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This first grade addition math game helps your child use critical thinking skills while practicing his computation.

Find sums of 10 in this fun first-grade math card game that helps kids build addition skills. Help your child use critical thinking skills to find the sums.

Here is a way to help your first grader keep track of the books she has read, and also help her develop some critical thinking skills.

In this activity, your child will learn the benefits of positive thinking. They will write positive statements about themselves and create a gratitude board.

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

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.

Want to help your child recognize the recipe for a successful sentence? Here's a fun activity to get your child thinking about how sentences work.

Help your child make an imaginative scene come to life by making a diorama. Your child will be practicing three dimensional thinking and language arts skills.

Decorated with glittery spiderwebs that sparkle like dew in the sun, these handmade note cards make great thank you cards or simply "thinking of you" cards.

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.

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

In this activity, your child will be given images that portray different perspectives or emotions. Your child will practice empathy by coloring and drawing what each person may have been thinking or feeling.

Practice problem solving skills with your kindergarten or first grade student in this fun connect-the-dots game!

This zany guessing game asks your first grader to tap into her deductive reasoning skills to guess an activity or object.

Finding the greatest number is great math practice! This strategic card game will help reinforce the concept of number value as well as addition facts.

Introduce your child to science with something they see everyday--their shadow!

In this activity, your child will use household objects to sculpt his very own football.

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

Not sure what to do with all of those leftover boxes from holiday gifts? Tap into your crafty side by creating an adorable snow person with your child. This activity is sure to bring smiles to those who pass your yard or come into your home all season lon

This activity encourages children to sculpt in free form. The only rule is that they have to build upwards.

In this exciting and empowering challenge, your child will construct a bridge using marshmallows and toothpicks!

Work with your child's sense of fun by making this interesting snack, where playing with healthy food gets your child eating it

Craft a patriotic placemat from red, white, and blue construction paper in this festive craft project!

In this activity, your child will be challenged to use simple materials to create a catapult for a small, lightweight toy.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to make a tower using paper cups.

In this fun design challenge, your child will get creative with making structures out of toothpicks and gumdrop candies.

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!

Your first grader can create this cute heart puzzle with craft sticks and watercolor paints to challenge her friends!

This hands-on activity gets first grade kids brainstorming about what needs change in the world, and how they can help.

This fresh take on the classic game of Tic-Tac-Toe will boost your first grader's creativity, fine motor skills, and concept of taking turns.