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It's always good to have a little help during the holiday. Show your child how to set a table setting and then help him create a placemat map.

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

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

Dads, this activity's for you. Brighten mom's day with a set of kid-designed "mom coupons" that are sure to keep mom happily pampered for weeks.

Children will read a book, then retell the story with pictures they have painted on stones.

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:

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.

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.

For Read Across America Day, challenge your first grader to come up with a story using magnetic words inspired by "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss.

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:

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!

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!

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

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.

Practice reading with this fun game, where your first grader will "hunt" for hidden words around the house.

Help your child gain reading comprehension skills, as well as listening and memory skills with this fun activity that uses his favorite book!

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!

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

Craft a paper rocket in this hands-on activity inspired by the life of Mae Jemison!

Challenge your first grader to wordsmith her way to victory with this puzzle! Who can find the most words in the letters of "Saint Patrick's Day"?

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.

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

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

Help your learner develop her fine motor and communication skills with this fun and festive fall activity.

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.

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

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.

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.