Try this simple activity to stimulate some very complex thinking with your first grader to develop those all-important reading and comprehension skills.

Here's a way to bring young children into the process of preparing healthy school lunches, and build up early literacy skills while they're at it!

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

Here's a rainy day phonics craft project for you and your first grader. Reel in those double "ee" words on this do-it-yourself eel!

Children are imaginative story-builders. Create a shoebox habitat with your child to put those budding creative instincts to good use.

Let your child catch you making deliberate errors in this silly game that promotes serious learning about punctuation.

Here's a creative preschool activity to make a crown, and build in some phonics practice while you're at it.

In this tons-of-fun reading activity, your child plans a storytime, makes a flyer, creates a coloring sheet, and hosts their own storytime.

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!

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.

This fun and easy project is the perfect way to help your first grader remember who's who, practice her handwriting, and help decorate for Thanksgiving.

Kids are acutely aware of what's "fair" and what's not. Here's a quirky way to teach your first grader the importance of voting and democracy.

Make meringues with your first grader and see how states of matter can transform before your very eyes. Here's how:

Want to capture this year? Make a time capsule of this period in your child's life! You may just be surprised at what you find, when you dig it up next year...

Make learning word families more hands-on and interactive with this simple craft that has your child making "word sliders" out of paper plates.

This hands-on activity gets first grade kids brainstorming about what needs change in the world, and how they can help.

Learn how to make a trick-or-treat bag for Halloween. See how to make a decorative trick-or-treat bag with this Halloween craft tutorial.

Help your kids fall in love with nature by making a simple clay bird bath. Set it up in your yard and watch the animals venture in for a sip of water.

For most kids the fun is in the process, and making a dollhouse out of cardboard boxes is as creative as it gets! Here's how to make your own dollhouse.

Help your first grader gain new reading skills in this fun, homemade phonics game that the whole family can enjoy!

Say thanks this Thanksgiving by surprising a friend, a teacher or a grandparent with this paper plate turkey which doubles as a festive wall hanging.

Magnets may hold up papers on the fridge, but is it the paper that attracts them? Find out more with this kindergarten science investigation.

Take a nature walk in your backyard or local park to find one object for every letter of the alphabet. Then put them together in this handy nature book.

Make a Christmas countdown calendar to get your child excited about the coming holiday. This Christmas countdown calendar helps you make holiday memories.

Here is a way to help your first grader keep track of the books she has read, and also help her develop some critical thinking skills.

The Kindergarten Personal Record Book makes measurement fun & active! Kids record their vital statistics from head to toe using unusual tools like paper clips.

This fun art activity will get your child's creative juices flowing and will teach her about shapes, pattern and texture along the way.

Does your child love Roly, the orange cat from our Brainzy games? Create the perfect dress-up costume and bring your child’s dreams to life!

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

Planning a beach vacation? Here's a cool nature craft you can make in the sand with your child.