, you can reinforce key concepts of punctuation while having lots of healthy laughs.

Children tap into their own imaginative storytelling skills by creating and writing a richly embellished folk tale about their favorite member of the animal kingdom.

For Read Across America Day, challenge your first grader to come up with a story using magnetic words inspired by "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss.

It's always good to have a little help during the holiday. Show your child how to set a table setting and then help him create a placemat map.

Here's a household scavenger hunt that shows kids the natural sources behind everyday objects...and builds reading skills, too!

This goofy scramble book activity will bring laughs...but also some good, solid comprehension skills too!

A new twist on the game of charades will inspire your first grader to look at her favorite books in a whole new light.

New readers need to develop a "bank" of words they can read by sight. Hate flashcards? Consider this fresh way to practice sight words to perfection...Bingo!

Here is a fun at-home physical activity that encourages movement while also working on literacy or math skills!

Let your imagination take flight as you explore the beautiful continent of Africa! Do this fun writing activity with your child to honor Black History Month.

Guide your first grader through a map drawing project inspired by her favorite fairy tale. Its masked as a fun art activity, but it also packs learning punch!

This fun and easy project is the perfect way to help your first grader remember who's who, practice her handwriting, and help decorate for Thanksgiving.

Help your first grade child figure out contractions and their original two words by playing this simple game, Contraction Concentration!

Invite your first grader to create this "layers of love" keepsake for that special someone! It holds a sweet, personal message for the recipient.

Here's an wholesome arts and crafts activity for your kid: create awesome handmade apple note cards with just some paint and blank paper!

In this parts of speech fall scavenger hunt, kids will search for all the hidden leaves, sort them into parts of speech categories, and then practice creating their own sentences using the words they find.

Take a beach ball, a marker, and a first grader. What do you get? An outdoor activity that works on reading comprehension, in the midst of a game of catch!

Help your first grader build sight word knowledge by creating a reading pointer and taking the family on a house-wide reading tour!

Try this brand name phonics activity to help your child build up his language arts skills.

Help your learner develop her fine motor and communication skills with this fun and festive fall activity.

Celebrate the fiery colors of fall with a charming tree and a pile of wordy leaves.

With a newspaper, highlighter, and some fun extra prizes, you can help your first grader start lifetime reading habits with print all around us.

Children will read a book, then retell the story with pictures they have painted on stones.

Ask your kids to write these one-sentence "Holiday Wishes." Without realizing it, they'll be building third grade Language Arts skills.

Here's a writing activity that helps young learners explore an ant's perspective...and practice writing, too!

Challenge your first grader to wordsmith her way to victory with this puzzle! Who can find the most words in the letters of "Saint Patrick's Day"?

Practice reading and writing by helping your first grader create a family recipe book!

Let your child catch you making deliberate errors in this silly game that promotes serious learning about punctuation.