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Here's a silly game that uses nursery rhymes to introduce a big concept in first grade reading and writing: learning about nouns and verbs.

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

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

Using paper plates, have the kids make these fun animal masks and your house will be transformed into a jungle.

Let your imagination take flight as you explore the beautiful continent of Africa! Do this fun writing activity with your child to honor Black History Month.

Celebrate Easter brunch with these flaky, delicious, and--yes--healthy whole wheat "bunny biscuits."

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

Have some fun with your first or second grader, looking for creative ways that 100 cents can make $1.00!

Teach children how to upcycle dried-out markers with this homemade paint-making activity!

Here's a fun Fourth of July craft that will delight kids of many ages.

Create a habitat for a butterfly right in your own backyard, and build your first grader's science knowledge while you're at it.

In first grade, children are introduced to fractions. Here's a recipe that combines fraction practice with winter fun and lets kids actually paint the snow!

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

Design a colorful leprechaun trap—and make some memories—with this fun St. Patrick's Day craft project!

Bird watching is a fun way for kids to learn about Mother Nature. Make a bird feeder, a bird house, and binoculars and you can attract birds and watch them!

Here's a way to bring young children into the process of preparing healthy school lunches, and build up early literacy skills while they're at it!

Transform a single sheet of card stock into a double-sided painting of opposites: on one side, a bright daytime landscape, on the other, a dusky evening scene.

Make this dragon relief with your first grader to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and teach her about an important part of Chinese culture.

Create an American flag pinwheel in this Fourth of July craft activity!

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

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.

Have your child create a little leprechaun to celebrate the season and create a little mischief.

Learn how to grow an avocado plant indoors with your 1st grader in this hands-on gardening activity.

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.

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.

Forget store-bought dyes this Easter: color your Easter eggs with natural dyes made with ingredients from your own kitchen in this 1st grade activity.

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

This project combines arts and crafts with writing, as your child writes a story and publishes it into a book made out of a paper bag!

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