First grade learning games and activities
How you can help at home: These games and activities will help your first grader master important academic skills while having fun.
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Write a Recipe
Writing out a recipes is a fun way to connect language arts skills to daily life for second- and third-graders.
Writing letters
How you can help at home: Writing a letter using a word-processing program helps your child build writing skills.
Write a menu
Try this fun exercise next time you go out to eat to help build language skills with your fourth- or fifth-grader.
Write a "Diamante Poem"
How you can help at home: Have your child write a line poem in the shape of a diamond.
Word up
Boost your child's writing ability with Caption Madness.
Make a family cookbook
Your child can practice valuable skills and you can make a memorable gift when you create a family cookbook together.
Snack Steps
Putting the steps of a recipe in a logical order will help prepare your kindergartner for writing stories.
Think 3-D: Make a pop-up book
How you can help at home: In this activity your child makes a creative book to write a story in.
Play a matching game
How you can help at home: Try this fun game that helps students think about how words are related.
