1st Grade Activities : Page 26

Make a paper plate puppet that'll help your child imagine what it's like to be in a performance of the dragon dance.

Water can go from solid to liquid to gas...but how does popcorn go from kernel to snack? Invite your first grade scientist to find out.

Help your kid create a patriotic red, white, and blue flag banner! On each flag have him write a different word that describes our veterans or fallen soldiers.

Can you dig it? This science experiment isn't for kids who like to keep their hands clean.

This is the perfect way to send a love note to your favorite Valentine! Your child can decorate a crepe paper bag for a secret message.

In this activity, your child will learn about how focusing on positive feelings, like love and peace, helps these feelings grow. They will also decorate pots and plant seeds as a reminder of this.

Help your first grader get started making this watering can that's filled with homemade flowers. It will brighten up any window sill ... and it's eco-friendly!

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

Traditionally, lovespoons were made by suitors to give to their love interests. Have your kid make his own love spoons this Valentine's Day!

In this activity, students will be challenged to describe and count the ways a toy moves from one position on a grid to another.

Play this homophone game with your child the next time you sit down with them to read a story and help them build some valuable reading skills.

Try your hand at some Seuss-like tongue twisters! Boost those vocabulary skills with this fun game for the whole family.

Reflect on how fast your child has grown this past year with this ruler frame craft, perfect for gift-giving!

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

In this social emotional learning activity, your child will create a goal board and practice setting one goal for an assignment or task and the steps they will need to achieve it.

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!

This zany guessing game asks your first grader to tap into her deductive reasoning skills to guess an activity or object.

Your kindergartener will improve his fine motor skills and learn beginning baking techniques as he helps you concoct this crumbly apple dessert!

A car game for road trips with children.

Hand-painted pottery is the perfect way to add a bit of decoration to your potted plants.

In this science fair experiment, children demonstrate the relationship between the amount of stuff and the amount of pressure in a closed system.

Blanket forts are a kid classic! Let your child create a âfortress of solitudeâ on his own for reading, telling scary stories or for cozy cocooning.

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.

Thanksgiving dinner can be filled with fun and memorable interactions between family members. This holiday, why not memorialize some of those details and events with a family poem? You can create a lasting memory in the form of a poem with contributions f

This science fair project idea investigates how the shape of an object affects drag.

Add a smattering of beachy fun to a regular paper plate with this simple and adorable seashell craft!

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

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.

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.

Using water, corn syrup, and sequins, your child can create a unique art project while exploring what happens when different liquids are mixed together!