First Grade Activities

Here's a science experiment that gives your kids a chance to see how fire needs oxygen to burn, with a little math and writing practice thrown in.

Help your first grader, second grader, or third grader boost his addition skills and math vocabulary with this fun summer game Ice Cream Addition!

This goofy scramble book activity will bring laughs...but also some good, solid comprehension skills too!

Looking for a cool game to help your first grader learn her 11s? Look no further than this clever one-person card game.

Help your child measure breezy weather in her environment by making a wind vane for kids, a simple version of the classic scientific measurement tool.

This activity is based on the popular card game, Slapjack. It's rip-roaring fun, and it reinforces the concepts of odd and even.

In this hands-on craft project, kids will make an analog clock of their own, and then use it to learn how to tell time.

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

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

Help your first grade reader understand verbs by doing them in this boisterous playground relay race.

Run, jump, and skip your way to physical fitness as your exercise with dice! It's a perfect party or family game.

Combine kids' love of scavenger hunts with consonant blends to create a fun game that's perfect for everything from birthday parties to rainy days at home.

Try this simple activity to stimulate some very complex thinking with your first grader to develop those all-important reading and comprehension skills.

With nothing more than a flat open space and some lively kids, you can reinforce key concepts of punctuation while having lots of healthy laughs.

Teach your child about recycling and gardening as she re-uses an empty plastic milk gallon jug to craft a swan-shaped plant container!

Help your first grade reader master those letter blends like "ch" and "sh" with this memorable and hilarious beanbag toss game.

Here's a classic celery science experiment that uses celery and food coloring to demonstrate how plants absorb water.

Practice reading with this fun game, where your first grader will "hunt" for hidden words around the house.

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!

Celebrate all your wonderful tongue taste buds with a giant paper tongue project -- you'll even get to decorate it with actual pieces of candy!

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.

Is our water polluted? Help your young scientist understand the importance of taking care of the environment with this simple experiment.

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your first-grader explore four different kinds of measurement, using his hand and a few simple household tools.

Take a beach ball, a marker, and a first grader. What do you get? An outdoor activity that works on reading comprehension, in the midst of a game of catch!