First graders spend lots of time learning double digit numbers. Here's a "green" way to build skills and have some old time family fun, too.

A new twist on the game of charades will inspire your first grader to look at her favorite books in a whole new light.

Your first grader can create this cute heart puzzle with craft sticks and watercolor paints to challenge her friends!

This easy Halloween-themed science experiment for first-graders is perfect for chilly October afternoons or great as a Halloween party activity.

Let your first grader get inspired by the fiery fall colors outside his window by creating a beautiful handprint tree!

If your first grader has a hard time practicing his vocabulary skills, introduce him to this fun word building game.

Introduce your first grader to our country's most famous leaders with an artsy info board full of facts, patriotic colors and coins!

Help your first grader create special 3D paper Christmas trees that he can use to decorate the home or give to friends.

Is your first grader a picky eater who judges her meal at a glance? Change her perception of food with the help of this tricky taste test.

The 100th day of school is an important benchmark for kids in the lower elementary grades. Help your kid create a 100 days of school shirt to celebrate!

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.

Help your first grader get started making this watering can that's filled with homemade flowers. It will brighten up any window sill ... and it's eco-friendly!

Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

Encourage your child to help with dinner preparations this holiday season! You can use this recipe for Christmas dinner or lunch, or for meals leading up to the holiday. This Christmas Wreath Salad recipe is simple enough for preschoolers to fifth graders

This fun experiment provides a concrete and visually striking illustration of photosynthesis.

Want to make math a little more exciting? This single-player game is designed to help your child practice combining cards to create sums of 14.

Compare and order numbers and introduce mathematical inequalities in this fun math card game.

This project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing it.

In this sound experiment children listen for differences as they tap on a bag of air, a bag of water, and a wooden block held up to their ears.

In this project children practice the scientific method while playing with puffy paint.

Running out of breakfast ideas for your kid? Make a delicious egg and cheese bird's nest.

This project explores whether plants can live and grow when "watered" with juice, soda, or milk.

Show your kindergartener how to count to 100 by tens, and he'll get an adorable cheerio necklace in the process!

Teach your child about recycling and gardening as she re-uses an empty plastic milk gallon jug to craft a swan-shaped plant container!

Thanksgiving placemats are a great craft for your kid, and a beautiful addition to the dinner table. Make Thanksgiving placemats with your kid for the holiday.

Encourage your child to learn about the Japanese culture as you make a traditional Japanese fan out of paper.

In this project combining nature, art, math, and science, children make rubbings of leaves then observe shapes and structures and sort the leaf images.

The kitchen can be a favorite place for kids. And cooking helps them develop valuable skills-- from eye-hand coordination, to reading, to math

This fun photography activity will build your child's vocabulary, their understanding of the world, and they'll make their own game of concentration!

Help your child get the hang of reading with this fun activity. Here's how to make a spinning phonics wheel out of two paper plates.