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.

These Thanksgiving place cards are a fun turkey-twist on traditional place markers. Make a set of these Thanksgiving place cards with your child this November.

First grade math includes lots of work with two-digit numbers. Here's an activity to help kids practice recognizing and sequencing numbers from 1-30.

Draw some educational value out of a summer stocked full of adventures!

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.

Give some of your local ladybugs a warm place to stay for the winter by making a ladybug home with recycled materials.

This Thanksgiving, make a pine cone turkey that can double as a personalized place setting for each family member.

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

First graders spend lots of time learning double digit numbers. Here's a "green" way to build skills and have some old time family fun, too.

First graders are learning to think like scientists. What better place to start, then by raising tadpoles? This hands-on activity explores science in action!

Arrange a cluster of glittering pumpkins on your dining table or use them as individual place cards to add a little sparkle to your next fall party.

What makes your shadow dance around all day? Let's play detective and find out why that sneaky shadow never stays in one place for long.

Transform a single sheet of card stock into a double-sided painting of opposites: on one side, a bright daytime landscape, on the other, a dusky evening scene.

In this science fair project, young children discover what happens when two fluids that have different densities get together.

This recycled craft makes a great addition to the dress-up box and is a two-in-one activity and party favor for princess-themed birthday parties.

Bring barnyard fun to a rainy day by making this simple pig nose, or make several noses and round up two of your child's friends to act out Three Little Pigs.

Delight your child by helping them to construct a boat that can hold two seaworthy toy figures in this engaging project made from upcycled water bottles.

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

Your second grader can honor two renowned U.S. Presidents--Abraham Lincoln and George Washington--by crafting larger-than-life pennies and quarters!

Is it solid or liquid? Create oobleck and witness the amazingly weird oscillation between the two!

In this Halloween-themed activity, young learners will find out what happens when they mix two household items together to create a surprising chemical reaction.

Here's a simple math activity that has your child using her basic addition facts to solve a secret code.

This classic children's game-connecting two cups with a string-demonstrates sound's ability to travel through air vs through a solid.

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!

Help your child get the hang of reading with this fun activity. Here's how to make a spinning phonics wheel out of two paper plates.

Make a shiny decorative Menorah using an egg carton and light bulbs.

Here are two fun, rhythmic jump rope chants to help your first grader learn the days of the week, practice reading skills, and stay fit!

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

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

In this easy and fun animal craft, make a cute pig nose using recycled egg cartons!