If your child enjoys drawing, here's a fun way to learn about compound words that uses art as a visual aid.

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

This crafty activity will help your child develop an understanding of important math concepts like patterning and spatial awareness.

Help your first grade reader understand verbs by doing them in this boisterous playground relay race.

Combine art, history and food with this unique project! Your child will make her own butters, and learn a little about Colonial history at the same time

Use old coffee cans and socks to make a beanbag toss game for kids in preschool and kindergarten. This activity is great for math and coordination.

Check out this twist on a peanut butter and banana sandwich. The banana replaces the bread to make the perfect fun and nutritious after-school snack.

Create Fairy Tale Dice and inspire your learner to weave fantastic fairy tales and improve their reading and writing skills at the same time!

Learn about borrowing in subtraction using a deck of cards and a die! Your first grader will have fun playing this math game.

Teach a lesson in the math and art with the concept of symmetry, while making a delightful cut-paper shadow pumpkin for Halloween!

Enjoy the beautiful outdoors and indulge in a colorful game of I Spy while you're at it! It's just as fun as classic I Spy but twice as educational.

Get your child thinking about time with this art project, where you'll create a fun book on his daily routine.

A homemade coat of arms is a great way to get your child thinking about your family's values, and it makes a fun addition to the costume box as well!

Help young learners discover why catÃs eyes glow in the dark with this simple experiment

Problem-solving skills can be practiced and strengthened over time with puzzles such as Tangrams! In this activity, your child will discuss problem-solving strategies and practice using these strategies with Tangram puzzles.

Make grammar interesting for kinders, with this fun take on charades. They'll practice verbs and get in some giggles, too!

In kindergarten, your child spent lots of time counting things one by one. But in first grade, he'll need to be able to count in groups, especially by fives.

Help your child discover the difference between his wants and needs using this poster.

This Christmas card holder craft is a great activity for your child. Make a Christmas card holder with your child this holiday season.

Kindergarteners are expected to master the alphabet. Get your child outside and exercising with this fun, move and shake alphabet game.

Plant a mini herb garden and teach your child about science and nature.

Everyone's heard of taking a dog for a walk. But how about an illustration? This activity teaches emerging readers to use pictures as context clues.

Make a "magic dough" using only flour, water and food coloring and have the kids guess what color appears.

Take a trip to the pet store and then make a scrapbook to help your kindergartener learn the difference between living and non living things!

Try this fall-inspired art activity with your child to teach some basic art principles about color, pattern and texture.

Foster a love of words in your little cupid this Valentine's Day by creating a memory game that doubles as an early reading activity.

Playing doctor is not only fun, it's also a way to teach kids about the parts of the body and how they are spelled.

Make a fun refrigerator graph with your first grader in order to help her develop those crucial graphing skills, while engaging with the whole family.

Learn all about colors with the best teachers of all -- cupcakes!

Boost those first grade reading and writing skills with this sweet Mother's Day poem idea.