Kindergarten and 1st Grade Activities : Page 43

Help your kindergartener recognize the signs of the season with a winter scavenger hunt.

What are you the most thankful for? Challenge your kid to think about all the reasons he has to be thankful and make a turkey featuring one particular thing.

Create some flying bats with your little one this Halloween season. This activity is a great way for your little one to learn about symmetry.

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

These cute holly-shaped hair clips are a breeze to make for holiday celebrations. They make a great party activity, too!

Celebrate National Drum Month in November by using a couple of recycled yogurt cups and making a groovy set of bongos!

Blend homework time with playtime by introducing a cast of colorful characters to the top of your child's pens and pencils.

Here's a wacky activity that kids are sure to love: make a face that has shoelaces for hair!

In this activity, kids will create a peace corner in their bedroom or home and reflect on ways they may use their peace corner through drawing and discussion.

Non-slip socks are the perfect DIY gift that your kid can make for friends and family. Make a pair of non-slip socks with your kid for wholesome family fun.

Help your first grader get started making this watering can that's filled with homemade flowers. It will brighten up any window sill ... and it's eco-friendly!

Can you dig it? This science experiment isn't for kids who like to keep their hands clean.

This reading activity combines some of the most common sight words with a pictograph puzzle that's sure to keep your kindergartener engaged.

Gather the family around for this fun song and game that will get your holiday started!

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

When critters protect themselves by taking on the patterns of nature, it's called "camouflage." Play this camouflage matching game with your child!

A car game for road trips with children.

Children learn the six parts of a plant...but do they really understand? Try this plant-themed meal plan to bring school science into the home.

This fun game helps to strengthen your kindergartener's speaking skills, by teaching him to answer questions with complete sentences.

This fun photography activity will build your child's vocabulary, their understanding of the world, and they'll make their own game of concentration!

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

Encourage your child to help with dinner preparations this holiday season! You can use this recipe for Christmas dinner or lunch, or for meals leading up to the holiday. This Christmas Wreath Salad recipe is simple enough for preschoolers to fifth graders

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.

Introduce your kindergartener to some art history by showing him how to create an everyday object print, Andy Warhol-style.

Spruce up some sneakers that have seen better days by turning them into a sparkly dress-up staple.

Here's an arts and crafts activity that has your first-grader or second-grader using crayons and black paint to create a beautiful wax-resist nightscape.

This simple and creative arts and crafts activity is great for preschoolers or kindergarteners and uses recycled magazines or newspapers.

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

Celebrate the 100th day of school by making a unique work of art using 100 colorful pom poms in this fun kindergarten arts and crafts activity.

Lead your first grader on a nature walk ... with a scavenger hunt-style twist! They'll try to capture photos that correspond to paint chip colors.