Ensuring that what we say is truthful, helpful, inspiring, necessary, and kind takes practice! In this social emotional learning activity, your child will set a goal for themselves to THINK before they speak.

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:

Children will love this arts and crafts activity. Write an "invisible" message in white crayon, then paint over it to reveal the secret!

Help your learner read, write, and understand letters and letter sounds with this delightful journal activity.

This Thanksgiving cornucopia activity will give you a nice homemade table decoration and will give your child a festive reason to read, write, and be thankful.

Inspire your learner to love poems like Sonia Sotomayor by reading some poetry aloud!

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

Boost those first grade reading and writing skills with this sweet Mother's Day poem idea.

Let your imagination take flight as you explore the beautiful continent of Africa! Do this fun writing activity with your child to honor Black History Month.

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

Want to help your child recognize the recipe for a successful sentence? Here's a fun activity to get your child thinking about how sentences work.

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

Pasta makes a good dinner, but it can also be used to teach proper letter formation! In this easy crafts activity, you'll use pasta and glue to form letters.

A thankful turkey helps your child think about on the things that he's thankful for. Make this turkey craft with your child for Thanksgiving.

Why do plants wilt? Kids will learn to think critically about what environmental factors affect plants, and what plants need to survive.

This fun, think-outside-the-box activity introduces kids to gravity and other basic scientific concepts as they construct an impressive marble run!

First graders are learning to think like scientists. What better place to start, then by raising tadpoles? This hands-on activity explores science in action!

Your child will decorate a headband with any bugs they can think of, then they'll add antennae so they can pretend to be a bug!

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

This goofy pasta clown sculpture will help your child develop his small muscle skills and think creatively while decking it out with a colorful circus outfit.

What are you the most thankful for? Challenge your kid to think about all the reasons he has to be thankful and make a turkey featuring one particular thing.

It's easier than you think to make homemade play dough -- just a few pantry staples makes a natural version of the toy that kids have loved for generations.

Here is a way to help your first grader keep track of the books she has read, and also help her develop some critical thinking skills.

Use real elastic to help your kindergartener learn to "stretch" and blend letters to read words.

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

Create this quick and easy craft with your child, and then let their imagination float free as they write about it!

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:

Did you ever think you could make colors disappear right before your eyes? This science experiment is just like a magic trick: now you see it, now you don't!

Play this homophone game with your child the next time you sit down with them to read a story and help them build some valuable reading skills.

Think you can blow up a balloon without using your mouth? This isn't just a cool trick, it's also a great way to introduce chemistry and biology concepts.