Kindergarten and 1st Grade Activities : Page 6

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

This classic children's game demonstrates how sound travels through air vs. through a solid.

In this sound experiment children listen for differences as they tap on a bag of air, a bag of water, and a wooden block held up to their ears.

Here's an activity that puts a new twist on a classic game. Help your first-grader create their own wooden word blocks and play sight word Jenga.

Get into the Halloween spirit by creating creepy (but cute) spiders from paper egg cartons, paint, and pipe cleaners.

Make a photo book to provide a reassuring guide for your child's first days and weeks of school.

Your little one will love making this bunny mask. From the mask's furry texture to its cute marshmallow nose, she will hardly be able to wait to wear it.

Make learning word families more hands-on and interactive with this simple craft that has your child making "word sliders" out of paper plates.

What do worms eat? Kids find out what kinds of rotting leaves and vegetables worms prefer in this cool compost science fair project.

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

Craft a patriotic placemat from red, white, and blue construction paper in this festive craft project!

Are you looking for a fun craft for the next big American holiday? Make this hat with your kid and let him march around the room like a Revolutionary soldier!

This science fair project idea demonstrates that plants give off water.

In this insulation experiment, you'll learn which clothes keep you warm in the cold, and which make you shiver.

Kids grow sunflower greens from seeds for a hands-on gardening experience in this kindergarten life science activity.

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.

Reinforce your child’s understanding of the alphabet by helping them construct all of the letters using pipe cleaners.

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

Develop your child's green thumb with this easy planting activity. These plants are guaranteed to grow fast and are "brown-thumb" proofed!

It's easy and fun to make puzzles, and your child can pick any design.

Forget store-bought dyes this Easter: color your Easter eggs with natural dyes made with ingredients from your own kitchen in this 1st grade activity.

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

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

In this experiment you will replicate the mummification process by making a hot dog mummy.

Go on a storytelling adventure using your kindergartenerâs five favorite picture books.

Get your hands on a concoction that breaks the rules about what's a solid and what's a liquid.

This project combines arts and crafts with writing, as your child writes a story and publishes it into a book made out of a paper bag!

Introduce your child to the world of motion and physics with a bit of marble play inspired by Sir Isaac Newton!

Help your child measure breezy weather in her environment by making a wind vane for kids, a simple version of the classic scientific measurement tool.

Music instruments can be expensive. Sidestep steep prices with this art project that uses recycled materials to create a melodious music maker!