First Grade Activities

First Grade activities to help show your child the fun side of learning. From easy First Grade activities to more advanced, we've got you covered.

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Put an oatmeal box, a flashlight, and some construction paper together and you have the makings of an incredibly cool bedroom planetarium!

Make a Bedroom Planetarium!

First Grade
Earth & Space Science

Do this experiment to help your first grader understand how salt can be removed from salt water. All it takes are a few household materials.

Turn Salt Water into Drinking Water

First Grade
Physical Science

All you need is chalk and pavement to set up this silly, fun, and practical game that reinforces those all-important first grade sight words.

Go Sight Word "Island Hopping"!

First Grade
Nature Activities

Create a habitat for a butterfly right in your own backyard, and build your first grader's science knowledge while you're at it.

Make a Butterfly Habitat

First Grade
Nature Activities

Explore solids and liquids with your first grader by making gluep, a goopy substance that can behave like both a solid and a liquid!

Gluep: Solid or Liquid?

First Grade
Physical Science

Play hopscotch with numbers, but also with letters, to get kids ready for first grade reading.

Play Letter-Sound Hopscotch!

First Grade
Group Games

Help your first grader investigate and categorize leaves while creating a beautiful, classic window decoration.

"Stained Glass" Leaf Window Art

First Grade
Life Science

$In first grade, children are introduced to fractions. Hereâs a recipe that combines fraction practice with winter fun!$

Snow Paint

First Grade
Nature Activities

This fresh take on the classic game of Tic-Tac-Toe will boost your first grader's creativity, fine motor skills, and concept of taking turns.

Popsicle Stick Tic-Tac-Toe

First Grade
Games

Chemistry is a blast with this backyard bomb made from a sandwich bag. All you need are ingredients from the pantry to create a satisfying, and safe, explosion.

Create a Sandwich Bag Explosion!

First Grade
Physical Science

What really happens when you sprinkle that watering can? Here's a classic first grade science experiment that shows how plants absorb water.

Celery Science Experiment

First Grade
Physical Science

Do you want to turn basic addition into a fun game for your first grader? Simply save up some old paper towels for a do-it-yourself bowling game.

Make Your Own Bowling Game

First Grade
Games

Forget store-bought dyes this Easter: color your Easter eggs with natural dyes made with ingredients from your own kitchen in this 1st grade activity.

Natural Easter Egg Dyes

First Grade
Life Science

A new twist on the game of charades will inspire your first grader to look at her favorite books in a whole new light.

Play Picture Book Charades!

First Grade
Group Games

Here are two fun, rhythmic jump rope chants to help your first grader learn the days of the week, practice reading skills, and stay fit!

Jump Rope The Days of the Week!

First Grade
Fitness & Exercise

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