1st Grade Activities : Page 8

Put an oatmeal box, a flashlight, and some construction paper together and you have the makings of an incredibly cool bedroom planetarium!

Full of charm and creative possibilities, this fun hat will be ready for playtime in no time.

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 reindeer hat is cute and festive for your child during the holiday season. Make a reindeer hat this Christmas with your child.

A hands-on guessing game that teaches kids to recognize different coins. First graders will learn their money and their math at the same time!

This science fair idea is a great way for kids to explore static electricity. Kids will give a comb a static charge and watch as it separates pepper from salt.

This science fair project idea determines which method of hand cleansing is the most effective.

Make a gingerbread house with your kid with this tutorial. Learn how to make a gingerbread house using a milk carton, graham crackers, and frosting.

Have a little fun playing with food this Thanksgiving, and a silly harvest holiday potato with your child!

Everyone has a dream. The hard part is striving to make those dreams come true. Encourage your child to dream big with this easy craft project.

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!

Think you can blow up a balloon without using your mouth? This isn't just a cool trick, it's also a great way to introduce chemistry and biology concepts.

Practice addition with your child in a whole new way when you battle to defend your cards in this competitive game. Math has never been so fun!

In this fun activity, your child will learn the difference between facts and opinions. They will design cards for a matching game that they create and play!

Get your child excited about measuring with this fun and easy household measurements activity.

In this activity, your first grader will practice calendar skills, observe the weather and learns to read calendar words. Here's how to get started:

Play the Vocabulary Game to help your child develop a superb, admirable, excellent, magnificent, splendid vocabulary!

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

Boost those first grade reading and writing skills with this sweet Mother's Day poem idea.

In this experiment, students will create their own version of coquina, a sedimentary rock thatâs formed by seashells and sand, cemented by seawater minerals.

Learn all about Misty Copeland, a famous African American ballerina with this hands-on, colorful art project!

This science fair project idea demonstrates that plants give off water.

Do you need to help your students chill out? This activity will help your students learn how to breathe deeply, self-soothe, and calm themselves down.

Does your child have what it takes to be the world's first paper chef?

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.

Help your child create a rebus message for a unique Father's Day card or poster; it's like a collage and encoded message all in one!

Kids can jazz up their checker sets by transforming boring round checker pieces into baby chicks and eggs in this 1st grade arts and crafts activity.

First graders are learning basic addition and subtraction math facts. Practice in the sandbox with this fun outdoor math activity!

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

This Where the Wild Things Are costume will make your little wild thing look just like Max. This Where the Wild Things Are costume is surprisingly easy to make.