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Celebrate Read Across America Day with your first grader by playing a pink crepe paper racing game inspired by Dr. Seuss's book "The Cat in the Hat Come Back."

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.

Ordinary drinking straws are fun for drinking juice and even for spitballs when you're not looking, but also fabulous for learning first grade math.

In this activity, students will be challenged to describe and count the ways a toy moves from one position on a grid to another.

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.

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:

Learn all about colors with the best teachers of all -- cupcakes!

On Father's Day, delight Dad--and stretch your early reader, too!--with this adorable ABC book of "Fun with Dad."

Help your child create a rebus message for a unique Father's Day card or poster; it's like a collage and encoded message all in one!

Get your child outside to observe the clouds, and get a fun exercise in science, writing, and arts and crafts! Here's how.

This hunt for leprechaun gold is so much fun, kids won't even realize they're working their reading muscles at the same time.

Teach your first grade scientist the difference between liquids and solids using maple syrup.

Make this creative "story cartoon" tray to help your first grader build reading comprehension skills while having a hilarious time!

This goofy scramble book activity will bring laughs...but also some good, solid comprehension skills too!

Let your child catch you making deliberate errors in this silly game that promotes serious learning about punctuation.

Even your first grader can get involved in the lighting of the Kwanzaa Kinara with this clever flameless Kinara project!

Delight your child by helping them to construct a boat that can hold two seaworthy toy figures in this engaging project made from upcycled water bottles.

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!

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

Learn how to make a trick-or-treat bag for Halloween. See how to make a decorative trick-or-treat bag with this Halloween craft tutorial.

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.

Take the art making outside: have your first grader make a clay relief sculpture of the natural world. This is a great activity for summer.

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!