Your 1st grade scientist will improve her observation skills as she's encouraged to eat healthy by comparing the dry and fresh fruit in this experiment.

Learn how to grow an avocado plant indoors with your 1st grader in this hands-on gardening activity.

Help your child apply his math skills the next time you cook a family meal similar to one you'd buy at a restaurant.

Challenge your 1st grader to skip count with this sequence game. Help him find missing numbers by figuring out the pattern and building on math skills!

Kids get to race a felt mouse through a homemade maze using magnets in this exciting 1st grade arts and crafts activity.

Conduct a simple experiment with your child to study how dirt tracks change as they age in this 1st grade science activity.

Check out this fun science fair project idea for 1st grade: a solar eclipse model that demonstrates total, partial, and annular solar eclipses.

Kids can jazz up their checker sets by transforming boring round checker pieces into baby chicks and eggs in this 1st grade arts and crafts activity.

Forget store-bought dyes this Easter: color your Easter eggs with natural dyes made with ingredients from your own kitchen in this 1st grade activity.

Ancient tribes believed that these dolls kept worries away at night. Your 1st grader can make his own and learn about history, culture, and art in this activity

This project explores whether nails, toothpicks, straws, or pen nibs are best for applying ink to paper.

El dia de los muertos (the day of the dead) is a Mexican holiday celebrated on November 1st and 2nd every year. Other Latin American countries celebrate a variation of the holiday, but it originates in Mexico and is unique to this country. These two days

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!

Playing the Number Sentence Game with your child gives him the opportunity to practice ordering and comparing numbers using symbols.

This engaging project encourages young children to practice and refine the important scientific skills of sorting and classification.

Will storing cucumbers and tomatoes in the fridge destroy their unique flavors? Find out in this science fair project idea!

This fun experiment provides a concrete and visually striking illustration of photosynthesis.

This project leads to an understanding that a whole may be built of smaller parts that fit and work together and provides an introduction to basic tools.

This flash card game will help your child memorize words while visually learning the differences between objects.

These DIY coasters are an easy-peasy, activity for small hands to manage, and a good way to get ready for summer, when cold drinks abound.

Instead of heading to the craft store, take a step back in time and restock your art supply with this easy recipe for homemade ink.

Create a brush pile to help wintering wildlife stay warm and cozy through the winter.

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

Take to the air with science by experimenting with helicopter seeds right in your own backyard!

Find out whether we can create motion in a dish and as a result, create a wonderful and colorful show.

In this science fair project, young children discover what happens when two fluids that have different densities get together.

Gather the neighborhood children together and practice graphing with this backyard tournament!

This measurement activity uses feet to compare objects, but not the ones found on rulers and measuring sticks...the feet on your child's own body!

This science fair project idea demonstrates that plants give off water.

Study the life cycle of the common blowfly as it relates to forensic investigation. Record the first time you see flies, maggots, and eggs.