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 Family Cookbook
Compile your child's favorite family recipes into a family cookbook! This activity is a great way to preserve your family recipes, help your child get to know family members, and practice his reading and writing!
Paper Plate Phonics
Keep the reading wheels turning with this fun activity that helps kids practice blending letters and word endings into words.
Captain Midnight
Learn to tell time or just have a good time with this great game of tag! Players (crewmembers) ask the Captain for the time on his watch. Players move closer on his every command, but watch out! If he says it's midnight, crewmembers must run to safety.
Make Felt Pillows
Let your child express himself with a personal statement in pillow form! He'll have a blast attaching colorful felt cut-outs to his pillow in wild and wacky designs.
Create a Kids' Cooking Apron!
Does your child show signs of being the next great chef? Here's an activity to encourage her culinary interest and skills: make a colorful cooking apron!
Make an "I Feel" Meter
Help your first grader communicate his feelings with this "feeling meter" poster to hang on his bedroom door. Kids can practice reading and expressing what they feel, and hopefully further the harmony in your household!
Paint a Still Life in Primary Colors
Kids will love painting shapes of objects in a still life while using strong colors showing highlights and shadows.
Turn Your To-Do List Into an Advent Calendar
Reinvent your family's list of holiday to-dos as an advent calendar countdown! His fine motor skills will be given a boost as your responsibilities become manageable!
Solids, Liquids, Maple Syrup!
Introduce your first grade scientist to the properties of liquids and solids. This fun experiment uses the sweetest thing on the breakfast table...maple syrup!
Sandbox Math Sticks
One of the goals for first graders is to memorize basic addition and subtraction math facts by the end of the year. Practice in the sandbox with this fun outdoor math activity!
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