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Here is a way to help your first grader keep track of the books she has read, and also help her develop some critical thinking skills.

In this air pressure science experiment with a balloon and a jar, children will use heat to create a partial vacuum and suck a balloon into a jar.

Here's an activity to help your first grader read and write, while staying in touch with a faraway friend or relative. Here's how:

In this sound experiment children listen for differences as they tap on a bag of air, a bag of water, and a wooden block held up to their ears.

Support your first grader's counting and reading skills while laughing and running in this fun playground game.

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!

Your first grader will love making her favorite feline a chase toy out of old fabric scraps, and she will learn beginning sewing basics while she's at it!

Here's a great early reading and science activity for curious children. Learn how to plant your child's name in seeds for a growing writing activity!

This classic children's game demonstrates how sound travels through air vs. through a solid.

This classic children's game-connecting two cups with a string-demonstrates sound's ability to travel through air vs through a solid.

Give your local birds a treat — and your young birdwatcher some fun — with this simple DIY bird feeder.

This is a quick, easy science fair project that conveys the idea of density to preschool and early elementary children.

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

In this project combining nature, art, math, and science, children make rubbings of leaves then observe shapes and structures and sort the leaf images.

Here are two fun, rhythmic jump rope chants to help your first grader learn the days of the week, practice reading skills, and stay fit!

It's always good to have a little help during the holiday. Show your child how to set a table setting and then help him create a placemat map.

Get ready for leftovers with an adorable turkey lunch bag! This recycled craft is a great way to remind everyone how much fun they had on Thanksgiving.

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

Make a mood meter with your child to help them recognize and share their feelings.

These cute holly-shaped hair clips are a breeze to make for holiday celebrations. They make a great party activity, too!

Here's a science experiment that gives your kids a chance to see how fire needs oxygen to burn, with a little math and writing practice thrown in.

Help your first grader explore the world of scientific measurement by "weighing" fruit with a "water scale"!

Help motivate your child to become a more avid and consistent reader by creating a train-themed reading chart that can serve as a visual reminder of their progress.

How do we know that air exists when we can't see it, taste it, or touch it? Here's a classic experiment that will teach your kid some basics of aerodynamics!

This Thanksgiving table runner craft isn't just fun and festive, it also helps your child build muscles for hand strength, fine motor skills, and handwriting.

This science fair project idea determines which method of hand cleansing is the most effective.

This turkey hand activity will help your child practice patterns and number recognition, key concepts that she'll encounter throughout your child's academic career.

One of the most important parts of any Christmas tree is what's on top. This year, have your child make an angel that'll put the finishing touch on your tree!

Conduct a simple experiment with your child to study how dirt tracks change as they age in this 1st grade science activity.

Make your own dreidel from modeling clay with this Hannukah craft activity!