Lead your first grader on a nature walk ... with a scavenger hunt-style twist! They'll try to capture photos that correspond to paint chip colors.

Celebrate Kwanzaa with your fourth grader, or introduce them to a new cultural practice, by showing them how to weave a Kwanzaa mat out of an ordinary paper bag!

In this activity, children will let their imagination run wild as they design and build a new planet in the solar system.

Want a fun way to teach your kid to tell time? Making a plate clock is a great way for him to learn how to tell time in a way he'll actually find exciting.

Help your child make an imaginative scene come to life by making a diorama. Your child will be practicing three dimensional thinking and language arts skills.

Bake these delicious Crisco Cookies with your child this holiday season to give as gifts to friends and family.

Encourage your writer to uncover their imagination and storytelling skills by authoring their very own book.

Making candles from old candles is easy. Recycle old candle stubs to make a "new" candle, and teach your child about recycling at the same time!

This Thanksgiving, make a pine cone turkey that can double as a personalized place setting for each family member.

Help your child discover the difference between his wants and needs using this poster.

With nothing more than a flat open space and some lively kids, you can reinforce key concepts of punctuation while having lots of healthy laughs.

Help your first grader design and create his very own bird feeder out of an empty milk carton.

Using water, corn syrup, and sequins, your child can create a unique art project while exploring what happens when different liquids are mixed together!

Invite your kid to create her own hanging dove images--a symbol of peace and unity--in honor of Black History Month.

Blend science and math to explore a very important first grade social studies question: does our planet contain more land or more water?

Research shows that when we focus on things we are grateful for, we literally rewire our brains to focus on the positive. Help kids experience the joy of gratitude by creating trees that give thanks.

Keep school day sniffles at bay with a simple felt tissue cozy that fits neatly in a 3-ring binder.

Thanksgiving dinner can be filled with fun and memorable interactions between family members. This holiday, why not memorialize some of those details and events with a family poem? You can create a lasting memory in the form of a poem with contributions f

Put a twist on traditional oil painting with this fun science activity that you and your first grader can do together.

Create a habitat for a butterfly right in your own backyard, and build your first grader's science knowledge while you're at it.

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

Here's a classic celery science experiment that uses celery and food coloring to demonstrate how plants absorb water.

Here's a science activity to help your child investigate how seeds are designed to travel.

Arrange a cluster of glittering pumpkins on your dining table or use them as individual place cards to add a little sparkle to your next fall party.

In this activity, your child will create a red envelope that can be filled with money to spread good will and ward off evil spirits in the New Year.

These quick and easy pumpkin quesadillas are as delicious as they are nutritious. Celebrate Fall and the wonder squash that is the pumpkin!

Put an oatmeal box, a flashlight, and some construction paper together and you have the makings of an incredibly cool bedroom planetarium!

Help your child with his decoding and early reading skills in this fun game where you follow a spider web to find your treasure!

Silent "e" words are a big part of first grade phonics. Help them turn words like "hop" to "hope" in this action-packed, practical game.