In this activity, children create rising foam as they reflect on the many ways they have grown over the past months and learn how a "beginner's mind" is helpful.

In this activity, your child will learn and practice mindfulness by using their senses to focus on one thing at a time.

In this activity, students will be challenged to describe and count the ways a toy moves from one position on a grid to another.

Lead your first grader on a nature walk ... with a scavenger hunt-style twist! They'll try to capture photos that correspond to paint chip colors.

Make the abstract nature of time and money easier for your kid to understand with some fun ideas that focus on these concepts.

This twist on the same old Hide and Seek is a great weekend or rainy-day activity.

Challenge your 1st grader to skip count with this sequence game. Help him find missing numbers by figuring out the pattern and building on math skills!

Science fair project idea that examines different physical characteristics of a chosen animal. Make educated guesses about evolution based on animal's form.

This countdown to Christmas craft is fun for kids who are excited for the holiday. Countdown to Christmas with this fun holiday activity.

This classic children's game-connecting two cups with a string-demonstrates sound's ability to travel through air vs through a solid.

In this project children discover, identify, and sort seeds from a variety of fruits and vegetables

In this activity, kids will create a peace corner in their bedroom or home and reflect on ways they may use their peace corner through drawing and discussion.

Here's a fun activity to help build thinking skills in young first grade scientists, and to encourage them to have a blast exploring the mass and volume.

Silent "e" words are a big part of first grade phonics. Help them turn words like "hop" to "hope" in this action-packed, practical game.

Engineers in training can get started with this simple wheel-and-axle construction activity.

By using watercolor paints to practice writing letters, sentences, and math problems, your child will practice first grade skills in his "Sidewalk School."

In this project combining nature, art, math, and science, children make rubbings of leaves then observe shapes and structures and sort the leaf images.

In this activity, you and your child will practice taking a movement or calming break during homework or when feeling tired. Then, your child will write about and draw what the experience was like for them.

Help your child learn science and math skills like sorting, sequencing, and ordering while taking a nature walk and collecting and collaging leaves.

Celebrate Ramadan by creating a crescent moon and star...out of stars! This craft is the perfect way to introduce your child to an important national symbol.

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

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

This engaging project encourages young children to practice and refine the important scientific skills of sorting and classification.

Combine art, history and food with this unique project! Your child will make her own butters, and learn a little about Colonial history at the same time

Here's a classic celery science experiment that uses celery and food coloring to demonstrate how plants absorb water.

This project is a vivid, concrete introduction to the basic but important idea that plants need sunlight and water to grow.

This project leads to an understanding that a whole may be built of smaller parts that fit and work together and provides an introduction to basic tools.

Help your child discover the difference between his wants and needs using this poster.

If you're looking for something to keep your kid busy on a warm day, and give him some writing practice in the process, bring on the mud!

This measurement activity uses feet to compare objects, but not the ones found on rulers and measuring sticks...the feet on your child's own body!