1st Grade Activities : Page 4

Who said snow globes have to be round and made of glass? Here’s our take on this holiday favorite, using paper and plastic.

Create a giant octopus from cardboard that holds onto a sea of creatures from its tentacles!

Create a little magic with this special craft that transforms a regular paper tree into a Valentine masterpiece.

In this science fair project, young children discover what happens when two fluids that have different densities get together.

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

Make some easy homemade yogurt with your young scientist, and see what a few 'live' bacteria can do in the right conditions!

Bring barnyard fun to a rainy day by making this simple pig nose, or make several noses and round up two of your child's friends to act out Three Little Pigs.

Make your own dreidel from modeling clay with this Hannukah craft activity!

This project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing it.

Teach your child about healthy foods and how to make a meal that is good for them with this fun activity that you both can do together.

Help your preschooler chart her good eating habits with this arts and crafts activity that has her making a healthy fruits and vegetables rainbow and graph!

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 fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

Take a break with a paper bag costume. A great rainy-day art project.

The 100th day of school is an important benchmark for kids in the lower elementary grades. Help your kid create a 100 days of school shirt to celebrate!

If your child enjoys drawing, here's a fun way to learn about compound words that uses art as a visual aid.

Your kid can learn about the process of making frozen yogurt and enjoy a homemade, flavorful dessert. Experiment with this fun, chilly food!

Blend science and math to explore a very important first grade social studies question: does our planet contain more land or more water?

In this science fair project, students discover how sedimentary layers form as sediments like mud, silt and sand settle over time.

Help your first grade child figure out contractions and their original two words by playing this simple game, Contraction Concentration!

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

Celebrate the 100th Day of School by making a collage frame that can showcase your childâs favorite piece of art.

Play hopscotch with numbers, but also with letters, to get kids ready for reading.

Help your first grade reader master those letter blends like "ch" and "sh" with this memorable and hilarious beanbag toss game.

In this hands-on craft project, kids will make an analog clock of their own, and then use it to learn how to tell time.

Learn how starch and carbohydrates interact with different solvents in this fun and easy packing peanut science fair project.

Here's an activity that puts a new twist on a classic game. Help your first-grader create their own wooden word blocks and play sight word Jenga.

Celebrate Ramadan by creating a crescent moon and star...out of stars! This craft is the perfect way to introduce your child to an important national symbol.

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

Combine kids' love of scavenger hunts with consonant blends to create a fun game that's perfect for everything from birthday parties to rainy days at home.