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These first grade activities are an easy way to help your child further develop her skills in reading, writing, math, and science. In addition to being educational, these printable first grade games are also fun! Activities for first grade include games like nursery rhyme mad libs, bowling for addition, and sandwich bag explosion. Activities like these allow first graders to be engaged while having a good time.

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Celebrate Read Across America Day with your first grader by playing a pink crepe paper racing game inspired by Dr. Seuss's book "The Cat in the Hat Come Back."

Play with Pulleys

How do people move pianos and heavy furniture into tall buildings? Show your kids some pulley potential with this simple household exercise!

Wheels and Axles

Engineers in training can get started with this simple wheel-and-axle construction activity.

Take a closer look at the soil that surrounds us, and give your child a lesson in Geology 101!

Understanding Volume

This is a fun way to introduce kids to the concept of volume, and give them a quick hands-on activity to boot.

Building Sand Castles

If your child aspires to be the next Frank Lloyd Wright, we've got some tips on building sand castles that last.

Shipshape: An Indoor Game

This is a great activity for when the kids get a little stir crazy. It works indoors or out.

So Silly!: Make Your Own Putty

The perfect activity for a rainy day, or any time your little one moans, "Moooo-oom, there's nothing to do!"

Making Candles from Old Candles

Making candles from old candles is easy. Recycle old candle stubs to make a "new" candle, and teach your child about recycling at the same time!

Play Sardine Hide and Seek!

This twist on the same old Hide and Seek is a great weekend or rainy-day activity.

Yeast Balloon Science!

Think you can blow up a balloon without using your mouth? This isn't just a cool trick, it's also a great way to introduce chemistry and biology concepts.

Helping your child learn to read doesn't only have to mean using books from the library or from the store. You can make a book of your own - a nonsense book!

Make an ALL ABOUT ME! Book

Spark your kids' interest in writing by helping them write a mini-book about their favorite subject: themselves!

Oobleck Science: Solid or Liquid?

Is it solid or liquid? Create oobleck and witness the amazingly weird oscillation between the two!

Group It!: A Skip Counting Activity

This hands-on activity practices skip counting, a key first grade math skill. But it's silly fun!

Play the Number Line Game!

Build this game, and give your kid some hands-on practice ordering numbers. Soon your first grade kid will be Master of the number line!

Let Your Kids Campaign!

Kids are acutely aware of what's "fair" and what's not. Here's a quirky way to teach your first grader the importance of voting and democracy.

Weight Wonders: Big and Light...Heavy and Small?

Here's a fun activity to help build thinking skills in young first grade scientists, and to encourage them to have a blast exploring the mass and volume.

Halloween Ghost Craft

It's a great time for family crafts. Here's a ghost Halloween decoration you and your child can make together.

Play Letter-Sound Hopscotch!

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

Play Nursery Rhyme Madlibs!

Here's a silly game that uses nursery rhymes to introduce a big concept in first grade reading and writing: learning about nouns and verbs.

Growing Flowers

This winter garden project is just about bomb-proof, and believe it or not, it might even make a great gift. So get craft happy with your first grader!

Make Your Own Watercolor Wrapping Paper

Not only is homemade wrapping paper pretty, but by experimenting with decorative tools, kids are also doing science, art, and small-motor muscle building.

Play the Shape Twister Game

This fun shape game is like Twister...with a twist!

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