Problem-solving skills can be practiced and strengthened over time with puzzles such as Tangrams! In this activity, your child will discuss problem-solving strategies and practice using these strategies with Tangram puzzles.

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.

This winter garden project is just about bomb-proof, and believe it or not, it might even make a great gift. So get craft happy with your first grader!

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

Not sure what to do with all of those leftover boxes from holiday gifts? Tap into your crafty side by creating an adorable snow person with your child. This activity is sure to bring smiles to those who pass your yard or come into your home all season lon

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.

Help your first grade reader master those letter blends like "ch" and "sh" with this memorable and hilarious beanbag toss game.

Build good first grade reading and writing skills, as well as family peace and quiet, with this hand made story book about mornings in your home.

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.

This string a necklace arts activity teaches first grade readers to look for a story's beginning, middle, and end.

Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.

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

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

Here are three easy, budget-friendly ways to preserve your child's work and precious memories without filling up the attic.

Introduce your little one to the joys of gardening with this adorable do-it-yourself planter made from clothespins.

Help your preschooler learn the Four Questions prior to the big night with a homemade book, complete with words and illustrations!

Make the abstract nature of time and money easier for your kid to understand with some fun ideas that focus on these concepts.

Give mom a thoughtful gift this Mother's Day by making a photo collage of her life! This is a great way for your child to practice some basic math skills too!

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.

Play hopscotch with numbers, but also with letters, to get kids ready for reading.

It's easy to be a master Italian chef with this target practice game played with a pizza board constructed out of felt and Velcro bean bag "toppings."

In this activity, your child will be challenged to make a tower using paper cups.

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.

In this activity, your child will be asked to create a boat that can successfully float while holding 25 pennies.

Help your child keep track of his pledges to be more environmentally friendly with a calendar made entirely out of recycled and reused materials!

In this activity, your child will transform an egg into a glowing, bouncy "ball" that they can play with.

Camouflage is one of the most important animal adaptations in the African savanna biome. Kids create their own camouflage with this fun science fair project.

Invite your child, and any other kids attending the Seder, to help you make this "hands on" matzah cover for Passover this year.