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First Grade Holidays & Seasons Activities

Throughout the year there are many reasons to celebrate. From the changing of seasons to national and religious holidays, we have all kinds of ideas that will help your young learner get in a celebratory mood. While creating, gaming, and crafting kids will learn more about the holidays and the times of year that have cultural significance. Our holiday activities are also a great way to introduce your child to more obscure holidays as well as holidays that are widely celebrated around the world.

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It's All Natural! A Materials Scavenger Hunt

... work hard to encourage an all-natural lifestyle for their kids. But for literal-minded kids, it's a stretch to understand how many of the manufactured products...

Make an ALL ABOUT ME! Book

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

Autumn Sketchbook

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

Edible Color Wheel

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

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

Peanut Butter Balls

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

Monster Matching

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

Tissue Paper Hearts

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

Thanksgiving Plate

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

Stack Those Hearts!

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

Sight Word Island Hopping!

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

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

Practice Reading with Newspaper "Highlights"

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

Coffee Filter Snowflakes

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

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!

All your child will need are her hands to create a kooky, spooky spider. While making her spider she'll get practice both drawing and cutting out shapes.

Make Your Own Ant Farm

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

Gargoyles for Kids

Famous statues of gargoyles protect churches and houses all over Europe, and now your kid can have one of his own, complete with squishy tongue and bouncy arms!

How to Press Flowers

April showers may bring May flowers, but your child can preserve the beauty of spring's bounty all year long with this simple craft project!

Dancing Skeleton

Having some dancing skeletons hanging around the house is great way to prepare for All Hallows' Eve. This is a great activity for honing fine motor skills.

Basic Reading Comprehension

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

Create a Sandwich Bag Explosion!

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.

Dancing Raisins

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

This game is the perfect way to prepare your child for any shopping adventures you may embark upon, all while practicing important math concepts.

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