This alphabet hunt is pure pirate-loving fun. And it gives kids practice in learning to recognize letters and sounds-- a key skill for reading readiness.

Help your child keep track of his pledges to be more environmentally friendly with a calendar made entirely out of recycled and reused materials!

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

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

Help your first grade child figure out contractions and their original two words by playing this simple game, Contraction Concentration!

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!

Try this goofy, first grade phonics craft that focuses on the letter "F" as in "Frog" and helps build crucial reading and spelling skills in your child.

Celebrate Labor Day with this fun activity. Show your child how to make a "career book" and explore the many jobs that people have, while practicing writing.

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

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

Teach your kindergartener or first grader about the art of correspondence by guiding them to create their own postcards out of favorite family photographs.

Make a Santa-shaped "wish card" holder for your child...and sneak in some solid practice in reading and writing, too!

Celebrate Irish history and culture this St. Patrick's Day by making a miniature version of the Blarney Stone!

Help your child practice his writing skills, while ensuring he'll get some mail to call his own, by making Family Mailboxes, a fun arts and crafts project.

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

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

Give your first grader reading and writing practice with this fun, practical postcard that will also help with spelling strategies.

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:

Make a big green alligator with household items and help your kindergartener practices letters and sounds!

This fill-in-the-blanks game is a little like Mad Libs, but for emerging writers. Get ready for some silly sentences!

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways ... on my eight limbs and eight hearts!

Here's an wholesome arts and crafts activity for your kid: create awesome handmade apple note cards with just some paint and blank paper!

Make grammar interesting for kinders, with this fun take on charades. They'll practice verbs and get in some giggles, too!

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

Here's an adorable kindergarten refrigerator magnet that celebrates the glories of the letter "B" and benefits your early reader.

Here's an activity that puts a new twist on a classic game. Help your first-grader create their own wooden word blocks and play sight word Jenga.

Make these simple homemade New Year's gifts with your child this holiday season to give to friends and family, each with a special message inside.

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

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.

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