Craft like the Colombians did in ancient times and make these line drawings out of twine, rope, or yarn.

Build this game, and give your kid some hands-on practice ordering numbers. Soon your first grade kid will be Master of the number line!

In this activity, your child will reflect on how adults can learn from kids. They will watch a TED Talk presented by a 12-year-old girl about the power of young people’s ideas and teachings, and they will generate some of their own unique ideas.

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

Help your first grade scientist learn about metamorphosis by observing the life cycle of some interesting creepy crawlies.

Introduce your child to science with something they see everyday--their shadow!

Have your kid create a chart of job titles. It's a great way to get them to recognize the people whose efforts benefit the community.

A nonet is a 9-line poem. Like haiku, each line has a specific number of syllables, starting with nine in the first line and ending with only one in the last.

Gather the neighborhood children together and practice graphing with this backyard tournament!

In this science fair project, students learn how pressure can make the minerals in a rock line up in the same direction and form bands and foliation.

Children learn the six parts of a plant...but do they really understand? Try this plant-themed meal plan to bring school science into the home.

Learn about the microclimate of your backyard by tracking rainfall, temperature, and observed weather with hand drawn charts and graphs.

Does your child always demand to know why the sky is blue, how the sun moves across the sky, or where wind comes from?

Deep relaxation is a great way to create the conditions for learning by helping students let go of tension and worry.

Before your next family getaway, make a set of picture/word vocabulary cards together. These cards will build your child's language and comprehension skills.

Try this fun outdoor game to improve your first grader's reading skills. This activity is perfect for summer!

Head out to the driveway, ball in hand, for a bouncing challenge. Then use those results to make a colorful graph that lets your child compare results.

Teaching your child some basic words in Spanish is a breeze at home, with this simple and fun activity that doesn't require special educational materials.

Parts of speech can be a difficult and dreary concept for many kids, but you can quickly turn that feeling around with this fun game.

Is it a bird? Is it Superman? No, it's your third grader's homemade miniature plane zooming across the room on a zip line.

Using only straight-line sewing, your fourth can create a nifty felt pencil case perfect for his busy life.

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

Your child can create his very own pine forest covered in snow and learn some forest vocabulary too!

Help your child learn how to protect the environment by creating a useful reference for the family with this recycling poster.

Most of us are familiar with haiku, but the tanka is an even older form of Japanese poetry. Learn to write a tanka poem with this activity.

Whatever is stacked in your cupboard can be used to help your child learn how to compare fractions and decimals. A great hands-on math lesson!

Expand on your childâs time-telling skills by helping him learn how an analog clock and a digital clock correspond.

Learn how to make a paper snowflake with these simple instructions. Help your child learn how to make a paper snowflake with only paper and scissors.

The goal of this evaporation experiment is to learn about how different external conditions affect drying time.

Learn about nature by making your own mini moss garden.