Ask your kids to write these one-sentence "Holiday Wishes." Without realizing it, they'll be building third grade Language Arts skills.

Let your child be a designer for the day with this first grade arts and crafts activity: make a felt pillow decorated with colorful felt cut-outs.

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.

Here's a first grade arts and crafts activity: make pop-up puppets using a plastic cup, wooden dowel, and fabric. Put on a show once you're done!

Here's a motivational kit that lets your emerging reader know you're with him for the whole wild ride.

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

In this activity, your first grader will practice calendar skills, observe the weather and learns to read calendar words. Here's how to get started:

First graders are learning to think like scientists. What better place to start, then by raising tadpoles? This hands-on activity explores science in action!

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

Help your first grader gain new reading skills in this fun, homemade phonics game that the whole family can enjoy!

With a newspaper, highlighter, and some fun extra prizes, you can help your first grader start lifetime reading habits with print all around us.

Dads, this activity's for you. Brighten mom's day with a set of kid-designed "mom coupons" that are sure to keep mom happily pampered for weeks.

In this project children practice the scientific method while playing with puffy paint.

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.

Use this fun math board game to improve your first grader's confidence with addition facts.

Show your first grader how to create her own octopus out of yarn. This simple, yet fun, project yields an adorable play or cuddle partner.

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

Invite your first grader to play this subtraction sacks game to get her actively involved in understanding and memorizing subtraction facts.

Spice up your first grader's spelling practice this Presidents Day by playing the Abraham Lincoln Penny Spelling game!

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.

Have some fun with your first or second grader, looking for creative ways that 100 cents can make $1.00!

Combine science with reading and art to help your first grader create an attractive holiday gift for a beloved friend or relative.

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

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!

Your first grader will love telling time while playing this fun game of tag! Ask Captain Midnight for the time, but watch out when his watch says "midnight"!

Give your first grader reading and writing practice with this fun, practical postcard that will also help with spelling strategies.

Chemistry is a blast with this backyard bomb made from a sandwich bag. All you need are ingredients from the pantry to create a satisfying, and safe, explosion.

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

Challenge your first grader to wordsmith her way to victory with this puzzle! Who can find the most words in the letters of "Saint Patrick's Day"?

Support your first grader's interest in reading with this decorative bookmark that illustrates a favorite scene from a loved book.