1st Grade Activities : Page 2

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to use simple materials to create a catapult for a small, lightweight toy.

Help your first grade child figure out contractions and their original two words by playing this simple game, Contraction Concentration!

Show your child the solar system and let them explore the stars and space by creating a painting. It's a fun and easy way capture your child's imagination.

In this fun design challenge, your child will get creative with making structures out of toothpicks and gumdrop candies.

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 preschooler learn the Four Questions prior to the big night with a homemade book, complete with words and illustrations!

Create a self-portrait from natural materials in this collage craft activity!

Help your preschooler chart her good eating habits with this arts and crafts activity that has her making a healthy fruits and vegetables rainbow and graph!

Make a bouquet of colorful duct tape flowers in this hands-on spring craft.

Your child will love making this adorable clover clock that will help him learn how to tell time.

Introduce your child to the world of motion and physics with a bit of marble play inspired by Sir Isaac Newton!

This uniquely cute Easter bunny craft will give your child practice tracing his handprint while repurposing a paper plate as the base for his bunny.

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

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

In this activity, your child will have an opportunity to discuss what they like about themselves, and they will design a digital or physical poster that displays their talents, what they like, and images that describe themselves.

Honor our 16th president by having your kid assemble his famous stovepipe hat! This Abe Lincoln hat craft is the perfect way to celebrate Presidents Day.

Make a festive bunny box that will be great for gift giving or storing candy and other small objects.

Take a break with a paper bag costume. A great rainy-day art project.

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!

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

From wizards to fairy godmothers, a magic wand is an essential element to any magical tale. Help your child make one of her own with simple craft supplies.

Kids can make a cute fluffy bunny for Easter using a tin can and cotton balls in this creative first grade arts and crafts activity.

Bring the magic and mystery of the night sky to the light of day with this fun constellation art project!

Reinforce your child’s understanding of the alphabet by helping them construct all of the letters using pipe cleaners.

Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

Have some fun with your first or second grader, looking for creative ways that 100 cents can make $1.00!

This simple art project will help your child think of nice words to say that come from the heart and use them when she's communicating with friends and family.

Teach children how to upcycle dried-out markers with this homemade paint-making activity!

Do you need to help your students chill out? This activity will help your students learn how to breathe deeply, self-soothe, and calm themselves down.