Kindergarten and 1st Grade Activities

This homemade pom-pom garland requires very few materials and instantly brightens up a room with Easter-themed pastels.

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

Every day will be a new experience as you explore and learn about the different colors.

Use natural materials to try out a new kind of weaving. Your child will enjoy gathering their materials outside and then using them to create a piece of art!

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways ... on my eight limbs and eight hearts!

Craft a paper rocket in this hands-on activity inspired by the life of Mae Jemison!

This paper heart craft is a simple Valentine's Day activity that gets kids to exercise their fine-motor skills. Make a paper heart craft with your child this February.

In this activity, children will let their imagination run wild as they design and build a new planet in the solar system.

This heart chain will help spread the love on Valentine's Day. Help your child make a colorful heart chain for your home or classroom this Valentine's Day.

In this activity, your child will be asked to create a boat that can successfully float while holding 25 pennies.

Help your child gain reading comprehension skills, as well as listening and memory skills with this fun activity that uses his favorite book!

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.

Guide your first grader through a map drawing project inspired by her favorite fairy tale. Its masked as a fun art activity, but it also packs learning punch!

Make a peace dove to commemorate Black History Month and hang it in your home as a quiet reminder of the spirit of the movement.

This science fair project teaches about mold. Students will test different foods to see which grow mold the fastest.

Make a mood meter with your child to help them recognize and share their feelings.

In this exciting and empowering challenge, your child will construct a bridge using marshmallows and toothpicks!

Tissue Valentine's hearts make great decorations and help your child work out those all-important fine motor skills.

Introduce shapes to art projects with this fun Valentine-themed craft.

Does your child need help reading common words? Make this family board game. It's so fun, they won't even realize they're learning!

In this Halloween-themed activity, young learners will find out what happens when they mix two household items together to create a surprising chemical reaction.

This fun craft will teach your child a little bit about the human skeletal system and can be adapted to teach the biology of many different living animals.

A heart collage is the perfect Valentine's Day art project for your young artist. Make a heart collage this February with your child.

Ask a child if they want to practice the alphabet and you'll likely get snubbed. But ask if they'd like to play letter detective? You might hook yourself a fish.

Learn all about balance and motion as your child designs a corn maze!

A valentine garland makes any home look more lovely on Valentine's Day. Craft a simple valentine garland with your child to add some heart to your day.

Research shows that when we focus on things we are grateful for, we literally rewire our brains to focus on the positive. Help kids experience the joy of gratitude by creating trees that give thanks.

This activity is based on the popular card game, Slapjack. It's rip-roaring fun, and it reinforces the concepts of odd and even.

Help your child understand that letters, put in a certain order, make words. In this fun activity they'll get to make their own puzzle, and practice letters, too!

Prepare for some scary Halloween counting practice! This game encourages players to knock down cylinders and then add to determine their scores.