Honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King with this hands-on lesson in how all of us are more alike than different, especially on the inside.

First grade science often covers solids, liquids, and gases. This silly science explores serious facts about the difference between all three.

Help your child learn to read! By making their own book, your child can get creative, and practice ten key sight words at the same time.

In this activity, your first grader will practice calendar skills, observe the weather and learns to read calendar words. Here's how to get started:

Not sure what to do with all of those leftover boxes from holiday gifts? Tap into your crafty side by creating an adorable snow person with your child. This activity is sure to bring smiles to those who pass your yard or come into your home all season lon

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!

In this hands-on activity, kids learn what it takes to foster seedlings into full-grown plants, all in a regular old soda bottle!

Teaching your child some basic words in Spanish is a breeze at home, with this simple and fun activity that doesn't require special educational materials.

Help your child score points with a personalized message of her own. All it takes is a set of handmade letter tiles to create some word wall art.

Try this simple activity to stimulate some very complex thinking with your first grader to develop those all-important reading and comprehension skills.

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

Santa needs all the helpers he can get, so why not create your very own holiday elf to watch over your presents.

Give your child some hands-on experience mixing autumn colors. All you need is a large piece of white paper and tempera paint.

Your child will enjoy making this Easter decoration that honors the chicken. After all, chickens are the ones that actually make the Easter eggs!

Looking for something to do with all those plastic 2-liter bottles that seem to accumulate endlessly? Turn them into a unique mini birdbath.

Celebrate the blooming season with your kid by showing him how to make a magical spring mosaic out of all natural materials!

Not all snowmen are made of ice. This popcorn snowman tastes like the holiday season and also makes a cute decoration on any dining table.

Check out this simple version of a pairs game that's played all over the world. It's a great way to practice estimating and predicting mathematical outcomes.

Help your kindergartener identify and sort eight different kinds of common seeds on this "seed wheel" plate you can use all growing season.

Your child can commemorate the best Halloween candy of all time using foam sheets to give your little monster a little practice tracing triangular shapes.

All you need to put together this guitar is an old shoebox. Soon your kid will be rocking out while saving room in the landfill.

April showers may bring May flowers, but your child can preserve the beauty of spring's bounty all year long with this simple craft project!

This activity is a craft project and a math workshop all in one! Use found objects to encourage your child to imitate, extend, and create patterns.

Here's a rainy day phonics craft project for you and your first grader. Reel in those double "ee" words on this do-it-yourself eel!

This time-based word builder is the perfect way to boost your child's vocabulary. Mix and match letters to see how many words she can come up with!

Help you child burn his very own CD with all of his favorite color songs to create a compilation album that is truly one of a kind.

This game is the perfect way to prepare your child for any shopping adventures you may embark upon, all while practicing important math concepts.

Use fun and fuzzy pipe cleaners to help your child learn how to form important letters that make up the words that are the building blocks of phonics.

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

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.