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

Santa needs all the helpers he can get, so why not create your very own holiday elf to watch over your presents.

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

Your child will enjoy making this Easter decoration that honors the chicken. After all, chickens are the ones that actually make the Easter eggs!

Looking for something to do with all those plastic 2-liter bottles that seem to accumulate endlessly? Turn them into a unique mini birdbath.

Celebrate the blooming season with your kid by showing him how to make a magical spring mosaic out of all natural materials!

All you need to put together this guitar is an old shoebox. Soon your kid will be rocking out while saving room in the landfill.

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!

This activity is a craft project and a math workshop all in one! Use found objects to encourage your child to imitate, extend, and create patterns.

Help you child burn his very own CD with all of his favorite color songs to create a compilation album that is truly one of a kind.

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

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.

This 'handy' Thanksgiving wreath gets your child to focus on things he's grateful for all year. Create a Thanksgiving wreath with your child this November.

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.

The concept of metamorphosis is fascinating to children of all ages. Help your child's creativity take flight as she makes her very own butterfly life cycle.

What makes your shadow dance around all day? Let's play detective and find out why that sneaky shadow never stays in one place for long.

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.

St. Patrick's Day may be all about the 'luck" of the Irish, but this project encourages your child to share her personal experience with luck.

This homemade educational travel game will keep your young child entertained and learning reading, writing, shapes and colors. All you need is a tissue box!

Help your child score points with a personalized message of her own. All it takes is a set of handmade letter tiles to create some word wall art.

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!

Check out this simple version of a pairs game that's played all over the world. It's a great way to practice estimating and predicting mathematical outcomes.

A strong vocabulary helps your little one with all school subjects. With this scrambled words game, they won't mind brushing up on vocab and learning new words.

What's my number? Go ahead and guess! This logic game focuses on number sense that suits all ability levels, as players' questions can be simple or complex.

Trying to find sums of groups of multiples is a great way to practice your addition. Be sure to double check your work. If you clear all of the cards, you win!

Countries all around the world have been using the abacus for thousands of years to make math easier. Have your kid make his own abacus to practice arithmetic.

Cookie, snow globe or puzzle? This holiday cookie is all three! Celebrate the holidays with this puzzle cookie, a crafty twist on a delicious dessert.

The next time you're trapped indoors on a dreary day, try this take on dodgeball. All you need are a group of kids, an open area and a soft, spongy ball.

Create a three-dimensional X-ray of your child's hand in this simple modeling activity. All you need to get started are black paper and drinking straws

This is a healthy dish that'll bring color to any meal but simple enough that kids of all ages can take the lead in making this delicious Korean dish.