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

Famous statues of gargoyles protect churches and houses all over Europe, and now your kid can have one of his own, complete with squishy tongue and bouncy arms!

Using paper plates, have the kids make these fun animal masks and your house will be transformed into a jungle.

Homemade Christmas crackers add some bang to your holiday celebration. Make a set of homemade Christmas crackers with your child this holiday season.

Get your child excited about measuring with this fun and easy household measurements activity.

In this sound experiment children listen for differences as they tap on a bag of air, a bag of water, and a wooden block held up to their ears.

This science exploration lets your first grader see how eggs can provide a perfect environment for a living, growing creature.

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

First grade math includes lots of work with two-digit numbers. Here's an activity to help kids practice recognizing and sequencing numbers from 1-30.

Using a toy race car kids create a visual model of the Doppler Effect.

This experiment challenges students to forecast the weather based on the surrounding areas' weather.

Help your first grader explore the world of scientific measurement by "weighing" fruit with a "water scale"!

Help your second grader embrace his "green" side by recycling empty citrus peels into fruity ice cream bowls!

"Crown" dad this Father's Day—and sneak in some letter-sound practice, too.

Help your child make a beautiful homemade sandcastle that will last!

Create a sun-shaped summer words chart in this DIY craft activity!

This fun first grade activity will make your child love vegetables (well, racing them anyway). Build a racecar from a zucchini and challenge the whole family!

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

Make a garland of paper flags representing your child's favorite countries.

Craft a patriotic placemat from red, white, and blue construction paper in this festive craft project!

Let your child add her creative touch to Cinco de Mayo celebrations by showing her how to make chili pepper napkin rings.

Are you looking for a fun craft for the next big American holiday? Make this hat with your kid and let him march around the room like a Revolutionary soldier!

Your child can decorate her own set of Russian nesting dolls in this easy felt craft.

Your child will have a blast developing their fine motor skills and working on shape recognition with this bright and cheery crab decoration.

Thousands of witches that come out to celebrate Halloween. Now, your child can make her very own self-standing witch.

Children are imaginative story-builders. Create a shoebox habitat with your child to put those budding creative instincts to good use.

Slime: It's oozy, it's goopy, and it's just plain fun! Learn how to make slime with this fun science fair project.

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.

Help your first grade scientist learn about metamorphosis by observing the life cycle of some interesting creepy crawlies.

Here's a fun activity to help build thinking skills in young first grade scientists, and to encourage them to have a blast exploring the mass and volume.