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

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.

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.

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!

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!

Challenge your first or second grade reader to make 100 words in this reading and spelling activity for the 100th Day of School.

Spark your kids' interest in writing by helping them write a mini-book about their favorite subject: themselves!

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

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

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

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

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:

Try this simple activity to stimulate some very complex thinking with your first grader to develop those all-important reading and comprehension skills.

Here's a rainy day phonics craft project for you and your first grader. Reel in those double "ee" words on this do-it-yourself eel!

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

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 grader gain new reading skills in this fun, homemade phonics game that the whole family can enjoy!