A great way to cultivate awareness, focus and attention in the present is through movement. Mindful movement can also decrease stress and anxiety and increase calm.

Help your child keep track of his pledges to be more environmentally friendly with a calendar made entirely out of recycled and reused materials!

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.

Satisfy your child's love of the game with a paper project starring his favorite pigskin!

Introduce your little one to the joys of gardening with this adorable do-it-yourself planter made from clothespins.

This science experiment examines the role of fat in food, especially in making bread rise and whipping cream.

This goofy pasta clown sculpture will help your child develop his small muscle skills and think creatively while decking it out with a colorful circus outfit.

This flash card game will help your child memorize words while visually learning the differences between objects.

If you are looking for a special way to celebrate dad on his day, help your little one to design a creative letter photo collage.

Make these simple homemade New Year's gifts with your child this holiday season to give to friends and family, each with a special message inside.

Introduce learners to the skeletal system and create a budget-friendly Halloween craft with this paper skeleton!

Bring the rich history of Thanksgiving to life with a quirky and sweet paper plate craft.

This fall, make a leaf crown that will encourage creative play and your child's interest in the natural world while you help them build fine motor skills.

Combine science with reading and art to help your first grader create an attractive holiday gift for a beloved friend or relative.

Shake those dice and try to roll big numbers in this first grade math game. Practice addition in a new, fun way!

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

These quick and easy pumpkin quesadillas are as delicious as they are nutritious. Celebrate Fall and the wonder squash that is the pumpkin!

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

Help your child make a beautiful homemade sandcastle that will last!

Famous statues of gargoyles protect churches and houses all over Europe, and now your kid can have one of his own, complete with squishy tongue and bouncy arms!

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.

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.

Take a break with a paper bag costume. A great rainy-day art project.

The Egg in a Basket, a traditional British breakfast component, is a simple snack that kids and parents can cook together!

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

Teach your kid a lesson about recycling by helping him create a letter holder out of an old cardboard box.

Here are two fun, rhythmic jump rope chants to help your first grader learn the days of the week, practice reading skills, and stay fit!

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.

Let your young adventurer go bug hunting in the great outdoors with their very own bug net!

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.