This first grade addition math game helps your child use critical thinking skills while practicing his computation.

Make Hanukkah gift bags with your child this holiday season. These Hanukkah gift bags are great for passing out gelt to teachers and friends.

A homemade coat of arms is a great way to get your child thinking about your family's values, and it makes a fun addition to the costume box as well!

Play Rock Tic-Tac-Toe, the perfect outdoor game for all ages. Help your child develop thinking skills and get away from the TV!

Does your kid love animals, especially wild ones like tigers and bears? With this fun and easy project your child can craft his own animal puppets and go wild!

This first grade science activity is great for winter! Your child will grow and observe her own amaryllis bulb, keeping a journal of her scientific findings.

Make grammar interesting for kinders, with this fun take on charades. They'll practice verbs and get in some giggles, too!

In kindergarten, your child spent lots of time counting things one by one. But in first grade, he'll need to be able to count in groups, especially by fives.

Craft a sparkling magic wand and let your child pretend she's a fairy, wizard, or magician!

Invite your child, and any other kids attending the Seder, to help you make this "hands on" matzah cover for Passover this year.

This fun craft is perfect to do in the spring, and opens up the opportunity to teach your child about birds.

Help your first grader design and create his very own bird feeder out of an empty milk carton.

Plant a mini herb garden and teach your child about science and nature.

Learn how to make vampire fangs for Halloween costumes and for scary playtime. See how to make vampire fangs with this great upcycled tutorial.

This winter garden project is just about bomb-proof, and believe it or not, it might even make a great gift. So get craft happy with your first grader!

This butterfly costume comes together in under an hour and is perfect for your little trick-or-treater. Make this butterfly costume for Halloween or play time.

Once readers know the individual sounds letters make, they need to learn how to blend them and how to break them apart. This activity will help them practice.

It's a great time for family crafts. Here's a ghost Halloween decoration you and your child can make together.

Foster a love of words in your little cupid this Valentine's Day by creating a memory game that doubles as an early reading activity.

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

This DIY menorah will make a beautiful addition to your Hanukkah celebrations. Make a DIY menorah with your child this winter.

You and your child can create this beautiful butterfly mobile for hanging anywhere in the home (and learn about this magical creature while you're at it).

In this activity, your child will learn how to spruce up her bike with an original license plate!

This simple bookmaking activity will introduce and reinforce alphabet and number recognition skills that have been taught at home or learned in preschool.

Help your child make a beautiful homemade sandcastle that will last!

Gather the neighborhood children together and practice graphing with this backyard tournament!

Delight your first grader by combining a reading activity with a fun "tea party" as she unscrambles cut-up words in a tea bag to form sentences and stories.

This string a necklace arts activity teaches first grade readers to look for a story's beginning, middle, and end.

Help your kindergartener practice counting from one to ten with this fun outdoor activity. Make a "My Backyard Counting Book" to review counting to ten.

Help your first grader make a coin bank that builds connections to early reading and math. And build good saving habits, too!