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

In this science fair project, kids measure how weather conditions affect how fast a puddle evaporates.

This spider mobile activity encourages learning about the science of motion, air currents and art.

Put an oatmeal box, a flashlight, and some construction paper together and you have the makings of an incredibly cool bedroom planetarium!

There are a lot of ways to make decorative wreaths. This wreath uses cloth and egg carton flowers!

Homemade Christmas crackers add some bang to your holiday celebration. Make a set of homemade Christmas crackers with your child this holiday season.

Introduce your first grader to our country's most famous leaders with an artsy info board full of facts, patriotic colors and coins!

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

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

Silent "e" words are a big part of first grade phonics. Help them turn words like "hop" to "hope" in this action-packed, practical game.

Make your own Matryoshka out of simple craft materials in this easy how-to!

Children will practice mindfulness through a short guided practice, reflect on the practices that support peace, and then will build a "peace garden."

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

Learn Halloween fun facts and put them in this cool art project. Make a Halloween fun facts foldable with your child this October.

Your child will rule his kingdom in style with this regal Pharaoh's head cloth, called a "nemes."

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!

In this air pressure science experiment with a balloon and a jar, children will use heat to create a partial vacuum and suck a balloon into a jar.

This is a fun way to introduce kids to the concept of volume, and give them a quick hands-on activity to boot.

Challenge your budding wordsmith to see how many words he can make out of his own name, using homemade flashcards.

Here's a fun activity to help build thinking skills in young first grade scientists, and to encourage them to have a blast exploring the mass and volume.

Practice measurement and proportion with your first grader, and in the process, make three scrumptious salads for you and your child to share on Mother's Day!

Button art gets your child to make a pretty silhouette out of buttons. Make button art on Valentine's Day and any craft-filled day you'd like.

Here's a wacky activity that kids are sure to love: make a face that has shoelaces for hair!

Engineers in training can get started with this simple wheel-and-axle construction activity.

Here is a fun at-home physical activity that encourages movement while also working on literacy or math skills!

For Read Across America Day, challenge your first grader to come up with a story using magnetic words inspired by "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss.

This children's menorah is a fun craft that lets your child celebrate Hanukkah while learning their ABCs. Make this children's menorah for the Festival of Lights.

Help your first grader emboss his own design reminiscent of Middle Ages metalwork. Using foil and a wooden stylus, he'll create pretty springtime flower images.

Teach your child the meaning of recycle and reuse by repurposing plastic spoons as plant markers for your vegetable garden.

Combine kids' love of scavenger hunts with consonant blends to create a fun game that's perfect for everything from birthday parties to rainy days at home.