In first grade, children are introduced to fractions. Here's a recipe that combines fraction practice with winter fun and lets kids actually paint the snow!

Let your kid experiment with textures among fabric and other materials that are smooth, rough, soft, or slippery—and then they'll make a texture book!

This baking activity lets kids play with frosting, while experimenting with colors, and how they mix.

Make a spring collage with your child to get them outside and those creative juices flowing!

In this activity, your first grader will practice calendar skills, observe the weather and learns to read calendar words. Here's how to get started:

New readers need to develop a "bank" of words they can read by sight. Hate flashcards? Consider this fresh way to practice sight words to perfection...Bingo!

Your child can create his very own pine forest covered in snow and learn some forest vocabulary too!

This Thanksgiving table runner craft isn't just fun and festive, it also helps your child build muscles for hand strength, fine motor skills, and handwriting.

Help your child harness some of her festive holiday spirit with a paper plate craft that doubles as a musical instrument!

Whether you love the sweet candy kernels or not, the vibrant colors of candy corn make them perfect for your child and his artistic talents.

This fun, addition focused take on the classic card game War is a great way to help your child get a strong hold on addition.

Make scented sensory cloud dough. Add it to a sensory table, activity station, or put it in a baggie for extra at-the-park entertainment!

Introduce your little one to the joys of gardening with this adorable do-it-yourself planter made from clothespins.

Get ready for Halloween with a pumpkin mask made from construction paper!

This is a surprising science experiment that your child will surely be awestruck by! It involves poking sharpened pencils into a bag filled with water without spilling a drop of water.

Here is a way to help your first grader keep track of the books she has read, and also help her develop some critical thinking skills.

Turkey cupcakes are quirky fowl-themed desserts that bring extra cheer to your Thanksgiving meal. Make turkey cupcakes that your kids will want to gobble up.

Here's a science and nature activity to help your kindergartener get outdoors and learn about the structure of leaves.

Turn printed family photos into a sturdy "flash card" game to help your child learn the names and faces of near and distant relatives.

In this social emotional learning activity, your child will go on a nature scavenger hunt to look for patterns in nature and appreciate how amazing nature is.

First grade science often covers solids, liquids, and gases. This silly science explores serious facts about the difference between all three.

Introduce your first grader to our country's most famous leaders with an artsy info board full of facts, patriotic colors and coins!

Making candles from old candles is easy. Recycle old candle stubs to make a "new" candle, and teach your child about recycling at the same time!

This fingerpaint version of the classic Rorschach stumper is sure to be an artistic treat for your kindergartener!

Invite your child, and any other kids attending the Seder, to help you make this "hands on" matzah cover for Passover this year.

Host a royal party full of "please and thank you" - even the queen would approve. Have a ball while your kids practice etiquette!

Build your kindergartener's reading comprehension by making a classic box of objects that invite them into the books you're reading together.

This simple art project will help your child think of nice words to say that come from the heart.

Take the art making outside: have your first grader make a clay relief sculpture of the natural world. This is a great activity for summer.

Who knew that nature could get so crafty? Show your kindergartener how to collect and morph pinecones into a whole team of personalized pinecone people.