Make a Santa-shaped "wish card" holder for your child...and sneak in some solid practice in reading and writing, too!

Help your preschooler learn the Four Questions prior to the big night with a homemade book, complete with words and illustrations!

All you need is chalk and pavement to set up this silly, fun, and practical game that reinforces important vocabulary.

Give your first grader reading and writing practice with this fun, practical postcard that will also help with spelling strategies.

In this activity, your first grader will practice calendar skills, observe the weather and learns to read calendar words. Here's how to get started:

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

Encourage your writer to uncover their imagination and storytelling skills by authoring their very own book.

Here's an activity that puts a new twist on a classic game. Help your first-grader create their own wooden word blocks and play sight word Jenga.

Make these simple homemade New Year's gifts with your child this holiday season to give to friends and family, each with a special message inside.

Boost those first grade reading and writing skills with this sweet Mother's Day poem idea.

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.

What's the first letter? Play this game with your first grader the next time you read together, and watch her reading skills grow as she climbs the levels.

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

Practice reading with this fun game, where your first grader will "hunt" for hidden words around the house.

You've probably played the game "I Spy." It's perfect for long car rides. But with a little tweaking, the game can also help kids practice syllables.

Help your child gain reading comprehension skills, as well as listening and memory skills with this fun activity that uses his favorite book!

Want to help your child recognize the recipe for a successful sentence? Here's a fun activity to get your child thinking about how sentences work.

Dads, this activity's for you. Brighten mom's day with a set of kid-designed "mom coupons" that are sure to keep mom happily pampered for weeks.

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

These Thanksgiving place cards are a fun turkey-twist on traditional place markers. Make a set of these Thanksgiving place cards with your child this November.

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!

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

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"?

Here's a fun activity to reinforce simple short and long vowel words for your first grader.

Inspire your learner to love poems like Sonia Sotomayor by reading some poetry aloud!

Make this creative "story cartoon" tray to help your first grader build reading comprehension skills while having a hilarious time!

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.

Compound words get easier if kids can spot two smaller words that they already know inside. Add some fun to the process with this card game!

This treasure hunt gets kids comfortable using the dictionary, and makes looking up words a lot of fun!