Blend homework time with playtime by introducing a cast of colorful characters to the top of your child's pens and pencils.

Reinforce your child’s understanding of geometry and 2D shapes while learning about the artist Mary Blair and her amazing contributions to many loved movies, books, and characters throughout her career.

Children will read a book, then retell the story with pictures they have painted on stones.

Who are the people young readers meet in their books? This reading activity will help your first grader build important comprehension skills.

Guide your first grader through a map drawing project inspired by her favorite fairy tale. Its masked as a fun art activity, but it also packs learning punch!

This activity is a fun challenge for students who have just started learning to program educational robots.

Make your own Matryoshka out of simple craft materials in this easy how-to!

Take a beach ball, a marker, and a first grader. What do you get? An outdoor activity that works on reading comprehension, in the midst of a game of catch!

Here are three easy, budget-friendly ways to preserve your child's work and precious memories without filling up the attic.

Use a beloved toy as a jumping-off point for a fantastic storytelling exercise in this activity that will get the littlest ones thinking about creative writing.

Here's a wacky activity that kids are sure to love: make a face that has shoelaces for hair!

Any St. Patrick's Day celebration is sure to involve mischief, treats, and a whole lot of green. This leprechaun game will add a little learning to the mix.

Help your child gain reading comprehension skills, as well as listening and memory skills with this fun activity that uses his favorite book!

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

Children tap into their own imaginative storytelling skills by creating and writing a richly embellished folk tale about their favorite member of the animal kingdom.

Try this simple activity to stimulate some very complex thinking with your first grader to develop those all-important reading and comprehension skills.

This goofy scramble book activity will bring laughs...but also some good, solid comprehension skills too!

Make this creative "story cartoon" tray to help your first grader build reading comprehension skills while having a hilarious time!

Finger puppets encourage creative play, communication, and they give you a great way to share the Passover story with your kids.