Try this simple activity to stimulate some very complex thinking with your first grader to develop those all-important reading and comprehension skills.

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

This activity introduces growth mindset and looking at mistakes as opportunities to learn and grow, rather than obstacles. Your child will understand the difference between seeing a mistake as a learning opportunity, rather than as a disappointment.

Take a beach ball, a marker, and a first grader. What do you get? An outdoor activity that works on reading comprehension, in the midst of a game of catch!

Reinforce your child’s understanding of geometry and 2D shapes while learning about the artist Mary Blair and her amazing contributions to many loved movies, books, and characters throughout her career.

In this social emotional learning activity, your child will create a goal board and practice setting one goal for an assignment or task and the steps they will need to achieve it.

This fun photography activity will build your child's vocabulary, their understanding of the world, and they'll make their own game of concentration!

This goofy scramble book activity will bring laughs...but also some good, solid comprehension skills too!

Make learning to read even more fun for kids by creating an accordion learning book filled with fun transportation pictures.

Who are the people young readers meet in their books? This reading activity will help your first grader build important comprehension skills.

In this social emotional learning activity, children will learn about forgiveness by watching a short video, listening to and learning "The Forgiveness Song," and reflecting on a time they practiced forgiveness.

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

This Earth Day, create an adorable litter bug while learning about the importance of recycling.

Let your child catch you making deliberate errors in this silly game that promotes serious learning about punctuation.

This spider mobile activity encourages learning about the science of motion, air currents and art.

This activity is a fun challenge for students who have just started learning to program educational robots.

This flash card game will help your child memorize words while visually learning the differences between objects.

Use the appeal of the common road sign to your advantage by creating a game with hidden learning opportunities.

Deep relaxation is a great way to create the conditions for learning by helping students let go of tension and worry.

Guide your first grader through a map drawing project inspired by her favorite fairy tale. Its masked as a fun art activity, but it also packs learning punch!

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.

The alphabet is a big learning milestone for most kids. Help your child learn alphabetical order by making a food list in this fun Thanksgiving activity.

Does your kid have a stash of sweets left over from Halloween? Turn that pile of candy into a learning opportunity with this sorting and categorizing activity.

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.

First graders are learning to think like scientists. What better place to start, then by raising tadpoles? This hands-on activity explores science in action!

Does your child love learning about dinosaurs? Does he like digging around in search of hidden treasures? In this fun activity he'll do both!

First graders are learning basic addition and subtraction math facts. Practice in the sandbox with this fun outdoor math activity!

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.

Any St. Patrick's Day celebration is sure to involve mischief, treats, and a whole lot of green. This leprechaun game will add a little learning to the mix.

In this social emotional learning activity, your child will go on a nature scavenger hunt to look for patterns in nature and appreciate how amazing nature is.