Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.

This turkey hand activity will help your child practice patterns and number recognition, key concepts that she'll encounter throughout your child's academic career.

First grade science often covers solids, liquids, and gases. This silly science explores serious facts about the difference between all three.

This science fair project idea teaches that time always passes at the same rate and nothing we do in our daily life âreallyâ affects how fast it moves.

Put a twist on traditional oil painting with this fun science activity that you and your first grader can do together.

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

Make this creative "story cartoon" tray to help your first grader build reading comprehension skills while having a hilarious time!

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.

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!

Here are three easy, budget-friendly ways to preserve your child's work and precious memories without filling up the attic.

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!

Bird watching is a fun way for kids to learn about Mother Nature. Make a bird feeder, a bird house, and binoculars and you can attract birds and watch them!

Keep school day sniffles at bay with a simple felt tissue cozy that fits neatly in a 3-ring binder.

Children learn the six parts of a plant...but do they really understand? Try this plant-themed meal plan to bring school science into the home.

Create a three-dimensional X-ray of your child's hand in this simple modeling activity. All you need to get started are black paper and drinking straws

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.

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.

Help your first grade reader understand verbs by doing them in this boisterous playground relay race.

Help your first grade reader become an expert in "sh," "ch," and "th" words with this fun, homemade game.

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

Here's a hands-on activity that first grade use to help kids get a feel for equations. It uses popsicle sticks to practice addition and subtraction!

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

This first grade addition math game helps your child use critical thinking skills while practicing his computation.

You don't need a garden to enjoy flowers. This first grade activity let's you make a lovely bouquet for Valentine's Day

By using watercolor paints to practice writing letters, sentences, and math problems, your child will practice first grade skills in his "Sidewalk School."

Shake those dice and try to roll big numbers in this first grade math game. Practice addition in a new, fun way!

Teach your first grade scientist the difference between liquids and solids using maple syrup.

Boost those first grade reading and writing skills with this sweet Mother's Day poem idea.

This string a necklace arts activity teaches first grade readers to look for a story's beginning, middle, and end.

Ordinary drinking straws are fun for drinking juice and even for spitballs when you're not looking, but also fabulous for learning first grade math.