Help your child make a picture of a four-leaf clover this St. Patrick's Day. It's thought that whoever finds a four-leaf clover will enjoy good luck!

Improve your child's hand-eye coordination with this outdoor group ball game that's similar to Four Square.

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.

Help your preschooler learn the Four Questions prior to the big night with a homemade book, complete with words and illustrations!

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In first grade, children are introduced to fractions. Here's a recipe that combines fraction practice with winter fun and lets kids actually paint the snow!

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

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

Challenge your first or second grade reader to make 100 words in this reading and spelling activity for the 100th Day of School.

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

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day by painting the green Irish countryside in this 2nd grade arts and crafts activity.

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's a hands-on activity that first grade use to help kids get a feel for equations. It uses popsicle sticks to practice addition and subtraction!

Kids can make a cute fluffy bunny for Easter using a tin can and cotton balls in this creative first grade arts and crafts activity.

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.

Most kids love to play spy. Here's a way to have fun with mysterious codes while mastering an ordinary, necessary skill: first grade spelling.

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!

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.

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!