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

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

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!

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

Try this fun outdoor game to improve your first grader's reading skills. This activity is perfect for summer!

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

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

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

Who are the people young readers meet in their books? This reading activity will help your first grader build important comprehension skills.

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

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.

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

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

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

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:

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Try this brand name phonics activity to help your child build up his language arts skills.

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.

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

Help your child make an imaginative scene come to life by making a diorama. Your child will be practicing three dimensional thinking and language arts skills.

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:

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.