What's the first letter? Play this game with your first grader the next time you read together, and watch her reading skills grow as she climbs the levels.

In this activity, your child will be given images that portray different perspectives or emotions. Your child will practice empathy by coloring and drawing what each person may have been thinking or feeling.

Develop your child's green thumb with this easy planting activity. These plants are guaranteed to grow fast and are "brown-thumb" proofed!

Make a candy wrapper collage with your leftover candy wrappers! This candy wrapper collage is a cool, upcycled post-Halloween craft project.

The kitchen can be a favorite place for kids. And cooking helps them develop valuable skills-- from eye-hand coordination, to reading, to math

Using simple materials, children will create a movement card game that the whole family can play together.

Your child can cut and fold her way to lots of lovely spring tulips through the art of origami!

Looking for Father's Day inspiration? Make him a "card" he can wear...and build up your kindergartener's reading skills while you're at it.

Layer images and handprint owls to create a Halloween painting!

Introduce your child to preliminary science concepts by challenging them to do this fun and simple cloud observation activity.

Has the rain ruined your summer outdoor campfire plans? You can still make some tasty s'mores with the help of your oven!

This homemade parachute toy is incredibly easy to build. Plus, it gives kids an excuse to investigate and experiment...the backbone of kindergarten science.

Celebrate the 100th Day of School by making a collage frame that can showcase your childâs favorite piece of art.

The 100th day of school is an important benchmark for kids in the lower elementary grades. Help your kid create a 100 days of school shirt to celebrate!

Introduce your child to the importance of preserving the world's biodiversity by turning a lesson on endangered species into a fun game for the whole family.

Sharing can be a challenge, and division doubly so! Practice halving numbers in this competitive card game.

In this matching activity, your kid will match the clock faces representing analog time with the numeric readings representing digital time.

Learn how to count in Spanish. Your child will practice her numbers and build her reading skills while learning a bit about Latino culture along the way.

This creamy peanut butter fudge is a great first recipe to get your first or second grader involved with because it doesn't involve any time in the oven!

Light up the sky with this lotus lantern, a perfect way to explore Buddha Day.

Here are two fun, rhythmic jump rope chants to help your first grader learn the days of the week, practice reading skills, and stay fit!

Introduce your young artist to this art form with this fun and creative activity, which blends arts and crafts with patterning for hidden math practice!

Help your kindergarten scientist predict and observe as she explores the science of smell...and have a great time doing it, too.

It's always good to have a little help during the holiday. Show your child how to set a table setting and then help him create a placemat map.

Celebrate Ramadan by creating a crescent moon and star...out of stars! This craft is the perfect way to introduce your child to an important national symbol.

Make these crazy shaped bubbles from simple items in the kitchen, and teacher your kids to experiment and hypothesize. Here's how:

Help your child chart how much he has grown over his school break by creating his own tree-shaped Summer Growth Chart.

Create a dazzling window display with cut stars with this fun first grade holiday activity.

Help your child make his very own stationery, then take the opportunity to teach him how to write a letter!

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