Here are two fun, rhythmic jump rope chants to help your first grader learn the days of the week, practice reading skills, and stay fit!

Most kids love to play spy. Here's a way to have fun with mysterious codes while mastering an ordinary, necessary skill: first grade spelling.

Your child will need to combine his sporty hand-eye coordination skills with his math skills to become the bullseye king.

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.

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.

Kids can jazz up their checker sets by transforming boring round checker pieces into baby chicks and eggs in this 1st grade arts and crafts activity.

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.

Check out this fun science fair project idea for 1st grade: a solar eclipse model that demonstrates total, partial, and annular solar eclipses.

Geared toward kindergarten and first grade learners, The Weather Inside is a fun activity to help help children understand and process their emotions in a healthy way.

Play this fun game with your kindergarten or first grader. It's a great way to practice important math skills, including counting and addition.

Your first grader will improve her fine motor skills as she designs her own drum set with recycled household objects and art supplies!

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.

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

What's the first letter? Play this game with your first grader the next time you read together, and watch her reading skills grow as she climbs the levels.

This engaging project encourages young children to practice and refine the important scientific skills of sorting and classification.

First graders spend lots of time learning double digit numbers. Here's a "green" way to build skills and have some old time family fun, too.

Forget store-bought dyes this Easter: color your Easter eggs with natural dyes made with ingredients from your own kitchen in this 1st grade activity.

If your first grader has a hard time practicing his vocabulary skills, introduce him to this fun word building game.

Help to build your child's reading skills and get your point across with these homemade message magnets!

Here is a way to help your first grader keep track of the books she has read, and also help her develop some critical thinking skills.

This weather spinner will improve observation skills by encouraging children to examine and track weather details and patterns.

Encourage your writer to uncover their imagination and storytelling skills by authoring their very own book.

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

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

This goofy scramble book activity will bring laughs...but also some good, solid comprehension skills too!

This easy craft project boosts counting and fine motor skills, and will help kids learn about Jewish culture.

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

Try this card game to build math fact skills, like addition and subtraction, and have a great time, too!

The kitchen can be a favorite place for kids. And cooking helps them develop valuable skills-- from eye-hand coordination, to reading, to math

Boost fine motor skills and get in the spirit of fall with this fun wreath-making project.