Kindergarten and 1st Grade Activities : Page 14

Explore African culture by helping your child make his very own djembe drum! Help your child explore music and rhythm as he celebrates Black History Month.

Hanukkah gelt is a festive treat for the Festival of Lights. Make this Hanukkah gelt even more special with chocolate-dipped apricots.

Craft a sparkling magic wand and let your child pretend she's a fairy, wizard, or magician!

A new twist on the game of charades will inspire your first grader to look at her favorite books in a whole new light.

The fish most kids see is usually filleted, and it's hard to see how it came from a lake or sea. This cool gyotaku activity blends life science with art!

Does a paper clip float? Does a sponge sink? Let your child find out! This experiment is simple science fun.

Make healthy eating a manageable (and yummy) task for your kindergartener by encouraging her to help you make a healthy apple sauce snack!

Ignite your kindergartener's love of adventure and learning with an imaginary trip under the sea.

Lots of kids wonder what it would be like to be a police officer. Celebrate the people who help keep our communities safe with this fun craft.

Think you can blow up a balloon without using your mouth? This isn't just a cool trick, it's also a great way to introduce chemistry and biology concepts.

Here's a science activity that lets a first grader use an empty dish detergent bottle to create his own fountain as he explores air pressure.

This fun, addition focused take on the classic card game War is a great way to help your child get a strong hold on addition.

Your child can commemorate the best Halloween candy of all time using foam sheets to give your little monster a little practice tracing triangular shapes.

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

Does your child have trouble holding a pencil? Is writing an excruciating task? The key is to build up those hand muscles! This water relay race can help.

In this activity, you'll send your kindergartener on a scavenger hunt to find sounds and create a sound recording. Here's how!

This beautiful salad looks like a butterfly and tastes like your favorite vegetables!

Here's how to make a princess dress out of a long skirt in a fabric she likes.

Help your child explore chromatography, which is the process of separating colors or pigments, and create a neat art project in the process!

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...

This cut-out craft makes an elegant Mother's Day gift.

Give your science savvy kindergarten a lesson in plant science with this fun carnation experiment.

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

This hands-on activity practices skip counting, a key first grade math skill. But it's silly fun!

This fun and easy activity encourages the skill of overlapping objects, while your child gets to draw his own farm and color in clip art farm animals!

Here's a hands-on activity that first grade use to help kids get a feel for equations. It uses popsicle sticks to practice addition and subtraction!

Have a blast celebrating the poetic prose of Dr. Seuss as you hop your way to better vocabulary and reading skills. Play Hop on Pop Hopscotch!

Here's a fun math-oriented arts and crafts activity for your preschool or kindergarten child: create a gumdrop topiary and practice counting along the way.

Here's a fun activity to reinforce simple short and long vowel words for your first grader.

These paper pumpkins will make lovely, festive centerpieces in your home this fall.