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.
Bowling for Addition
When you don't want to wear rented shoes at the bowling alley, try whipping up this homemade water bottle bowling set! Help your first grader improve his math skills while having hours of fun at the same time.
Play Flip Over Vowels
Help your kindergartner tackle the "silent e rule" with this simple activity that's sure to leave her flipping over vowel practice!
Make Your Own Bowling Game
Do you want to turn basic addition into a fun game for your child? Simply save up some old paper towels for a do-it-yourself bowling game, chock-full of fun!
Build a Castle...and Explore First Grade Geometry!
Use reusable, recyclable materials - along with a dose of imagination - to explore architecture and build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.
"Stained Glass" Leaf Window Art
First-graders spend a lot of time learning to identify, group, and categorize natural phenomena all around them. In this activity, help your first grader investigate and categorize leaves while you create a beautiful and classic window decoration together.
Make a Pharaoh's Headdress
Your child will rule his kingdom in style with this regal Pharaoh's head cloth, called a "nemes."
Play ExerDice!
ExerDice is the perfect way to keep your family active! Using homemade dice printed with different exercises on each side, you can skip, jump, and run your way to physical fitness! It's a great game to play as a family or at your next party.
Sight Word Jenga
Help your first-grader improve his reading skills with this new twist on a classic game. Let your first-grader create his own wooden word blocks and play sight word Jenga!
Play the Shape Twister Game
Young kids love bright colors and shapes. This silly game combines shapes, color, and motion--to teach core kindergarten skills. It's kind of like Twister...with a twist!
Play Sardine Hide and Seek!
Does the idea of an exciting, engaging, and completely silent game that requires no props sound like a fantasy? Not so! It's just a fine kettle of fish called "Sardines."
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