Make meringues with your first grader and see how states of matter can transform before your very eyes. Here's how:

Your first grader will love this addition challenge! Roll dice and keep a running total as you try to achieve the highest score.

For Read Across America Day, challenge your first grader to come up with a story using magnetic words inspired by "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss.

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.

Prepare for some scary Halloween counting practice! This game encourages players to knock down cylinders and then add to determine their scores.

Use the appeal of the common road sign to your advantage by creating a game with hidden learning opportunities.

Spice up your first grader's spelling practice this Presidents Day by playing the Abraham Lincoln Penny Spelling game!

Teach your first grade scientist the difference between liquids and solids using maple syrup.

Pureed ripe peaches, vanilla yogurt, agave nectar, and juicy chunks of peach come together to form a refreshing pop that hits the spot on a hot summer day.

Is it solid or liquid? Create oobleck and witness the amazingly weird oscillation between the two!

Are you looking for a fun craft for the next big American holiday? Make this hat with your kid and let him march around the room like a Revolutionary soldier!

In this activity, your child will transform an egg into a glowing, bouncy "ball" that they can play with.

A car game for road trips with children.

This Thanksgiving cornucopia activity will give you a nice homemade table decoration and will give your child a festive reason to read, write, and be thankful.

Do this experiment to help your first grader understand how salt can be removed from salt water. All it takes are a few household materials.

You don't need to head to the Arctic to experiment with life in an igloo. Learners can build their own ice igloo at home from water and empty milk containers.

This hands-on activity practices skip counting, a key first grade math skill. But it's silly fun!

This first grade science activity is great for winter! Your child will grow and observe her own amaryllis bulb, keeping a journal of her scientific findings.

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.

Introduce your first grader to our country's most famous leaders with an artsy info board full of facts, patriotic colors and coins!

Using a toy race car kids create a visual model of the Doppler Effect.

This recipe makes bubbles that not only blow up nice and big, but do tricks and experiments! How do you do it? It's not a secret, it's science!

Help to build your child's reading skills and get your point across with these homemade message magnets!

First grade science often covers solids, liquids, and gases. This silly science explores serious facts about the difference between all three.

Even your first grader can get involved in the lighting of the Kwanzaa Kinara with this clever flameless Kinara project!

Inspire your learner to love poems like Sonia Sotomayor by reading some poetry aloud!

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

Give your local birds a treat — and your young birdwatcher some fun — with this simple DIY bird feeder.

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

This science project challenges students to study deer behavior in their natural habitat- the feeding patterns, social behaviors, male to female ratio, etc.