1st Grade Activities : Page 21

When your child is crossing streets in the dark, visibility is key. Once he's picked out a costume, make fun and festive neon accents to add to his outfit.

Celebrate Easter, or just about any day, with a candy necklace. Grab your favorite candies, a string of yarn and get ready to make a yummy, colorful treat!

Kids make a cute pipe cleaner bumble bee craft and learn a few interesting bee facts along the way in this spring-themed arts and crafts activity.

Your first grader will love this addition challenge! Roll dice and keep a running total as you try to achieve the highest score.

Encourage your child's inner architect with a shoebox creation that he can craft into his dream house, mansion or palace.

Hanukkah gelt is a festive treat for the Festival of Lights. Make this Hanukkah gelt even more special with chocolate-dipped apricots.

Want to make math a little more exciting? This single-player game is designed to help your child practice combining cards to create sums of 14.

Here's a perfect way to share Halloween treats: black cat candy cones! They are great for parties, decoration or sharing the plunder of trick-or-treat.

Your child will make her mark on the world with unique homemade ink stamps.

Bring the rich history of Thanksgiving to life with a quirky and sweet paper plate craft.

Let your child help you create a fire escape plan poster to hang in the house in case of an emergency!

Enjoy some autumn fun, and develop measurement skills with this sweet-smelling fall art project.

Make a Santa-shaped "wish card" holder for your child...and sneak in some solid practice in reading and writing, too!

Children will read a book, then retell the story with pictures they have painted on stones.

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

Allow your first grader to get his artwork outdoors this summer by letting him create a garden art box for his arts and crafts supplies.

Enjoy the beautiful outdoors and indulge in a colorful game of I Spy while you're at it! It's just as fun as classic I Spy but twice as educational.

This fresh take on the classic game of Tic-Tac-Toe will boost your first grader's creativity, fine motor skills, and concept of taking turns.

Try this fall-inspired art activity with your child to teach some basic art principles about color, pattern and texture.

Celebrate Read Across America Day with your first grader by playing a pink crepe paper racing game inspired by Dr. Seuss's book "The Cat in the Hat Come Back."

Heart-shaped pizza is an unusual Valentine's Day treat that your child will fall in love with. Make a heart-shaped pizza this Valentine's Day with your family.

Get your child in the mood for a season full of lazy days at the beach with this colorful summer centerpiece art project!

Blend homework time with playtime by introducing a cast of colorful characters to the top of your child's pens and pencils.

What do worms eat? Kids find out what kinds of rotting leaves and vegetables worms prefer in this cool compost science fair project.

Finding the greatest number is great math practice! This strategic card game will help reinforce the concept of number value as well as addition facts.

Why wait for the Easter bunny to arrive when your child can become a bunny herself? Creating a bunny mask is the perfect way to celebrate Easter.

Make a fun refrigerator graph with your first grader in order to help her develop those crucial graphing skills, while engaging with the whole family.

It's easier than you think to make homemade play dough -- just a few pantry staples makes a natural version of the toy that kids have loved for generations.

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

Planning a beach vacation? Here's a cool nature craft you can make in the sand with your child.