Play hopscotch with numbers, but also with letters, to get kids ready for reading.

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

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.

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.

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!

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!

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:

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

This 'handy' Thanksgiving wreath gets your child to focus on things he's grateful for all year. Create a Thanksgiving wreath with your child this November.

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Use the appeal of the common road sign to your advantage by creating a game with hidden learning opportunities.

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.

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.

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

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

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