Turn your living room into a sophisticated café while your child and their friends explore the world of poetry with this unique and entertaining party idea.

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!

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

Delight your first grader by combining a reading activity with a fun "tea party" as she unscrambles cut-up words in a tea bag to form sentences and stories.

Combine kids' love of scavenger hunts with consonant blends to create a fun game that's perfect for everything from birthday parties to rainy days at home.

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.

Help your child make an imaginative scene come to life by making a diorama. Your child will be practicing three dimensional thinking and language arts skills.

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

This 'handy' Thanksgiving wreath gets your child to focus on things he's grateful for all year. Create a Thanksgiving wreath with your child this November.

Help your second grader grasp the concept of verb tenses with this silly card game!

Here's a rainy day phonics craft project for you and your first grader. Reel in those double "ee" words on this do-it-yourself eel!

Help you child create an inspirational quote board out of foam that will motivate her to produce her best work and maintain a positive attitude.

Compound words get easier if kids can spot two smaller words that they already know inside. Add some fun to the process with this card game!

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.

St. Patrick's Day may be all about the 'luck" of the Irish, but this project encourages your child to share her personal experience with luck.

This 4th of July, end the battle for independence in your house, and show your child just how much freedom she can enjoy.

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

Sure, you can go out and buy a box of Valentine cards--but for a special message try this simple craft activity to make someone's day.

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

Spark your kids' interest in writing by helping them write a mini-book about their favorite subject: themselves!

Does your child need help reading common words? Make this family board game. It's so fun, they won't even realize they're learning!

Transform your home into a theater with this fun Fall Family Theater Night activity! Invite the family to gather together to practice reading a fun fall-themed story in the format of a play.

Build second and third grade writing skills by using pictures to help kids "see" how to use details in their stories.

Is your child learning to "sound it out"? This game will help him stretch his "decoding" skills so when he runs into new words, he's ready to take them on.

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

Help your child with his decoding and early reading skills in this fun game where you follow a spider web to find your treasure!

Help your second grader understand compound words by doing this fast, goofy three legged race.

Reinforce your child’s understanding of the alphabet by helping them construct all of the letters using pipe cleaners.

Get your child thinking about time with this art project, where you'll create a fun book on his daily routine.

This activity will help generate ideas for your child to write about...without the moans and groans!