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Plan ahead for summer, by constructing a holiday calendar with your child. A great way to teach kids about time!

Does your child love to play with their food? Then they'll get a big kick out of this activity, where they'll practice handwriting skills...using rice.

Here's a hands-on activity that first grade use to help kids get a feel for equations. It uses popsicle sticks to practice addition and subtraction!

Better than any store bought Father's Day card, this touching keepsake lets your child give Dad a peek into their relationship from her point of view.

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

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

Create a sun-shaped summer words chart in this DIY craft activity!

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

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!

Challenge your budding wordsmith to see how many words he can make out of his own name, using homemade flashcards.

This countdown to Christmas craft is fun for kids who are excited for the holiday. Countdown to Christmas with this fun holiday activity.

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!

Have your kid create a chart of job titles. It's a great way to get them to recognize the people whose efforts benefit the community.

Invite your first grader to create this "layers of love" keepsake for that special someone! It holds a sweet, personal message for the recipient.

Using simple materials, children will create a movement card game that the whole family can play together.

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

Take a trip to the pet store and then make a scrapbook to help your kindergartener learn the difference between living and non living things!

Make a fun refrigerator graph with your first grader in order to help her develop those crucial graphing skills, while engaging with the whole family.

Most kids love to play spy. Here's a way to have fun with mysterious codes while mastering an ordinary, necessary skill: first grade spelling.

The meaning of Thanksgiving can sometimes get lost among the fun of food and family. Discuss the meaning of Thanksgiving with this fun activity.

Childhood summers are magical, full of splashy fun and relaxing afternoons. Preserving those memories should be special as well.

Teach your child the meaning of recycle and reuse by repurposing plastic spoons as plant markers for your vegetable garden.

Practice reading and vocabulary by making sight words into a puzzle!

Give your kid the opportunity to experiment with color combinations, and how the tape is applied as they make special cards for friends and family.

Looking for Father's Day inspiration? Make him a "card" he can wear...and build up your kindergartener's reading skills while you're at it.

This simple art project will help your child think of nice words to say that come from the heart.

Learn all about Misty Copeland, a famous African American ballerina with this hands-on, colorful art project!

This St. Patrick's-themed color game reinforces your kindergartener's recognition of green objects, and also gives her reading and listening skills a work out.

Got a kid who's learning to read? Looking for a new board game to add to the bunch? With a little help from your child, you can make a game of your own!

Make a kindergarten "discovery table" that reinforces both science and writing skills. Here's how: