Kindergarten and 1st Grade Activities : Page 45

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

These cool treats are loaded with fruit, veggies, protein, and calcium, just what your child needs to fuel up for a busy day at school.

If your child likes Creamsicles, he'll love this punch. With its bright orange hue, it's perfect for a Halloween party, or summer barbecue.

Create striking pieces of art using handmade heart stencils in this hands-on Valentine's Day arts and crafts activity!

This imaginative shape activity will introduce your kindergartener to the world of shape and color while building basic math skills.

If your child isn't wild about tea, help her repurpose an old teacup and saucer as a quirky decorative planter.

Engineers in training can get started with this simple wheel-and-axle construction activity.

Try making your own conch planter in this decorative shell.

This recipe provides a quicker, easier, and slightly healthier way to prepare this classic Louisiana Creole dish.

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.

Lots of everyday objects can be fun, whether it's buttons, beans, or Lego blocks. Here's an activity that uses coins to build problem-solving strategies.

With a few strokes of white paint, kids can transform an old family photograph into a lovely winter scene in this kindergarten arts and crafts activity.

Transform a single sheet of card stock into a double-sided painting of opposites: on one side, a bright daytime landscape, on the other, a dusky evening scene.

In this activity, your child will develop her sensory awareness and build important math skills while having fun outdoors.

Celebrate the season with a fall centerpiece art project your child can display for the whole family!

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.

Give your kid a go at making art like master painter Michelangelo did on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel...by making her own colorful angel!

Help your child create a safe firework by turning strips of paper into a quilled 4th of July masterpiece perfect for displaying at a 4th of July party.

This tactile activity helps kindergarteners learn about texture.

Halloween wouldn't be complete without a creepy paper hand with spider and eyeball rings to help decorate a haunted house!

Here's a TV you won't mind your kids staring at for hours. When kids are in charge of the programming, it's hard to see it as anything but educational!

Add a little patriotic flair to your snack table with this 4th of July nachos recipe that's red, white and blue...and healthy to boot!

Your child can easily create a ghoulishy adorable bat treat keeper. Crafting this funny fella is a great way to introduce the basic components of sculpture.

Fire up the grill, break out the raffia and get crafty with flowers--it's time to learn how to throw your own luau!

This easy project for little hands uses mushroom spores to make an imprint of the mushroom, and the result is very beautiful.

Using paper plates, have the kids make these fun animal masks and your house will be transformed into a jungle.

These simple yet stylish place cards will dazzle your guests and make fun conversation starters at dinner.

Make the 100th day celebration extra special by creating your own 100th Day of School Top Hat.

Help your daughter organize all of her barrettes with this fun and colorful activity!

Using only the elements in your backyard, make paintbrushes with your child and create truly homemade works of art.