How many steps long is the hallway? Kids put their graph-making skills to work as they make a step map of their own house.

This time-based word builder is the perfect way to boost your child's vocabulary. Mix and match letters to see how many words she can come up with!

Here's an activity that puts a new twist on a classic game. Help your first-grader create their own wooden word blocks and play sight word Jenga.

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.

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.

Word color association is just a fancy way to talk about the way we connect colors with words.

Compound words get easier if kids can spot two smaller words that they already know inside. Add some fun to the process with this card game!

If your child enjoys drawing, here's a fun way to learn about compound words that uses art as a visual aid.

Foster a love of words in your little cupid this Valentine's Day by creating a memory game that doubles as an early reading activity.

Help your first grader practice sight words with this fun activity. Learn how to put together a puzzle while practicing common sight words.

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

Instead of heading to the craft store, take a step back in time and restock your art supply with this easy recipe for homemade ink.

Challenge your first grader to wordsmith her way to victory with this puzzle! Who can find the most words in the letters of "Saint Patrick's Day"?

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

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

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!

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!

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

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

Practice reading with this fun game, where your first grader will "hunt" for hidden words around the house.

All you need is chalk and pavement to set up this silly, fun, and practical game that reinforces important vocabulary.

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

First graders spend lots of time learning double digit numbers. Here's a "green" way to build skills and have some old time family fun, too.

Silent "e" words are a big part of first grade phonics. Help them turn words like "hop" to "hope" in this action-packed, practical game.

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!

Transform a single sheet of card stock into a double-sided painting of opposites: on one side, a bright daytime landscape, on the other, a dusky evening scene.

Help your first grade child figure out contractions and their original two words by playing this simple game, Contraction Concentration!

Your second grader can honor two renowned U.S. Presidents--Abraham Lincoln and George Washington--by crafting larger-than-life pennies and quarters!

In this science fair project, young children discover what happens when two fluids that have different densities get together.

Is it solid or liquid? Create oobleck and witness the amazingly weird oscillation between the two!