Forget toy stores! Show your first or second grader how to make a vehicle out of fruit from a neighbor's tree or local farmers' market.

This second grade arts and crafts activity is all about caterpillars emerging from their cocoons as butterflies.

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

Shake those dice and try to roll big numbers in this first grade math game. Practice addition in a new, fun way!

This first grade addition math game helps your child use critical thinking skills while practicing his computation.

In this cool science experiment, learn about magnetism and poles, and test magnet strength to find out if two magnets are twice as strong as one.

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

Create a dazzling window display with cut stars with this fun first grade holiday activity.

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

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!

Knowing your antonyms from your synonyms is an important part of the second grade writing curriculum, and is a real boon for vocabulary.

By using watercolor paints to practice writing letters, sentences, and math problems, your child will practice first grade skills in his "Sidewalk School."

Help your first grade scientist learn about metamorphosis by observing the life cycle of some interesting creepy crawlies.

Help your first grade reader master those letter blends like "ch" and "sh" with this memorable and hilarious beanbag toss game.

Here's a silly game that uses nursery rhymes to introduce a big concept in first grade reading and writing: learning about nouns and verbs.

Here's a hands-on activity that first grade use to help kids get a feel for equations. It uses popsicle sticks to practice addition and subtraction!

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

Help your child "step up" to second grade math fact challenges with a fun addition and subtraction game in your very own kitchen.

This hands-on activity practices skip counting, a key first grade math skill. But it's silly fun!

Blend science and math to explore a very important first grade social studies question: does our planet contain more land or more water?

Help your child celebrate your family's Thanksgiving cook with this first grade arts and crafts activity: make a "handy" painted apron!

You don't need a garden to enjoy flowers. This first grade activity let's you make a lovely bouquet for Valentine's Day

First grade science often covers solids, liquids, and gases. This silly science explores serious facts about the difference between all three.

With this activity, you child will get an opportunity to apply skills they're learning in second grade math, and maybe learn something new about Dad.

In first grade, children are introduced to fractions. Here's a recipe that combines fraction practice with winter fun and lets kids actually paint the snow!

First graders will love practicing addition with this fun math game.

Beetles come in many shapes and colors. Here's how your second grade child can create his own beetles to paint and play with!

Here's a first grade ladybug game that explores how air can move solid objects, and adds some measurement practice, too. Play, learn, and enjoy!

Those second grade spelling lists may be getting serious, but that's no reason to stop having fun. Here's a high-energy hopscotch game to try.

Ordinary drinking straws are fun for drinking juice and even for spitballs when you're not looking, but also fabulous for learning first grade math.