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

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

This flash card game will help your child memorize words while visually learning the differences between objects.

Better than any store bought Father's Day card, this touching keepsake lets your child give Dad a peek into their relationship from her point of view.

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

Help your first grade reader master those letter blends like "ch" and "sh" with this memorable and hilarious beanbag toss game.

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

Here's a silly game that uses nursery rhymes to introduce a big concept in first grade reading and writing: learning about nouns and verbs.

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

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.

This project combines arts and crafts with writing, as your child writes a story and publishes it into a book made out of a paper bag!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Crown" dad this Father's Day—and sneak in some letter-sound practice, too.

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

Help your first grade reader become an expert in "sh," "ch," and "th" words with this fun, homemade game.

Childhood summers are magical, full of splashy fun and relaxing afternoons. Preserving those memories should be special as well.

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

This string a necklace arts activity teaches first grade readers to look for a story's beginning, middle, and end.

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

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

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

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

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

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