Help your first grader design and create his very own bird feeder out of an empty milk carton.

This snowman's not abominable, he's adorable! Your child can bring her very own snowman to life while practicing how to create texture.

Learn how to grow an avocado plant indoors with your 1st grader in this hands-on gardening activity.

Get your child math and science savvy with this fun outdoor classification game. Using chalk, your child will classify what she sees in the natural world.

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!

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

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

The fish most kids see is usually filleted, and it's hard to see how it came from a lake or sea. This cool gyotaku activity blends life science with art!

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.

Study the life cycle of the common blowfly as it relates to forensic investigation. Record the first time you see flies, maggots, and eggs.

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!

Teach your child about recycling and gardening as she re-uses an empty plastic milk gallon jug to craft a swan-shaped plant container!

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

Study science with your first grader in this arts and crafts activity that models the reason why fall leaves change color with some paint and crayons.

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.

Here's a great early reading and science activity for curious children. Learn how to plant your child's name in seeds for a growing writing activity!

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

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

Create a habitat for a butterfly right in your own backyard, and build your first grader's science knowledge while you're at it.

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.

This science fair project idea demonstrates that plants give off water.

Using a glass fishbowl, you and your kids can create a low-humidity, open-topped terrarium perfect for easy care, drought-tolerant succulents.

Roasting pumpkin seeds makes for a great Halloween activity, and a healthy snack!

Here's a science activity to help your child investigate how seeds are designed to travel.

This fun activity makes use of pasta shells, paint, and glue make a crab while your child learns about this unique creature.

Help your young learner discover why the insects that a spider eats stick to its web but the spider doesn't.

Forget store-bought dyes this Easter: color your Easter eggs with natural dyes made with ingredients from your own kitchen in this 1st grade activity.

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!

Create a three-dimensional X-ray of your child's hand in this simple modeling activity. All you need to get started are black paper and drinking straws