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!

In this activity, your first grader will practice calendar skills, observe the weather and learns to read calendar words. Here's how to get started:

This flash card game will help your child memorize words while visually learning the differences between objects.

In this fun activity, your child will learn the difference between facts and opinions. They will design cards for a matching game that they create and play!

For Read Across America Day, challenge your first grader to come up with a story using magnetic words inspired by "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss.

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

Kids often ask, "how tall am I?" This science fair project seeks to determine how well kids can guess their own heights.

Your first grader will gain an understanding of time management as your holiday tasks become manageable, with this to-do list reinvented as an advent calendar!

The alphabet is a big learning milestone for most kids. Help your child learn alphabetical order by making a food list in this fun Thanksgiving activity.

Most kids love to play spy. Here's a way to have fun with mysterious codes while mastering an ordinary, necessary skill: first grade spelling.

Get your child excited about measuring with this fun and easy household measurements activity.

Enjoy the fragrant scents of the holiday season with this pomander activity. A perfect arts and crafts project for preschool or kindergarten age children.

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.

Bring the magic and mystery of the night sky to the light of day with this fun constellation art project!

Celebrate the fiery colors of fall with a charming tree and a pile of wordy leaves.

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 given images that portray different perspectives or emotions. Your child will practice empathy by coloring and drawing what each person may have been thinking or feeling.

Whatever the season, celebrate greenery and growth by helping your child study some delightful spring words.

Enjoy the beautiful outdoors and indulge in a colorful game of I Spy while you're at it! It's just as fun as classic I Spy but twice as educational.

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

Hunt for natureâs treasure, the many different products made by trees!

Here's an activity to encourage your young artist to read. Invite your child to visualize directions on colors, numbers, and shapes to create cool pictures!

Celebrate the 100th Day of School by making a collage frame that can showcase your childâs favorite piece of art.

This simple art project will help your child think of nice words to say that come from the heart.

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.

Get your hands on a concoction that breaks the rules about what's a solid and what's a liquid.

Your kid can learn about the process of making frozen yogurt and enjoy a homemade, flavorful dessert. Experiment with this fun, chilly food!

Sometimes a sandwich is just ho hum boring. Help your kid make lunch fun by threading her favorite ingredients on a skewer for a quick and easy sandwich kabob.

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

In this arts and crafts activity, you can make fun bracelets using just a handful of buttons and some elastic cord. And it's a counting game, too!