Blanket forts are a kid classic! Let your child create a âfortress of solitudeâ on his own for reading, telling scary stories or for cozy cocooning.

If your child aspires to be the next Frank Lloyd Wright, we've got some tips on building sand castles that last.

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

Learn all about balance and motion as your child designs a corn maze!

Here's a first grade ladybug game that explores how air can move solid objects, and adds some measurement practice, too. Play, learn, and enjoy!

If you're looking for something to keep your kid busy on a warm day, and give him some writing practice in the process, bring on the mud!

In this activity, children will let their imagination run wild as they design and build a new planet in the solar system.

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.

Explore the scientific concept of capacity by seeing how many pennies you boat can hold before it sinks!

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!

This will encourage your child to utilize their observation skills, develop aesthetic awareness, build artistic drawing abilities and learn about the seasons.

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

How do we know that air exists when we can't see it, taste it, or touch it? Here's a classic experiment that will teach your kid some basics of aerodynamics!

Help your child make a beautiful homemade sandcastle that will last!

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

Here's a classic celery science experiment that uses celery and food coloring to demonstrate how plants absorb water.

Put an oatmeal box, a flashlight, and some construction paper together and you have the makings of an incredibly cool bedroom planetarium!

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

Kids often ask, "how tall am I?" This science fair project seeks to determine how well kids can guess their own heights.

Your 1st grade scientist will improve her observation skills as she's encouraged to eat healthy by comparing the dry and fresh fruit in this experiment.

Here's a household scavenger hunt that shows kids the natural sources behind everyday objects...and builds reading skills, too!

In this activity, your child will be challenged to use simple materials to create a catapult for a small, lightweight toy.

Take this "paper plate snack test" with your child for a hands-on lesson in making healthier choices to teach your child about what's in his food.

Make meringues with your first grader and see how states of matter can transform before your very eyes. Here's how:

Enjoy those warm spring and summer nights with your child while teaching some basic astronomy at the same time.

Word color association is just a fancy way to talk about the way we connect colors with words.

In this activity, your child will transform an egg into a glowing, bouncy "ball" that they can play with.

What do worms eat? Kids find out what kinds of rotting leaves and vegetables worms prefer in this cool compost science fair project.

The objective of this science fair project is to examine the effects of temperature on salt and water solutions, as they form crystals over time.