Help your first grader build sight word knowledge by creating a reading pointer and taking the family on a house-wide reading tour!

First graders are learning to think like scientists. What better place to start, then by raising tadpoles? This hands-on activity explores science in action!

Do this experiment to help your first grader understand how salt can be removed from salt water. All it takes are a few household materials.

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.

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

Your first grader will love telling time while playing this fun game of tag! Ask Captain Midnight for the time, but watch out when his watch says "midnight"!

Allow your first grader to get his artwork outdoors this summer by letting him create a garden art box for his arts and crafts supplies.

Here's a science activity that lets a first grader use an empty dish detergent bottle to create his own fountain as he explores air pressure.

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!

Get your first grader to help you with scrapbooking by showing him how to use multiple envelopes to create an accordion-style photo book.

Your first grader will improve her fine motor skills as she designs her own drum set with recycled household objects and art supplies!

This fun and easy project is the perfect way to help your first grader remember who's who, practice her handwriting, and help decorate for Thanksgiving.

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.

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.

Help your first grader emboss his own design reminiscent of Middle Ages metalwork. Using foil and a wooden stylus, he'll create pretty springtime flower images.

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

Guide your first grader through a map drawing project inspired by her favorite fairy tale. Its masked as a fun art activity, but it also packs learning punch!

If your first grader loves to play with her food, turn the messy habit into a clever arts and craft project.

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

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.

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

During your next craft time, strike up the band with this homemade Chinese instrument.

Make a bouquet of colorful duct tape flowers in this hands-on spring craft.

This DIY menorah will make a beautiful addition to your Hanukkah celebrations. Make a DIY menorah with your child this winter.

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

Try this card game to build math fact skills, like addition and subtraction, and have a great time, too!

If your child enjoys drawing, here's a fun way to learn about compound words that uses art as a visual aid.

Kids make a cute pipe cleaner bumble bee craft and learn a few interesting bee facts along the way in this spring-themed arts and crafts activity.

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!