1st Grade Activities : Page 16

This fun first grade activity will make your child love vegetables (well, racing them anyway). Build a racecar from a zucchini and challenge the whole family!

This fun shape game is like Twister...with a twist!

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.

Celebrate the new year by making a memory book with your child! You'll reinforce time and calendar concepts and you'll get to reminisce about the past year.

Get oodles of noodles this year, not for dinner, but to create this funky ornament for the Christmas tree!

Here's an easy experiment that lets your first grader practice the scientific method, while watching a caterpillar eat.

Teach your child measurement skills and some Mardi Gras history as you make this delectably delicious traditional treat known as King Cake.

Invite your first grader to play this subtraction sacks game to get her actively involved in understanding and memorizing subtraction facts.

This twist on the same old Hide and Seek is a great weekend or rainy-day activity.

Try your hand at some Seuss-like tongue twisters! Boost those vocabulary skills with this fun game for the whole family.

If you're looking for something to keep your kid busy on a warm day, and give him some writing practice in the process, bring on the mud!

Mason jar lights add a bit of holiday sparkle to a bland patio or dinner table. Make some mason jar lights to add to your collection of Christmas decorations.

Fire up the grill, break out the raffia and get crafty with flowers--it's time to learn how to throw your own luau!

Spruce up some sneakers that have seen better days by turning them into a sparkly dress-up staple.

This first grade science activity brings the green grass of early spring inside while teaching your child about the cycles of growth.

Tell the Purim story in a new way: By making a set of puppets out of an old deck of cards!

Give some of your local ladybugs a warm place to stay for the winter by making a ladybug home with recycled materials.

When your child is crossing streets in the dark, visibility is key. Once he's picked out a costume, make fun and festive neon accents to add to his outfit.

Invite the hungry caterpillar over to your house by creating a larger-than-life, colorful caterpillar friend out of balloons!

Enjoy some autumn fun, and develop measurement skills with this sweet-smelling fall art project.

This countdown to Christmas craft is fun for kids who are excited for the holiday. Countdown to Christmas with this fun holiday activity.

Children get creative with this fun, imaginative activity that combines an upcycled everyday household item with a few craft supplies.

Make vibrant faux stained glass art inspired by the art of Piet Mondrian, a Dutch painter who explored repeating shapes using the primary colors.

Combine science with reading and art to help your first grader create an attractive holiday gift for a beloved friend or relative.

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

Set your child's creative spirit free with heart art! He'll experiment placing hearts in patterns, designs, and configurations to make this 'heartfelt' art.

Help your preschooler chart her good eating habits with this arts and crafts activity that has her making a healthy fruits and vegetables rainbow and graph!

In this science and engineering activity, children will explore types of tunnels and their purposes and then design and build a tunnel of their own.

Teach your child how to make a Georgia O'Keefe flower collage using pasta and paint for a fun art activity.

Got a whistful wisher on your hands? Help her make her very own magic wand! The result is a creative craft that's great for pretend play.