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

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

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

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

The alphabet is a big learning milestone for most kids. Help your child learn alphabetical order by making a food list in this fun Thanksgiving activity.

If your child enjoys drawing, here's a fun way to learn about compound words that uses art as a visual aid.

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

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

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!

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

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:

A new twist on the game of charades will inspire your first grader to look at her favorite books in a whole new light.

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

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

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

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

Combine kids' love of scavenger hunts with consonant blends to create a fun game that's perfect for everything from birthday parties to rainy days at home.

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

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

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

On Father's Day, delight Dad--and stretch your early reader, too!--with this adorable ABC book of "Fun with Dad."

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.

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

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

With nothing more than a flat open space and some lively kids, you can reinforce key concepts of punctuation while having lots of healthy laughs.

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.

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.

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

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