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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.

Lace a Face

Here's a wacky activity that kids are sure to love: make a face that has shoelaces for hair!

Arts and Crafts: Construction & Sculpture | First Grade

Reindeer Craft for Kids

Create your very own adorable reindeer to keep you company throughout the holiday season.

Arts and Crafts: Paper & Glue Crafts | First Grade | Christmas

Play "Roll Those Words", A Reading Activity

Let those good reading times roll! Re-use wooden building blocks or old board game dice to get your child practicing her reading and sentence-writing skills in this twist on a classic word dice game.

Reading: Sight Words | Writing: Composition | First Grade

Make Your Own Seed Packets

Create homemade seed packets with your kids. This activity combines your kids' love of science and the outdoors with a little writing and drawing fun.

Science: Life Science | Writing: Spelling | First Grade

Family Flash Cards

Turn printed family photos into a sturdy "flash card" game to help your child learn the names and faces of near and distant relatives.

First Grade | Games

Homonym Adventures

Using storybooks your child already knows introduce her to homonyms, those sound-alike words with different meanings.

Reading: Phonics | First Grade

Create a "Pop Art" Collage

Watch the pop of complementary colors while creating a fun and beautiful collage you can create from magazine clippings.

Arts and Crafts: Paper & Glue Crafts | First Grade

Make a Prickly Porcupine!

This prickly porcupine project is more than just crafty fun! It will actually teach your child about the ingenious defense mechanism found in the common porcupine.

Arts and Crafts: Construction & Sculpture | First Grade

Deck of Family Cards

Here's a perfect cure for the age-old problem of "I'm bored!" Make a deck of family cards that teaches your child family recognition and enhances his concentration.

Games: Group Games | Arts and Crafts: Paper & Glue Crafts | First Grade

Preserving Your Child's Work: 3 Budget-Friendly Ways

While we cherish our child's work, keeping it all can get a bit overwhelming. Here are three easy, budget-friendly ways to preserve those precious memories without filling up the attic.

Arts and Crafts: Paper & Glue Crafts | First Grade