Caring for ourselves and others can build connections and a greater sense of love. In this activity, your child will discuss what it means to be caring and will demonstrate care through drawing and by performing two caring and kind deeds.

Helping your child learn to read doesn't only have to mean using books from the library or from the store. You can make a book of your own - a nonsense book!

Here's an activity to help your first grader read and write, while staying in touch with a faraway friend or relative. Here's how:

Use the appeal of the common road sign to your advantage by creating a game with hidden learning opportunities.

Play the Vocabulary Game to help your child develop a superb, admirable, excellent, magnificent, splendid vocabulary!

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!

Play this homophone game with your child the next time you sit down with them to read a story and help them build some valuable reading skills.

Your child can emulate M.C. Escher with this hands-on art project for fall and Thanksgiving.

In this social emotional learning activity, children will learn about forgiveness by watching a short video, listening to and learning "The Forgiveness Song," and reflecting on a time they practiced forgiveness.

Get active at home by pretending to be different animals! Use this fun and engaging activity to move your body, get silly, and practice gross motor skills.

Create a crafty porcupine with your first grader, and use the opportunity to teach your little one about it's ingenious (yet painful!) defense mechanism.

Spice up your first grader's spelling practice this Presidents Day by playing the Abraham Lincoln Penny Spelling game!

In this activity, your child will consider the meaning of "culture" and what comprises their family's culture. They will draw pictures of aspects of their family's culture, then choose an aspect of it to explore further.

Celebrate the blooming season with your kid by showing him how to make a magical spring mosaic out of all natural materials!

With school, home, and activities in between, life can sometimes feel chaotic to kids. Help your child learn how to stop and relax with handmade peace rocks.

Remind your child of all the things that go bump, bump in the night with a fun post-Halloween activity.

Celebrate the 100th Day of School by making a collage frame that can showcase your childâs favorite piece of art.

Caring for ourselves and others can build connections and a greater sense of love. In this activity, children reflect on what it means to be caring and to show kindness to others through drawing and performing a kind act of their choosing.

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

Celebrate 100 fantastic days of school by creating a school-themed collage with 100 pieces in this unique arts and crafts activity.

If your child enjoys drawing, here's a fun way to learn about compound words that uses art as a visual aid.

Let your child add her creative touch to Cinco de Mayo celebrations by showing her how to make chili pepper napkin rings.

Learn about borrowing in subtraction using a deck of cards and a die! Your first grader will have fun playing this math game.

In kindergarten, your child spent lots of time counting things one by one. But in first grade, he'll need to be able to count in groups, especially by fives.

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

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

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.

Bird watching is a fun way for kids to learn about Mother Nature. Make a bird feeder, a bird house, and binoculars and you can attract birds and watch them!

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

Compound words get easier if kids can spot two smaller words that they already know inside. Add some fun to the process with this card game!