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Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.

Put a twist on traditional oil painting with this fun science activity that you and your first grader can do together.

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

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!

Children learn the six parts of a plant...but do they really understand? Try this plant-themed meal plan to bring school science into the home.

What's the first letter? Play this game with your first grader the next time you read together, and watch her reading skills grow as she climbs the levels.

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

Work on simple addition and finding even numbers in this first grade math card game.

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

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

Boost those first grade reading and writing skills with this sweet Mother's Day poem idea.

This string a necklace arts activity teaches first grade readers to look for a story's beginning, middle, and end.

Help your first grade reader understand verbs by doing them in this boisterous playground relay race.

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

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

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

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

Help your first grader, second grader, or third grader boost his addition skills and math vocabulary with this fun summer game Ice Cream Addition!

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

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

Shake those dice and try to roll big numbers in this first grade math game. Practice addition in a new, fun way!

Here's a silly game that uses nursery rhymes to introduce a big concept in first grade reading and writing: learning about nouns and verbs.

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

You don't need a garden to enjoy flowers. This first grade activity let's you make a lovely bouquet for Valentine's Day

Here's a hilarious alternative to those sugary conversation hearts...and a way to keep building first grade literacy skills while you're at it!

Ask your kids to write these one-sentence "Holiday Wishes." Without realizing it, they'll be building third grade Language Arts skills.

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

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

Blend science and math to explore a very important first grade social studies question: does our planet contain more land or more water?

Help your first grade child figure out contractions and their original two words by playing this simple game, Contraction Concentration!