Craft a paper rocket in this hands-on activity inspired by the life of Mae Jemison!

Children tap into their own imaginative storytelling skills by creating and writing a richly embellished folk tale about their favorite member of the animal kingdom.

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

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

This string a necklace arts activity teaches first grade readers to look for a story's beginning, middle, and end.

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

Play the Vocabulary Game to help your child develop a superb, admirable, excellent, magnificent, splendid vocabulary!

Here's a rainy day phonics craft project for you and your first grader. Reel in those double "ee" words on this do-it-yourself eel!

Help your child with his decoding and early reading skills in this fun game where you follow a spider web to find your treasure!

Make this creative "story cartoon" tray to help your first grader build reading comprehension skills while having a hilarious time!

Could your child’s room use a little bit more firecracker sparkle? Add an explosion of glow-in-the-dark color with this spectacular mason jar craft.

Play this flashlight game with your child to teach him about objects that are transparent, translucent, and opaque.

This science project teaches young students about germs, bacteria, and the importance of washing their hands. Students will test what is the best way to wash.

Encourage your child to learn about the Japanese culture as you make a traditional Japanese fan out of paper.

Take a beach ball, a marker, and a first grader. What do you get? An outdoor activity that works on reading comprehension, in the midst of a game of catch!

Use the textures found in nature to create your own stationery! This fun, outdoor activity will no doubt inspire your child's creative side.

It's a great time for family crafts. Here's a ghost Halloween decoration you and your child can make together.

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.

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

Here's an activity to encourage your young artist to read. Invite your child to visualize directions on colors, numbers, and shapes to create cool pictures!

In this fun science project your child will get practice following directions and getting messy as they learn all about slime!

Give your child an American history lesson as you create a colorful mini totem pole!

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

Your first grader will enjoy creating his own leprechaun from a recycled toilet paper tube.

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.

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.

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.

Reinforce your child’s understanding of geometry and 2D shapes while learning about the artist Mary Blair and her amazing contributions to many loved movies, books, and characters throughout her career.

Children will learn about diversity, hear a story that reflects appreciation and acceptance of differences, and connect with a pen pal in another country through writing and drawing a letter.

This reindeer hat is cute and festive for your child during the holiday season. Make a reindeer hat this Christmas with your child.