This heart paper chain is the perfect way to celebrate Valentine's Day. Include some decorations in a simple AB pattern and work on pattern recognition.

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.

How many steps long is the hallway? Kids put their graph-making skills to work as they make a step map of their own house.

This caterpillar math game gets your child to work on addition and subtraction. Challenge your child's math prowess with this fast-paced caterpillar math game.

This experiment works due to a simple principle: plants need light. Build a shoebox maze and watch the plant work though the obstacle course, searching for sun.

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

Compare and order numbers and introduce mathematical inequalities in this fun math card game.

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

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

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.

Using just an egg carton and some beans or pennies, you can play this game with your first grader and see real gains in core math skills.

Your child will love making this adorable clover clock that will help him learn how to tell time.

Does your child love learning about dinosaurs? Does he like digging around in search of hidden treasures? In this fun activity he'll do both!

Help your child learn science and math skills like sorting, sequencing, and ordering while taking a nature walk and collecting and collaging leaves.

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!

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

Your first grader will love telling time while playing this fun game of tag! Ask Captain Midnight for the time, but watch out when his watch says "midnight"!

Take the spookiness out of spiders with this web-making activity! Your child will practice talking about and creating shapes in this Halloween craft, and learn about spiders along the way.

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

In this hands-on craft project, kids will make an analog clock of their own, and then use it to learn how to tell time.

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.

Pumpkin carving party activities are great for a pre-Halloween party. Try pumpkin carving party activities, including jack-o'-lantern ideas and fall recipes.