Kindergarten and 1st Grade Activities : Page 10

Everyone's heard of taking a dog for a walk. But how about an illustration? This activity teaches emerging readers to use pictures as context clues.

Design a set of uppercase and lowercase alphabet cards, then use them to play memory and phonics games!

This craft activity encourages kindergarteners to explore measuring. Get ready to measure the fun that your child will have creating his own ruler!

Get ready for a yummy taste test! Just pour the milk -- and make sure you have some chocolate chip cookies on hand.

Here's a classic celery science experiment that uses celery and food coloring to demonstrate how plants absorb water.

Alive or not? This yeast experiment you can conduct with your little scientist explores the answer to this timeless question.

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.

Play a sing-a-long Bingo game with your kindergartener's favorite songs to help her build her concentration and memory skills while she has fun!

All you and your kid need for this entertaining game are some conversation hearts, a candy that's practically synonymous with Valentine's Day!

In this project combining nature, art, math, and science, children make rubbings of leaves then observe shapes and structures and sort the leaf images.

Try this activity with your child to explore what happens to rain (and the living things that need it) when it becomes polluted.

Learn how to grow an avocado plant indoors with your 1st grader in this hands-on gardening activity.

The weather is a key kindergarten science concept. With this activity your child will learn about wind direction and create a self portrait, too!

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!

It's Thanksgiving, so why not celebrate of the turkey? Let the little ones partake in the turkey fun, without having to do any of the carving.

Give your kindergartener an outlet to articulate his thoughts about going to school for the first time by setting aside time to help him write in his journal.

Show your child how to spell their name in a whole new way with this sculptural 3-D art project.

Study science with your first grader in this arts and crafts activity that models the reason why fall leaves change color with some paint and crayons.

Celebrate the 100th day of school by creating a geometric, math-inspired mural in the style of Henri Matisse in this creative kindergarten grade art activity.

Egg cartons are known to have abundant uses. As you get into the cold winter months, discuss penguins with your child by creating these adorable egg carton penguins!

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!

Here are some ideas for marshmallow math games you can play with your child to help teach him important concepts like estimation, area, and measurement.

This adventurous art project will send kids on a scavenger hunt for fall materials they can use in their artwork. This craft also teaches kids about seasons.

Pump up the learning level of your kindergartener's summer break by playing patriotic bingo when July 4th rolls around.

Build your kindergartener's reading comprehension by making a classic box of objects that invite them into the books you're reading together.

This project explores whether plants can live and grow when "watered" with juice, soda, or milk.

Help children understand the power of germs and the importance of hand washing with this visual activity that introduces the concept of scientific inquiry.

Challenge your young dinosaur lover to examine dinosaur footprints and then create their own dinosaur fossil in this hands-on activity.

Celebrate the coming of Spring and Earth Day with this 3-D art project that makes use of recycled materials.

This goofy scramble book activity will bring laughs...but also some good, solid comprehension skills too!