Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.

Here's a fun activity to reinforce simple short and long vowel words for your first grader.

Teach your first grade scientist the difference between liquids and solids using maple syrup.

Transform a single sheet of card stock into a double-sided painting of opposites: on one side, a bright daytime landscape, on the other, a dusky evening scene.

Support your first grader's counting and reading skills while laughing and running in this fun playground game.

Make this dragon relief with your first grader to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and teach her about an important part of Chinese culture.

Practice reading with this fun game, where your first grader will "hunt" for hidden words around the house.

Bird watching is a fun way for kids to learn about Mother Nature. Make a bird feeder, a bird house, and binoculars and you can attract birds and watch them!

Let your child add her creative touch to Cinco de Mayo celebrations by showing her how to make chili pepper napkin rings.

With Halloween right around the corner, find a way to use your brain and reward your tummy with a new type of science -- candy science!

Kids are acutely aware of what's "fair" and what's not. Here's a quirky way to teach your first grader the importance of voting and democracy.

This hunt for leprechaun gold is so much fun, kids won't even realize they're working their reading muscles at the same time.

Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.

This lucky cake makes the perfect hideout for leprechaun treasure.

Give mom a thoughtful gift this Mother's Day by making a photo collage of her life! This is a great way for your child to practice some basic math skills too!

Why does purple cheese look nasty? Because color plays a big part in how we perceive the taste of different foods. Are birds just like us in this respect?

This experiment challenges students to forecast the weather based on the surrounding areas' weather.

Uh-oh! Is that a pill sitting on the counter or a piece of candy?

The power of gratitude is endless! Research shows that cultivating a gratitude practice can gratitude strengthen relationships, improve physical and emotional well-being, deepen empathy skills, and improve self-esteem. With such wide-spread benefits, how

Celebrate Labor Day with this fun activity. Show your child how to make a "career book" and explore the many jobs that people have, while practicing writing.

Here's an easy experiment that lets your first grader practice the scientific method, while watching a caterpillar eat.

Improve your child's hand-eye coordination with this outdoor group ball game that's similar to Four Square.

Here is a way to help your first grader keep track of the books she has read, and also help her develop some critical thinking skills.

New readers need to develop a "bank" of words they can read by sight. Hate flashcards? Consider this fresh way to practice sight words to perfection...Bingo!

In this insulation experiment, you'll learn which clothes keep you warm in the cold, and which make you shiver.

In this activity, your child will transform an egg into a glowing, bouncy "ball" that they can play with.

This Where the Wild Things Are costume will make your little wild thing look just like Max. This Where the Wild Things Are costume is surprisingly easy to make.

Wiggly worms are known for staying buried in the soil, but how does that affect plants? Are earthworms and plant growth related?

Challenge your first or second grade reader to make 100 words in this reading and spelling activity for the 100th Day of School.

This science fair project teaches students about wilting and browning of salad greens.