Kindergarten and 1st Grade Activities : Page 7

Give your child an American history lesson as you create a colorful mini totem pole!

This fun shape game is like Twister...with a twist!

Check out this silly game that will put your kid's animal habitat knowledge (and acting skills) to the test.

Your kid will be captivated as she watches liquids change color before her very eyes during this fun science project that introduces some chemistry basics.

This science experiment tests why guacamole goes brown and if leaving the pit in will stop guacamole from turning brown.

Celebrate all your wonderful tongue taste buds with a giant paper tongue project -- you'll even get to decorate it with actual pieces of candy!

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

Let your kid experiment with textures among fabric and other materials that are smooth, rough, soft, or slippery—and then they'll make a texture book!

Using a toy race car kids create a visual model of the Doppler Effect.

Does your child love pretend and need practice with letters and the sounds they make? Get cooking! This activity is fun and builds key reading skills, too.

Does the idea of taking your child to an art museum sound daunting? Create your own museum and give your child some practice with shapes!

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

Take advantage of the spring and summer sun in this arts and crafts activity that has your learner creating pretty flower prints.

Make some easy homemade yogurt with your young scientist, and see what a few 'live' bacteria can do in the right conditions!

Help your first grade reader become an expert in "sh," "ch," and "th" words with this fun, homemade game.

This kindergarten science activity will help her explore the changing states of matter which transform an egg from raw to soft to hard-boiled.

This experiment challenges students to forecast the weather based on the surrounding areas' weather.

Make a garland of paper flags representing your child's favorite countries.

Magnets may hold up papers on the fridge, but is it the paper that attracts them? Find out more with this kindergarten science investigation.

This Valentine's Day craft uses paper hearts of different sizes to create a cuddly puppy your child will love seeing on the wall!

In this activity, your kid has your permission to get his socks nice and filthy. In fact, it's a necessity, because those socks are going to make a garden.

Help your child keep track of his pledges to be more environmentally friendly with a calendar made entirely out of recycled and reused materials!

In this science fair project, students learn how pressure can make the minerals in a rock line up in the same direction and form bands and foliation.

Make going back to school fun with this surprising pop up book, perfect for first graders!

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

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

Get your child thinking about time with this art project, where you'll create a fun book on his daily routine.

With this fun and easy method of printing your child will draw patterns, trace them with yarn, paint and press their very own masterpieces.

This science project challenges students to study deer behavior in their natural habitat- the feeding patterns, social behaviors, male to female ratio, etc.

Ombre art is all the rage. Help your young artist learn all about tints and shades while creating a piece of art to celebrate Valentine's Day.