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

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

What's the first letter? Play this game with your first grader the next time you read together, and watch her reading skills grow as she climbs the levels.

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

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

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.

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

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

Help your first grader, second grader, or third grader boost his addition skills and math vocabulary with this fun summer game Ice Cream Addition!

Here's an activity to encourage your young artist to read. Invite your child to visualize directions on colors, numbers, and shapes to create cool pictures!

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!

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

Here's an arts and crafts activity that has your first-grader or second-grader using crayons and black paint to create a beautiful wax-resist nightscape.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

First graders will love practicing addition with this fun math game.

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

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

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 silly game that uses nursery rhymes to introduce a big concept in first grade reading and writing: learning about nouns and verbs.

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.