Take your child outside during winter time and have them observe the leafless trees before having them make a watercolor of a tree or trees using masking tape. They’re sure to love their winter tree painting, plus they make lovely decorations in the home!

Dog valentine cards are perfect for the pet lover in your life. Make a dog valentine card with your child this February.

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.

Try this card game to build math fact skills, like addition and subtraction, and have a great time, too!

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!

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.

The perfect activity for a rainy day, or any time your little one moans, "Moooo-oom, there's nothing to do!"

Bring the rich history of Thanksgiving to life with a quirky and sweet paper plate craft.

The kitchen can be a favorite place for kids. And cooking helps them develop valuable skills-- from eye-hand coordination, to reading, to math

Mobiles make fun art projects for creative kids. Help your child bend simple pipe cleaners into bug shapes as diverse as the creepy crawlies that inspired them.

Head out to the driveway, ball in hand, for a bouncing challenge. Then use those results to make a colorful graph that lets your child compare results.

This first grade science activity brings the green grass of early spring inside while teaching your child about the cycles of growth.

A car game for road trips with children.

Creating a book is one thing, but creating a codex is a whole different ball game.

In this arts and crafts activity, you can make fun bracelets using just a handful of buttons and some elastic cord. And it's a counting game, too!

Help your child create his own pinata in this fun and easy activity. Use paper mache and fingerpaint for a party pinata everyone will love.

"Crown" dad this Father's Day—and sneak in some letter-sound practice, too.

This spider mobile activity encourages learning about the science of motion, air currents and art.

Get a leg up on counting concepts with this project where art and math collide.

This winter garden project is just about bomb-proof, and believe it or not, it might even make a great gift. So get craft happy with your first grader!

Jump into the story of Cinderella by making a pumpkin coach of your own!

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

Build good first grade reading and writing skills, as well as family peace and quiet, with this hand made story book about mornings in your home.

Help your child create a rebus message for a unique Father's Day card or poster; it's like a collage and encoded message all in one!

This hunt for leprechaun gold is so much fun, kids won't even realize they're working their reading muscles at the same time.

This project combines arts and crafts with writing, as your child writes a story and publishes it into a book made out of a paper bag!

Here is an activity that your kids can make for Mother's Day, a garden pot filled with edible "flowers".

Teach your child measurement skills and some Mardi Gras history as you make this delectably delicious traditional treat known as King Cake.