Find sums of 10 in this fun first-grade math card game that helps kids build addition skills. Help your child use critical thinking skills to find the sums.

Have the children play a more active role in the Seder by helping them prepare paper puppets that represent the ten plagues.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

Build this game, and give your kid some hands-on practice ordering numbers. Soon your first grade kid will be Master of the number line!

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

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

Here's a hilarious alternative to those sugary conversation hearts...and a way to keep building first grade literacy skills while you're at it!

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.

This hands-on activity practices skip counting, a key first grade math skill. But it's silly fun!

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.

Enjoy the beauty of winter from the comfort of your home with this first grade art activity: make sparkly snowflake sculptures using modeling clay and glitter.

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.

Build good first grade reading and writing skills, as well as family peace and quiet, with this hand made story book about mornings in your home.

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

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

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

In kindergarten, your child spent lots of time counting things one by one. But in first grade, he'll need to be able to count in groups, especially by fives.

Challenge your first or second grade reader to make 100 words in this reading and spelling activity for the 100th Day of School.

Practice problem solving skills with your kindergarten or first grade student in this fun connect-the-dots game!

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day by painting the green Irish countryside in this 2nd grade arts and crafts activity.

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