This spider mobile activity encourages learning about the science of motion, air currents and art.

Reinforce your child’s understanding of the alphabet by helping them construct all of the letters using pipe cleaners.

Here's an arts and crafts activity that has your first-grader experimenting with math concept of multiples and patterns with her own printing plate.

Make sure your child is prepared for Halloween by having him create a stamp-printing that says: "Trick or treat? Smell my feet!"

Before you get ready for a delicious scramble or omelet, add a bit of science to your morning routine!

Get a leg up on counting concepts with this project where art and math collide.

This science fair project idea investigates if fats add to the flavor of food.

Make a fun refrigerator graph with your first grader in order to help her develop those crucial graphing skills, while engaging with the whole family.

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

Pumpkin carving party activities are great for a pre-Halloween party. Try pumpkin carving party activities, including jack-o'-lantern ideas and fall recipes.

In first grade, children are introduced to fractions. Here's a recipe that combines fraction practice with winter fun and lets kids actually paint the snow!

Delight your first grader by combining a reading activity with a fun "tea party" as she unscrambles cut-up words in a tea bag to form sentences and stories.

Can you dig it? This science experiment isn't for kids who like to keep their hands clean.

Science fair project that determines whether cooling eggs helps them be peeled more easily. Compare the time it took to peel each egg.

Hanukkah stamps help you decorate anything from cards to gifts to wrapping paper. Make your own Hanukkah stamps out of potatoes.

Plants and light seem to be good buddies, but how far does the friendship really go?

Do you think you could walk around upside down -- with your feet in the air and your head on the ground?

In this activity you and your child will learn about the African Americans that changed history in a fun quiz format.

Be a chemist for a day and study the simple reaction between sugar and heat. Try heating sugar and see what happens!

What exactly went on in a typical dinosaur family? Travel back to the Mesozoic Era and bring out your kid's creative side with this sequencing activity.

Learn about this simple machine and make a pulley of your own to use for fun science trials.

Here's a first grade arts and crafts activity: make pop-up puppets using a plastic cup, wooden dowel, and fabric. Put on a show once you're done!

In this activity, your child will be challenged to use simple materials to create a catapult for a small, lightweight toy.

Start your toy engines -- this is going to be a fast and friction-filled race!

This experiment challenges students to forecast the weather based on the surrounding areas' weather.

Do plants get crowded? Have your curious kid investigate how plants respond if they're forced to grow together in a confined space.

In this fun science experiment, kids will determine the best method for ripening avocados and discover the cool chemical reaction that makes this possible.

Children have a naturally inquisitive mind. Foster their curiosity with a walk through an autumn field or park to answer age-old “why” questions. As you walk with your child, you can encourage them to ask questions.

What's the science behind those out-of-sight roots? Find out if you can trick roots into growing in different directions.

How do animals keep warm? In this experiment, find out whether fat insulation resists cold temperatures and learn how this works in the animal kingdom.