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Celebrate Easter, or just about any day, with a candy necklace. Grab your favorite candies, a string of yarn and get ready to make a yummy, colorful treat!

Using just an egg carton and some beans or pennies, you can play this game with your first grader and see real gains in core math skills.

Want a fun way to teach your kid to tell time? Making a plate clock is a great way for him to learn how to tell time in a way he'll actually find exciting.

Get your child excited about measuring with this fun and easy household measurements activity.

Thanksgiving placemats are a great craft for your kid, and a beautiful addition to the dinner table. Make Thanksgiving placemats with your kid for the holiday.

Help your child learn science and math skills like sorting, sequencing, and ordering while taking a nature walk and collecting and collaging leaves.

Whether it's a bag lunch, goody bag, or used to decorate a table, this cute little fox bag is sure to make your kid smile.

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

Looking for a cool game to help your first grader learn her 11s? Look no further than this clever one-person card game.

Here's a fun activity to help build thinking skills in young first grade scientists, and to encourage them to have a blast exploring the mass and volume.

Encourage your kindergartener to investigate and chronicle the weather she observes during the coldest months of the year.

This heart paper chain is the perfect way to celebrate Valentine's Day. Include some decorations in a simple AB pattern and work on pattern recognition.

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!

Want to make sure you raise a money-savvy kid? Start him out right with this activity that hides valuable math skills within a fun grocery store game.

The objective of this science fair project is to examine the effects of temperature on salt and water solutions, as they form crystals over time.

Your child will need to combine his sporty hand-eye coordination skills with his math skills to become the bullseye king.

Help your curious kid cut through the clutter and collect the facts with a simple and fun science foldable.

Try this card game to build math fact skills, like addition and subtraction, and have a great time, too!

Making candles from old candles is easy. Recycle old candle stubs to make a "new" candle, and teach your child about recycling at the same time!

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.

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

Get a leg up on counting concepts with this project where art and math collide.

A hands-on guessing game that teaches kids to recognize different coins. First graders will learn their money and their math at the same time!

Make a fun refrigerator graph with your first grader in order to help her develop those crucial graphing skills, while engaging with the whole family.

In this activity, your child will create a red envelope that can be filled with money to spread good will and ward off evil spirits in the New Year.

Forget store-bought dyes this Easter: color your Easter eggs with natural dyes made with ingredients from your own kitchen in this 1st grade activity.

In this hands-on craft project, kids will make an analog clock of their own, and then use it to learn how to tell time.

Learn how to make a paper snowflake with these simple instructions. Help your child learn how to make a paper snowflake with only paper and scissors.

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

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