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

With a newspaper, highlighter, and some fun extra prizes, you can help your first grader start lifetime reading habits with print all around us.

Grandparents are always wondering what to get kids for their birthdays. Try out this idea: a list of 10 little-known facts about Grandma or Grandpa.

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

This Father's Day, give dad something he'll really appreciate: a book about him, written by his favorite author...his son or daughter!

Encourage your child to explore her favorite fairy tale, and learn about characters, plot, setting and story sequence as she draws her own pictures.

Help your kindergartener develop his sequencing skills in this activity that teaches him about a story's beginning, middle, and end.

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

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

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.

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.

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

Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

Make a tooth care poster with your kindergartener to help her understand how important it is to take care of those growing pearly whites!

Dads, this activity's for you. Brighten mom's day with a set of kid-designed "mom coupons" that are sure to keep mom happily pampered for weeks.

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

Looking for a unique arts and crafts activity that gives some writing practice? Help your child make her own back-to-school business cards!

Looking for a teacher gift? Here's a way for your preschooler to show off her growing writing skills and create a cute picture frame to show her thanks, too!

Make a photo book to provide a reassuring guide for your child's first days and weeks of school.

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

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

Make a story summary folder with your child to help develop reading comprehension and critical thinking skills.

Paying attention to headers and subheaders is a great way to orient your child to the text they're tackling. Here's how:

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

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.

Give your child a chance to review his knowledge of safety and show off his writing skills at the same time by writing a safety manual to share at home.

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.

Here's a creative preschool activity to make a crown, and build in some phonics practice while you're at it.

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

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: