Use a basic tape recorder and some favorite books to help your first grader read smoothly--and make someone's day in the process!

Water can go from solid to liquid to gas...but how does popcorn go from kernel to snack? Invite your first grade scientist to find out.

Put old, worn-out picture books to work by constructing a book birdhouse, perfect for welcoming spring.

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

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.

A new twist on the game of charades will inspire your first grader to look at her favorite books in a whole new light.

This simple bookmaking activity will introduce and reinforce alphabet and number recognition skills that have been taught at home or learned in preschool.

This craft is an excellent way to learn about African-American history, and it also provides fine motor practice.

Help your child to create a familiar favorite from a book or series he adores out of papier-mache. Exercise your child's imagination and language arts skills.

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

Inspire a love for the written word by creating an illustrated nature poetry book with your kids.

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

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

Support your first grader's interest in reading with this decorative bookmark that illustrates a favorite scene from a loved book.

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

Your kindergartener will make prints of his favorite fruits and vegetables and learn how to organize and assemble his very own book.

Practice reading and writing by helping your first grader create a family recipe book!

Make a wanted poster of a villain from a favorite book or fairy tale in this fun reading comprehension activity!

Inspired by the children's book, Charlotte's Web by E.B. White, this card brings the spunky spider Charlotte to life!

Learn about the layers of the Earth and make a model! Create a earth layer book, cake, or clay diagram.

Let your kid experiment with textures among fabric and other materials that are smooth, rough, soft, or slippery—and then they'll make a texture book!

Making Dad a comic book is a great gift for Father's Day, and one that helps them work on fine motor skills, storytelling and handwriting.

This book-making activity is quick and easy, and it gives emerging readers insight into how a story's illustrations provide context clues.

Get your first grader to help you with scrapbooking by showing him how to use multiple envelopes to create an accordion-style photo book.

Make a campfire crown, complete with roasted marshmallows!

Send your child on a table of contents treasure hunt to help build basic research skills! Navigating a book is a skill that is sure to come in handy later on.

Celebrate Read Across America Day with your first grader by playing a pink crepe paper racing game inspired by Dr. Seuss's book "The Cat in the Hat Come Back."

What would it be like to be the Cat in the Hat from the famous Dr. Seuss book? This Read Across America project has your 1st grader making his own fun-in-a-box!

Celebrate spring with a cute cut-out bug button your child can make out of colorful felt and markers!

What's the science behind those out-of-sight roots? Find out if you can trick roots into growing in different directions.