This classic children's game-connecting two cups with a string-demonstrates sound's ability to travel through air vs through a solid.

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

Want to help your child recognize the recipe for a successful sentence? Here's a fun activity to get your child thinking about how sentences work.

Delight your first grader by combining a reading activity with a fun "tea party" as she unscrambles cut-up words in a tea bag to form sentences and stories.

In this parts of speech fall scavenger hunt, kids will search for all the hidden leaves, sort them into parts of speech categories, and then practice creating their own sentences using the words they find.

This science fair project idea determines if the size of the parachute will change the rate at which an object falls.

Can you dig it? This science experiment isn't for kids who like to keep their hands clean.

These cool treats are loaded with fruit, veggies, protein, and calcium, just what your child needs to fuel up for a busy day at school.

Practice addition with your child in a whole new way when you battle to defend your cards in this competitive game. Math has never been so fun!

This science fair project teaches students about wilting and browning of salad greens.

This science fair project idea investigates how the shape of an object affects drag.

This homemade parachute toy is incredibly easy to build. Plus, it gives kids an excuse to investigate and experiment...the backbone of kindergarten science.

Spark your kids' interest in writing by helping them write a mini-book about their favorite subject: themselves!

Introduce your child to the world of motion and physics with a bit of marble play inspired by Sir Isaac Newton!

Try your hand at some Seuss-like tongue twisters! Boost those vocabulary skills with this fun game for the whole family.

If you're looking for something to keep your kid busy on a warm day, and give him some writing practice in the process, bring on the mud!

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

This science experiment examines the role of fat in food, especially in making bread rise and whipping cream.

Here's a writing activity that helps young learners explore an ant's perspective...and practice writing, too!

This simple art project will help your child think of nice words to say that come from the heart.

Here is a fun at-home physical activity that encourages movement while also working on literacy or math skills!

For Read Across America Day, challenge your first grader to come up with a story using magnetic words inspired by "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss.

Develop your child's mathematical and engineering skills with this fun building brick challenge. In this activity, your learner will be challenged to create a boat out of building bricks.

Here is an activity that your kids can make for Mother's Day, a garden pot filled with edible "flowers".

In this activity, your child will be challenged to build a tall tower out of building bricks! The instructions include questions prompts to guide students through the design challenge.

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

Camouflage is one of the most important animal adaptations in the African savanna biome. Kids create their own camouflage with this fun science fair project.

Better than any store bought Father's Day card, this touching keepsake lets your child give Dad a peek into their relationship from her point of view.

With nothing more than a flat open space and some lively kids, you can reinforce key concepts of punctuation while having lots of healthy laughs.

Ask your kids to write these one-sentence "Holiday Wishes." Without realizing it, they'll be building third grade Language Arts skills.