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 Oatmeal Container Maracas
Turn a boring afternoon into a recycled crafts bonanza by re-purposing empty oatmeal containers into musical maracas.
Water Pollution: Can You See It?
Is your water polluted? Help your kids find out by investigating the water around you, using coffee filters and a magnifying glass.
Math Facts: Crack the Mystery Pasta Code
Here's a simple math activity that has your child using her basic addition facts to solve a secret code.
Make A Personalized Art Treasure Box
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 themed, collaged art box.
Grocery Store Decoding
Looking for a fun away to help your child practice sounding out words? Look no further than that stack of old magazines--product names are great for teaching word families!
Paint Colorful Fingerprint Fish
What lives in the darkest, deepest waters of the ocean? Let your child's imagination go vividly wild while creating brilliant fish using her fingerprints!
Make a Step Map
How many steps long is the hallway? Kids put their graph-making skills to work as they make a step map of their own house.
Explore Air Pressure and Make a Homemade Fountain
Here's a science activity that lets a first grader have fun with an empty dish soap bottle to create his own fountain as he explores air pressure.
Horseshoe Race
Race to the finish in this fun addition board game! Your first grader will work on the important skill of adding in this two-player game. Take turns drawing playing cards to find your numbers, then add them together correctly in order to move ahead.
Make a Chinese Dragon Relief
Make this dragon relief with your first grader to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and teach her about an important part of Chinese culture. She'll also get some great fine motor practice along the way!
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