First Grade Activities
Browse through our first grade activities, or use the selector below to pick a subject. You'll find many first grade activities to keep your child learning on the fly, all year long. From fun holiday activities to subject specific ones there are many 1st grade activities to choose from.
Make a Desktop Desert Terrarium
Using a glass fishbowl, you and your kids can create a low-humidity, open-topped terrarium perfect for easy care, drought-tolerant succulents.
Treasure Box Craft
Having a hard time finding your child's art supplies? Keep all her art supplies organized and in one place by helping her create her own treasure box.
Go on a Spider Web Treasure Hunt!
Follow the web to find your treasure! In this spider web game, each player will be given half a word and must find the correct, matching half to discover where his treasure is. This silly game will give purpose to and improve kids' reading skills in an exciting and engaging way.
Make a Coastal Crab
This fun activity makes use of some simple "ingredients" to make a crab while your child learns about this unique creature. Get started with just a few pasta shells and some paint!
Go, Seeds, Go!
How are seeds designed for survival? Create a seed book with your kids to see how seeds are designed to go, go, go before they grow, grow, grow!
Create a Shoebox Habitat
First graders are imaginative story-builders. Create a shoebox habitat with your child to put those budding creative instincts to good use.
Make Sunny "Stained Glass" Art
Stained glass is an old art form found in castles and cathedrals across Europe. Try your hand at making your own faux stained glass art with all the beauty but none of the expense of the real thing.
Make "Mom Talking" Message Magnets
Try these humorous but practical refrigerator magnets to get some messages across and build your first grader's reading skills at the same time.
Make a Kid-Friendly Egg Carton Kinara
Even the littlest kids can participate in the Kwanzaa celebration with this clever flameless Kinara.
Map the Solar System!
Involve your entire family in this project that uses toilet paper squares to map the solar system...and help your first grader grasp important concepts of measurement and size!
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