This simple art project will help your child think of nice words to say that come from the heart.

Add a smattering of beachy fun to a regular paper plate with this simple and adorable seashell craft!

Create a little magic with this special craft that transforms a regular paper tree into a Valentine masterpiece.

Winter is a great time to build a friendly snowman! Turn regular modeling clay into a glittery snowy surprise.

With a few creases and crimps, you can turn regular old aluminum foil into tin foil art!

Spice up your everyday vase with this fun craft adding colorful layers of beans to a regular vase. The beans add beauty and function, helping prop up flowers.

If your first grader has a hard time practicing his vocabulary skills, introduce him to this fun word building game.

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

Make a "feeling meter" that helps your first grader read key feeling words and communicate his emotions accurately to you.

Shake things up by introducing your child to charcoal pencils! These unique drawing tools make blending, shading, and smudging easy and fun.

This year on Mother's Day, here's a gift that builds vocabulary while bringing a smile to Mom's face!

Kids can jazz up their checker sets by transforming boring round checker pieces into baby chicks and eggs in this 1st grade arts and crafts activity.

Get into the back-to-school spirit with this clip magnet that'll make sure your first grader never loses his important school papers again!

Make going back to school a fun time! Let your child create her own pencil topper creatures using everyday materials and a Styrofoam ball.

Reinforce your child’s foundational math skills while creating small works of seasonal art with this creative Halloween rock painting activity!

Using hard boiled eggs, leaves and tempera paint, your child can create a delicate garden print decoration on Easter eggs.

Arrange a cluster of glittering pumpkins on your dining table or use them as individual place cards to add a little sparkle to your next fall party.

Help your child use an old water bottle and a few other household materials to make her own eco-friendly pal!

Decorate your porch or backyard with this unique fall craft!

Create a dazzling window display with cut stars with this fun first grade holiday activity.

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

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

Forget store-bought dyes this Easter: color your Easter eggs with natural dyes made with ingredients from your own kitchen in this 1st grade activity.

This simple Veterans Day craft is a great way to have your kid work on her drawing skills and put her vocabulary to the test too!

Kids can turn a favorite fairy tale into a rebus puzzle by replacing the nouns in the story with pictures that they draw themselves.

Learn how to make fairy wings with these easy instructions. See how to make fairy wings for Halloween or dress-up time.

Help your child get the hang of reading with this fun activity. Here's how to make a spinning phonics wheel out of two paper plates.

Help your first grader build sight word knowledge by creating a reading pointer and taking the family on a house-wide reading tour!