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Take your child outside during winter time and have them observe the leafless trees before having them make a watercolor of a tree or trees using masking tape. They’re sure to love their winter tree painting, plus they make lovely decorations in the home!

Teach children how to upcycle dried-out markers with this homemade paint-making activity!

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

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

The fish most kids see is usually filleted, and it's hard to see how it came from a lake or sea. This cool gyotaku activity blends life science with art!

By using watercolor paints to practice writing letters, sentences, and math problems, your child will practice first grade skills in his "Sidewalk School."

Boost those first grade reading and writing skills with this sweet Mother's Day poem idea.

Study science with your first grader in this arts and crafts activity that models the reason why fall leaves change color with some paint and crayons.

Jump into the story of Cinderella by making a pumpkin coach of your own!

Here's an activity to encourage your young artist to read. Invite your child to visualize directions on colors, numbers, and shapes to create cool pictures!

Put a twist on traditional oil painting with this fun science activity that you and your first grader can do together.

Make this creative "story cartoon" tray to help your first grader build reading comprehension skills while having a hilarious time!

Whether you're teaching your kid about this important cultural art form or simply looking for a fun project, sandpainting is a fun activity you'll both enjoy.

Here's an arts and crafts activity that has your first-grader or second-grader using crayons and black paint to create a beautiful wax-resist nightscape.

If your child enjoys drawing, here's a fun way to learn about compound words that uses art as a visual aid.

Let your child help you create a fire escape plan poster to hang in the house in case of an emergency!

Here's a way to bring young children into the process of preparing healthy school lunches, and build up early literacy skills while they're at it!

Allow your first grader to get his artwork outdoors this summer by letting him create a garden art box for his arts and crafts supplies.

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

Try this fall-inspired art activity with your child to teach some basic art principles about color, pattern and texture.

Teach your kid a lesson about recycling by helping him create a letter holder out of an old cardboard box.

Provide your child with Q-tip paint brushes that are bunched together and easy to grip, and encourage him to go to work on his painting masterpiece!

Guide your first grader through a map drawing project inspired by her favorite fairy tale. Its masked as a fun art activity, but it also packs learning punch!