Here's a fun activity to reinforce simple short and long vowel words for your first grader.

Children are imaginative story-builders. Create a shoebox habitat with your child to put those budding creative instincts to good use.

Here's a motivational kit that lets your emerging reader know you're with him for the whole wild ride.

Silent "e" words are a big part of first grade phonics. Help them turn words like "hop" to "hope" in this action-packed, practical game.

Help your learner develop her fine motor and communication skills with this fun and festive fall activity.

Help your preschooler combine a lesson about numbers with a silly, snowy game of hopscotch.

Here's a household scavenger hunt that shows kids the natural sources behind everyday objects...and builds reading skills, too!

Help motivate your child to become a more avid and consistent reader by creating a train-themed reading chart that can serve as a visual reminder of their progress.

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

Play this flashlight game with your child to teach him about objects that are transparent, translucent, and opaque.

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!

This experiment challenges students to forecast the weather based on the surrounding areas' weather.

Stories change as you retell them. The objective of this science fair project is to demonstrate how information gets interpreted, distorted and changed.

Your kid will be captivated as she watches liquids change color before her very eyes during this fun science project that introduces some chemistry basics.

In this exciting and empowering challenge, your child will construct a bridge using marshmallows and toothpicks!

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

What makes your shadow dance around all day? Let's play detective and find out why that sneaky shadow never stays in one place for long.

This fun art activity will get your child's creative juices flowing and will teach her about shapes, pattern and texture along the way.

This Thanksgiving table runner craft isn't just fun and festive, it also helps your child build muscles for hand strength, fine motor skills, and handwriting.

With this cool floating rocks project, your child will get some hands-on experience with buoyancy and learn why certain rocks like pumice are able to float.

Let your child help you create a fire escape plan poster to hang in the house in case of an emergency!

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.

What do worms eat? Kids find out what kinds of rotting leaves and vegetables worms prefer in this cool compost science fair project.

The objective of this science fair project is to examine the effects of temperature on salt and water solutions, as they form crystals over time.

Help your first grade scientist learn about metamorphosis by observing the life cycle of some interesting creepy crawlies.

People have favorite flavors, but what about ants? Which ant food is the most popular?

The goal of this fun science fair project idea is to microwave candy and investigate: do some colors of M&Ms melt faster than others?