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

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

This activity introduces growth mindset and looking at mistakes as opportunities to learn and grow, rather than obstacles. Your child will understand the difference between seeing a mistake as a learning opportunity, rather than as a disappointment.

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!

Reinforce your child’s understanding of geometry and 2D shapes while learning about the artist Mary Blair and her amazing contributions to many loved movies, books, and characters throughout her career.

In this social emotional learning activity, your child will create a goal board and practice setting one goal for an assignment or task and the steps they will need to achieve it.

This fun photography activity will build your child's vocabulary, their understanding of the world, and they'll make their own game of concentration!

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

Make learning to read even more fun for kids by creating an accordion learning book filled with fun transportation pictures.

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!

In this social emotional learning activity, children will learn about forgiveness by watching a short video, listening to and learning "The Forgiveness Song," and reflecting on a time they practiced forgiveness.

Build your kindergartener's reading comprehension by making a classic box of objects that invite them into the books you're reading together.

This Earth Day, create an adorable litter bug while learning about the importance of recycling.

Ignite your kindergartener's love of adventure and learning with an imaginary trip under the sea.

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

Is your child learning to write the alphabet correctly? In this "kinesthetic" activity, use movement and art to help your child with letter-writing.

Make a bear cave for your child to play and explore, learning about bears and winter hibernation.

This spider mobile activity encourages learning about the science of motion, air currents and art.

Don't let alphabet practice turn into catching zzz's. Paint up a zany Z zebra and inject a little excitement into learning letters.

This activity is a fun challenge for students who have just started learning to program educational robots.

This flash card game will help your child memorize words while visually learning the differences between objects.

Play this hidden number game with your preschooler or kindergartener that will give them a leg up in learning numbers.

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

Learn how to count in Spanish. Your child will practice numbers and build reading skills while learning a bit about Latino culture along the way.

Pump up the learning level of your kindergartener's summer break by playing patriotic bingo when July 4th rolls around.

This activity is a fun way to "go fishing" with your preschooler, while learning about the concepts of freezing and melting.

Deep relaxation is a great way to create the conditions for learning by helping students let go of tension and worry.

Kids get in lots of letter learning as they play this fun twist on regular tag, which engages their minds as well as their bodies.

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!