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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.

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

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.

In this insulation experiment, you'll learn which clothes keep you warm in the cold, and which make you shiver.

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.

Build this game, and give your kid some hands-on practice ordering numbers. Soon your first grade kid will be Master of the number line!

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.

Get your child math and science savvy with this fun outdoor classification game. Using chalk, your child will classify what she sees in the natural world.

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.

Your first grader will love this addition challenge! Roll dice and keep a running total as you try to achieve the highest score.

Support your first grader's counting and reading skills while laughing and running in this fun playground game.

Want to make math a little more exciting? This single-player game is designed to help your child practice combining cards to create sums of 14.

Show your kindergartener how to count to 100 by tens, and he'll get an adorable cheerio necklace in the process!

Your child will love making this adorable clover clock that will help him learn how to tell time.

Run, jump, and skip your way to physical fitness as your exercise with dice! It's a perfect party or family game.

Use this fun math board game to improve your first grader's confidence with addition facts.

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.

This Christmas plate features your child's favorite holiday things through drawings. Make a Christmas plate with your child this holiday season.

Help your child practice symmetry with this fun activity that will leave your child with a sweet symmetrical treat!

A food groups plate shows your child what category her foods belong in. Make a food groups plate with your child before dinnertime.

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

This caterpillar math game gets your child to work on addition and subtraction. Challenge your child's math prowess with this fast-paced caterpillar math game.

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.

Help your preschooler chart her good eating habits with this arts and crafts activity that has her making a healthy fruits and vegetables rainbow and graph!

Make the abstract nature of time and money easier for your kid to understand with some fun ideas that focus on these concepts.

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.

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!

Introduce your child to science with something they see everyday--their shadow!

One of the most important parts of any Christmas tree is what's on top. This year, have your child make an angel that'll put the finishing touch on your tree!

Make a lei and bring a touch of the tropical lifestyle into your home!