This Thanksgiving table runner craft isn't just fun and festive, it also helps your child build muscles for hand strength, fine motor skills, and handwriting.

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.

Try this fun outdoor game to improve your first grader's reading skills. This activity is perfect for summer!

Study science with your first grader in this arts and crafts activity that models the reason why fall leaves change color with some paint and crayons.

Delicious nachos are easy and fun to make any day of the week. Here's how to master this easy nacho recipe.

Make a spring collage with your child to get them outside and those creative juices flowing!

In this lesson, your child will reflect on, draw, and collect things that make them feel happy and peaceful.

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.

In this activity, your child will discuss how to stand up for others, and they'll use pipe cleaners to design a symbol that reminds them to stand up for others.

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

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.

Here's a great activity to help learners satisfy their snow play cravings in a cozy indoor setting!

This activity is a fun challenge for students who have just started learning to program educational robots.

Using just an egg carton and some beans or pennies, you can play this game with your first grader and see real gains in core math skills.

This activity encourages children to sculpt in free form. The only rule is that they have to build upwards.

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.

Celebrate the season of flowers with a homemade vase budding with blooms of the season. Filled with the warmth of a sunny day, it's just the thing for spring.

Does your child love learning about dinosaurs? Does he like digging around in search of hidden treasures? In this fun activity he'll do both!

Here's a science activity that lets a first grader use an empty dish detergent bottle to create his own fountain as he explores air pressure.

This 'handy' Thanksgiving wreath gets your child to focus on things he's grateful for all year. Create a Thanksgiving wreath with your child this November.

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.

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

This easy Halloween-themed science experiment for first-graders is perfect for chilly October afternoons or great as a Halloween party activity.

How goofy can your first grader get? Show her how to use balloons and yarn to craft a collection of silly faces!

Winter is a great time to build a friendly snowman! Turn regular modeling clay into a glittery snowy surprise.

Help your child gain reading comprehension skills, as well as listening and memory skills with this fun activity that uses his favorite book!

Teaching your child some basic words in Spanish is a breeze at home, with this simple and fun activity that doesn't require special educational materials.

Want to help your child develop stronger numeracy skills and make your dice games even more fun? Try creating some googly-eyed funny dice.

In this activity, children create rising foam as they reflect on the many ways they have grown over the past months and learn how a "beginner's mind" is helpful.

Mason jar lights add a bit of holiday sparkle to a bland patio or dinner table. Make some mason jar lights to add to your collection of Christmas decorations.