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

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.

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

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

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

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.

Reinforce your child’s understanding of the alphabet by helping them construct all of the letters using pipe cleaners.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

These Thanksgiving place cards are a fun turkey-twist on traditional place markers. Make a set of these Thanksgiving place cards with your child this November.

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:

Help your child with his decoding and early reading skills in this fun game where you follow a spider web to find your treasure!

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

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

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

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

New readers need to develop a "bank" of words they can read by sight. Hate flashcards? Consider this fresh way to practice sight words to perfection...Bingo!