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Enjoy the beautiful outdoors and indulge in a colorful game of I Spy while you're at it! It's just as fun as classic I Spy but twice as educational.

This Thanksgiving, make a pine cone turkey that can double as a personalized place setting for each family member.

Help your child learn science and math skills like sorting, sequencing, and ordering while taking a nature walk and collecting and collaging leaves.

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.

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.

Make grammar interesting for kinders, with this fun take on charades. They'll practice verbs and get in some giggles, too!

Your kindergartener will love being able to paint a beautiful butterfly, and the lucky recipient of the finished card will be just as delighted!

This Christmas card holder craft is a great activity for your child. Make a Christmas card holder with your child this holiday season.

These Thanksgiving place cards are a fun turkey-twist on traditional place markers. Make a set of these Thanksgiving place cards with your child this November.

A homemade coat of arms is a great way to get your child thinking about your family's values, and it makes a fun addition to the costume box as well!

This first grade addition math game helps your child use critical thinking skills while practicing his computation.

Learn about borrowing in subtraction using a deck of cards and a die! Your first grader will have fun playing this math game.

Invite your kindergarten scientist to conduct this color mixing experiment to discover which primary hues make a rainbow of secondary colors.

Play this game to help froggie hop home...and teach the number line to your kindergartener while you're at it!

Create one-of-a-kind noisemakers to bring some fun to New Year's Eve.

Have the kids use sidewalk chalk to draw portraits of their family and, in the process, learn about familial relationships.

Problem-solving skills can be practiced and strengthened over time with puzzles such as Tangrams! In this activity, your child will discuss problem-solving strategies and practice using these strategies with Tangram puzzles.

Have fun making recycled paper using scraps of used paper in your home with this hands-on project.

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!

El dia de los muertos (the day of the dead) is a Mexican holiday celebrated on November 1st and 2nd every year. Other Latin American countries celebrate a variation of the holiday, but it originates in Mexico and is unique to this country. These two days

Shed some "light" on the Chinese culture while brightening up your home. Teach your child the Chinese character for good luck with this lantern craft.

This simple bookmaking activity will introduce and reinforce alphabet and number recognition skills that have been taught at home or learned in preschool.

Make going back to school fun with this surprising pop up book, perfect for first graders!

Gather your child's old artwork together into a bookmark, a perfect gift to retain these memories long after kindergarten is over.

This measurement activity uses feet to compare objects, but not the ones found on rulers and measuring sticks...the feet on your child's own body!

Get your first grader to help you with scrapbooking by showing him how to use multiple envelopes to create an accordion-style photo book.

By using watercolor paints to practice writing letters, sentences, and math problems, your child will practice first grade skills in his "Sidewalk School."

Help your kindergartener's handwriting, hand strength and coordination by making a "stress ball" from this homemade, nontoxic "silly squeezy putty."

Use simple materials to build a "worm hotel" with your kindergarten soil scientist...and see what worms really do all day.

Help your child pick up spelling, alphabetical order, sight word practice, and reading fast with just simple clothespins and paint sticks.