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This adventurous art project will send kids on a scavenger hunt for fall materials they can use in their artwork. This craft also teaches kids about seasons.

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

Here's a household scavenger hunt that shows kids the natural sources behind everyday objects...and builds reading skills, too!

Learn all about colors with the best teachers of all -- cupcakes!

This will encourage your child to utilize their observation skills, develop aesthetic awareness, build artistic drawing abilities and learn about the seasons.

Your kids will love this tradition of finding a leprechaun's gold hidden all over.

This is a simple, nutritious food kids love for snacks and lunches all year.

Learn all about balance and motion as your child designs a corn maze!

Reinforce your child’s understanding of the alphabet by helping them construct all of the letters using pipe cleaners.

Teach your little one to appreciate all the best things in life with a keepsake Thanksgiving plate.

Remind your child of all the things that go bump, bump in the night with a fun post-Halloween activity.

All you need is chalk and pavement to set up this silly, fun, and practical game that reinforces important vocabulary.

Learn all about Misty Copeland, a famous African American ballerina with this hands-on, colorful art project!

Tissue Valentine's hearts make great decorations and help your child work out those all-important fine motor skills.

Coffee filter snowflakes are an easy winter craft and a good way to involve children of all ages in holiday decorating.

Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.

All you and your kid need for this entertaining game are some conversation hearts, a candy that's practically synonymous with Valentine's Day!

In this fun science project your child will get practice following directions and getting messy as they learn all about slime!

Get ready for Halloween with a pumpkin mask! When he dons the finished mask, all his friends will squeal with Halloween-y delight.

Not sure what to do with all of those leftover boxes from holiday gifts? Tap into your crafty side by creating an adorable snow person with your child. This activity is sure to bring smiles to those who pass your yard or come into your home all season lon

First grade science often covers solids, liquids, and gases. This silly science explores serious facts about the difference between all three.

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!

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

With a newspaper, highlighter, and some fun extra prizes, you can help your first grader start lifetime reading habits with print all around us.