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Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.

Put a twist on traditional oil painting with this fun science activity that you and your first grader can do together.

Children learn the six parts of a plant...but do they really understand? Try this plant-themed meal plan to bring school science into the home.

Your 1st grade scientist will improve her observation skills as she's encouraged to eat healthy by comparing the dry and fresh fruit in this experiment.

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.

Teach your first grade scientist the difference between liquids and solids using maple syrup.

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

Blend science and math to explore a very important first grade social studies question: does our planet contain more land or more water?

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

Conduct a simple experiment with your child to study how dirt tracks change as they age in this 1st grade science activity.

In first grade, children are introduced to fractions. Here's a recipe that combines fraction practice with winter fun and lets kids actually paint the snow!

This first grade science activity brings the green grass of early spring inside while teaching your child about the cycles of growth.

Here's a simple and fun kindergarten or first grade gardening activity: grow a miniature container garden in a paper egg carton. Great for kinesthetic learners.

Here's a first grade ladybug game that explores how air can move solid objects, and adds some measurement practice, too. Play, learn, and enjoy!

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.

Check out this fun science fair project idea for 1st grade: a solar eclipse model that demonstrates total, partial, and annular solar eclipses.

Water can go from solid to liquid to gas...but how does popcorn go from kernel to snack? Invite your first grade scientist to find out.

This engaging project encourages young children to practice and refine the important scientific skills of sorting and classification.

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.

This weather spinner will improve observation skills by encouraging children to examine and track weather details and patterns.

This will encourage your child to utilize their observation skills, develop aesthetic awareness, build artistic drawing abilities and learn about the seasons.

Check out this silly game that will put your kid's animal habitat knowledge (and acting skills) to the test.

Here's a household scavenger hunt that shows kids the natural sources behind everyday objects...and builds reading skills, too!

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

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.

This fall, make a leaf crown that will encourage creative play and your child's interest in the natural world while you help them build fine motor skills.

Satisfy your sweet tooth with this easy summer activity! Make homemade ice cream and let your child practice his science skills.

Take the art making outside: have your first grader make a clay relief sculpture of the natural world. This is a great activity for summer.

Help your first grader explore the world of scientific measurement by "weighing" fruit with a "water scale"!

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!