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

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.

Counting syllables can be tough. Help your kid get some practice on Valentine's Day with this simple game.

Delight your first grader by combining a reading activity with a fun "tea party" as she unscrambles cut-up words in a tea bag to form sentences and stories.

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

Here's a hilarious alternative to those sugary conversation hearts...and a way to keep building first grade literacy skills while you're at it!

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

Creating a book is one thing, but creating a codex is a whole different ball game.

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.

Here's an activity to help your first grader read and write, while staying in touch with a faraway friend or relative. Here's how:

Help your first grader practice sight words with this fun activity. Learn how to put together a puzzle while practicing common sight words.

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.

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

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

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

Help your child with his decoding and early reading skills in this fun game where you follow a spider web to find your treasure!

Use a beloved toy as a jumping-off point for a fantastic storytelling exercise in this activity that will get the littlest ones thinking about creative writing.

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

Foster a love of words in your little cupid this Valentine's Day by creating a memory game that doubles as an early reading activity.

People have identification cards, why not pets? Make an ID card for your family pet, a fun activity that also gives your child some writing practice.

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

Sure, you can go out and buy a box of Valentine cards--but for a special message try this simple craft activity to make someone's day.

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.

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

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

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

By using watercolor paints to practice writing letters, sentences, and math problems, your child will practice first grade skills in his "Sidewalk School."

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.

Save some money on the decorations with this simple birthday banner that your child can make himself!

Thanksgiving dinner can be filled with fun and memorable interactions between family members. This holiday, why not memorialize some of those details and events with a family poem? You can create a lasting memory in the form of a poem with contributions f