Kindergarten and 1st Grade Activities : Page 4

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!

A heart collage is the perfect Valentine's Day art project for your young artist. Make a heart collage this February with your child.

Turn wait time in the doctor's office or travel time in the car into fun time with your own version of I Spy.

This silly game is a fun way to introduce and reinforce sight words--by fishing for them!

This recipe makes bubbles that not only blow up nice and big, but do tricks and experiments! How do you do it? It's not a secret, it's science!

Challenge your first or second grade reader to make 100 words in this reading and spelling activity for the 100th Day of School.

Invite your kid to create her own hanging dove images--a symbol of peace and unity--in honor of Black History Month.

The goal of this fun science fair project idea is to microwave candy and investigate: do some colors of M&Ms melt faster than others?

Use popcorn in this tasty experiment to explore the five senses at home with your kindergartener!

This science fair project idea investigates which objects float and sink in honey, water, and oil.

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

Honor our 16th president by having your kid assemble his famous stovepipe hat! This Abe Lincoln hat craft is the perfect way to celebrate Presidents Day.

This easy craft project boosts counting and fine motor skills, and will help kids learn about Jewish culture.

This craft is an excellent way to learn about African-American history, and it also provides fine motor practice.

This homemade parachute toy is incredibly easy to build. Plus, it gives kids an excuse to investigate and experiment...the backbone of kindergarten science.

Here's a science experiment that gives your kids a chance to see how fire needs oxygen to burn, with a little math and writing practice thrown in.

On Father's Day, delight Dad--and stretch your early reader, too!--with this adorable ABC book of "Fun with Dad."

With this cool floating rocks project, your child will get some hands-on experience with buoyancy and learn why certain rocks like pumice are able to float.

What's a liquid? What's a solid? What better way to experiment than by turning a childhood favorite, ice cream, into a homemade science lesson!

This 'handy' Thanksgiving wreath gets your child to focus on things he's grateful for all year. Create a Thanksgiving wreath with your child this November.

Is it solid or liquid? Create oobleck and witness the amazingly weird oscillation between the two!

This science project teaches young students about germs, bacteria, and the importance of washing their hands. Students will test what is the best way to wash.

Make a bear cave for your child to play and explore, learning about bears and winter hibernation.

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.

Here's a simple craft activity that can help your youngster better visualize the life cycle of a frog as a circle.

Help your child make an imaginative scene come to life by making a diorama. Your child will be practicing three dimensional thinking and language arts skills.

Whether the snow is fluffy and soft or icy and hard, a snowman is sure to inspire a smile. No wonder this snowman is so happy—it's made using marshmallows!

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!

Make scented sensory cloud dough. Add it to a sensory table, activity station, or put it in a baggie for extra at-the-park entertainment!

Set your child's creative spirit free with heart art! He'll experiment placing hearts in patterns, designs, and configurations to make this 'heartfelt' art.