Your child can count out six pumpkins or six crayons, but what is a six all by itself? ThatÃs a much harder concept to grasp.

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.

In this activity, your child will learn and practice mindfulness by using their senses to focus on one thing at a time.

Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.

This turkey hand activity will help your child practice patterns and number recognition, key concepts that she'll encounter throughout your child's academic career.

This science fair project idea teaches that time always passes at the same rate and nothing we do in our daily life âreallyâ affects how fast it moves.

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

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.

Put a twist on traditional oil painting with this fun science activity that you and your first grader can do together.

First grade math includes lots of work with two-digit numbers. Here's an activity to help kids practice recognizing and sequencing numbers from 1-30.

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

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

Dads, this activity's for you. Brighten mom's day with a set of kid-designed "mom coupons" that are sure to keep mom happily pampered for weeks.

Ask your kids to write these one-sentence "Holiday Wishes." Without realizing it, they'll be building third grade Language Arts skills.

Looking for a cool game to help your first grader learn her 11s? Look no further than this clever one-person card game.

This project reuses freebie magnets to make one-of-a-kind magnets for your one-of-a-kind kid!

Do this fun activity that uses stickers to help your kindergartener with counting, basic addition, and one-to-one correspondence.

Counting with one-to-one correspondence is an important kindergarten math skill. This simple activity turns it into a play-anywhere game.

Create one-of-a-kind noisemakers to bring some fun to New Year's Eve.

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.

The perfect activity for a rainy day, or any time your little one moans, "Moooo-oom, there's nothing to do!"

Salute your "#1 Dad" with this creative pop-up card!

Teach your little one to appreciate all the best things in life with a keepsake Thanksgiving plate.

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

Create a crafty porcupine with your first grader, and use the opportunity to teach your little one about it's ingenious (yet painful!) defense mechanism.

Introduce your little one to the joys of gardening with this adorable do-it-yourself planter made from clothespins.

Blend science and math to explore a very important first grade social studies question: does our planet contain more land or more water?

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

Shake those dice and try to roll big numbers in this first grade math game. Practice addition in a new, fun way!

In this activity, students will be challenged to describe and count the ways a toy moves from one position on a grid to another.