Transform an old chair into a chalkboard canvas! This painting activity is a useful and creative way to add some quirky charm to your existing furniture.

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

With this fun and easy method of printing your child will draw patterns, trace them with yarn, paint and press their very own masterpieces.

Make a garland of paper flags representing your child's favorite countries.

Create a self-portrait from natural materials in this collage craft activity!

On Father's Day, delight Dad--and stretch your early reader, too!--with this adorable ABC book of "Fun with Dad."

Encourage your child to explore her favorite fairy tale, and learn about characters, plot, setting and story sequence as she draws her own pictures.

Prepare for some scary Halloween counting practice! This game encourages players to knock down cylinders and then add to determine their scores.

Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

Show your child the solar system and let them explore the stars and space by creating a painting. It's a fun and easy way capture your child's imagination.

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

Cornucopia still life painting is a great activity for your young artist to look at light and shadow, textures and composition in creating art at Thanksgiving!

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!

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

Make a Korean paper fan! This activity is a great way to help your child explore different cultures while she builds her fine motor and arts and crafts skills.

Spark your child's interest in international sporting events by creating a banner of world flags.

What could be more fun than doing sidewalk art? How about making your own colored sidewalk chalk!

Teach your child about the importance and peacefulness of Ramadan as she gets creative drawing domes, minarets and prayer halls.

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!

Encourage your child to create a tribute to their past, and explore future dreams and goals with this narrative assemblage.

Your child can enjoy the summer sun as she creates her own one-of-a-kind mural!

Children tap into their own imaginative storytelling skills by creating and writing a richly embellished folk tale about their favorite member of the animal kingdom.

Learn about the ancient art of Japanese calligraphy with this New Year's activity about kakizome.

Your child can use watercolors to paint butterflise and to practice the "wet into wet" technique, an important step in art.

Get fired up for the new school year with a "Back-to-School Calendar" you and your child can make at home.

Teach your child about the art of ancient Australia by creating your own handprint art just like Aboriginal artists did thousands of years ago.

Enjoy the beauty of winter from the comfort of your home with this first grade art activity: make sparkly snowflake sculptures using modeling clay and glitter.

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

In this easy and fun animal craft, make a cute pig nose using recycled egg cartons!

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