Kindergarten and 1st Grade Activities : Page 39

Make these crazy shaped bubbles from simple items in the kitchen, and teacher your kids to experiment and hypothesize. Here's how:

Learn how to be a bird scientist in this simple project of watching feathered friends in their habitat.

Act out the Three Billy Goats Gruff with this adorable paper plate mask.

Got a shoelace? Got a kindergartener? Help your child learn to use the number line by creating one out of a lace.

Create a sun catcher using baby oil and construction paper in this science-experiment-meets-art-project!

Once readers know the individual sounds letters make, they need to learn how to blend them and how to break them apart. This activity will help them practice.

Orchestrate a Cupid's arrow tossing game among your child and his friends. This fun game cultivates important motor skills and hand-eye coordination, too.

Your child can use Styrofoam, green paint and toothpicks to create her own cactus plant sculpture.

The objectives of this classic game are to toss a marker onto each square, to hop onto the single squares, and to skip the square where the marker landed.

Duct tape doesn't only fix household problems, it also fixes the "I'm bored"s in this art activity.

Play this fun matching game with your kindergartener! It's a great way to practice math and number skills with playing cards.

This St. Patrick's Day show your child to the fun of resist painting. It's as simple as getting out a crayon and some watercolor paints!

Did you ever think you could make colors disappear right before your eyes? This science experiment is just like a magic trick: now you see it, now you don't!

Make a special card with a surprise that jumps out! Simple and inexpensive, it's a snap for little hands to make.

Transform paper towel tubes into some great binoculars for imaginary playtime!

Your first grader will enjoy creating his own leprechaun from a recycled toilet paper tube.

It's easy to be a master Italian chef with this target practice game played with a pizza board constructed out of felt and Velcro bean bag "toppings."

Add a flourish of flowers to your dining table with simple and creative sponge art!

Your first grader will delight in making a cookie version of homemade gelt--the gold coin chocolates that are often given as gifts or prizes during Hanukkah.

There's something magical about bubbles. Here's a way to turn an old favorite into something new, by ditching that plastic wand for a homemade bubble pipe.

Help your preschooler make an alternative to carrying messy sidewalk chalk in hand: a helpful, handmade sidewalk chalk caddy.

Your child will "catch" snowballs with each correct math equation she can answer correctly. If she solves a problem correctly, she gets to keep the snowballs.

Most kids love to play spy. Here's a way to have fun with mysterious codes while mastering an ordinary, necessary skill: first grade spelling.

A pom pom Christmas tree dresses up holiday cards and decorations with some festive fuzz. Make a pom pom Christmas tree with your child this holiday season.

Kids in preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school will love turning flower pots into homemade musical instruments in this fun and simple activity.

Make Hanukkah gift bags with your child this holiday season. These Hanukkah gift bags are great for passing out gelt to teachers and friends.

This fun craft is perfect to do in the spring, and opens up the opportunity to teach your child about birds.

Make a beautiful - and realistic looking - sunflower using sunflower seeds and a paper plate with this fun kindergarten arts and crafts project.

Make a slithery snake from paper chains and learn about patterns at the same time.

Toothpaste plus water equals the start to a magical winter paper project.