Ordinary drinking straws are fun for drinking juice and even for spitballs when you're not looking, but also fabulous for learning first grade math.

With nothing more than a flat open space and some lively kids, you can reinforce key concepts of punctuation while having lots of healthy laughs.

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

Your first grader will enjoy creating his own leprechaun from a recycled toilet paper tube.

Foster a love of words in your little cupid this Valentine's Day by creating a memory game that doubles as an early reading activity.

This costume wig is a simple craft that will result in a great item for Halloween, dress up, or pretend play. Make a yarn costume wig with your child.

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

Make a fun refrigerator graph with your first grader in order to help her develop those crucial graphing skills, while engaging with the whole family.

Conduct a simple experiment with your child to study how dirt tracks change as they age in this 1st grade science activity.

Help your first grade reader become an expert in "sh," "ch," and "th" words with this fun, homemade game.

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

These cute holly-shaped hair clips are a breeze to make for holiday celebrations. They make a great party activity, too!

Keep school day sniffles at bay with a simple felt tissue cozy that fits neatly in a 3-ring binder.

Get your child outside to observe the clouds, and get a fun exercise in science, writing, and arts and crafts! Here's how.

Thanksgiving dinner can be filled with fun and memorable interactions between family members. This holiday, why not memorialize some of those details and events with a family poem? You can create a lasting memory in the form of a poem with contributions f

Help your first grade reader master those letter blends like "ch" and "sh" with this memorable and hilarious beanbag toss game.

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

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

The fish most kids see is usually filleted, and it's hard to see how it came from a lake or sea. This cool gyotaku activity blends life science with art!

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.

Children learn about the benefits of mindfulness, teach someone else what they've learned, and create a sand timer to use during mindfulness practice.

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.

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.

All you need is chalk and pavement to set up this silly, fun, and practical game that reinforces important vocabulary.

Make a "feeling meter" that helps your first grader read key feeling words and communicate his emotions accurately to you.

The objective of this science project is to determine the length of time for different seeds to germinate.

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.

Learn how to be a bird scientist in this simple project of watching feathered friends in their habitat.

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

Make a clever egg pop-up card for Easter that hides a special surprise: open the flaps, and out pops a fluffy baby chick!