Kindergarten and 1st Grade Activities : Page 2

This activity is based on the popular card game, Slapjack. It's rip-roaring fun, and it reinforces the concepts of odd and even.

Create a self-portrait from natural materials in this collage craft activity!

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

This is a quick, easy science fair project that conveys the idea of density to preschool and early elementary children.

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

Try this simple activity to stimulate some very complex thinking with your first grader to develop those all-important reading and comprehension skills.

Guide your first grader through a map drawing project inspired by her favorite fairy tale. Its masked as a fun art activity, but it also packs learning punch!

Practice reading with this fun game, where your first grader will "hunt" for hidden words around the house.

For Read Across America Day, challenge your first grader to come up with a story using magnetic words inspired by "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss.

Kids are sure to be entranced by the magic of the ocean when they create their very own ocean in a bottle.

Prepare for some scary Halloween counting practice! This game encourages players to knock down cylinders and then add to determine their scores.

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

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

This heart chain will help spread the love on Valentine's Day. Help your child make a colorful heart chain for your home or classroom this Valentine's Day.

Recycle your cereal boxes and engage your child's creativity with this fun arts and crafts project.

Kids will explore the corrosiveness of soda in this cool science fair project by leaving pennies submerged in soda overnight.

This 'handy' Thanksgiving wreath gets your child to focus on things he's grateful for all year. Create a Thanksgiving wreath with your child this November.

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

Get into the Halloween spirit by creating creepy (but cute) spiders from paper egg cartons, paint, and pipe cleaners.

Any decent Halloween celebration isn't complete without a cat. Even though this cat has an arched back to look as if it's hissing, it's still cute!

Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.

Use these pretty egg carton flowers to decorate a spring table. They don't require water, they'll never wilt, and they're perfect for Easter.

Celebrate Ramadan by creating a crescent moon and star...out of stars! This craft is the perfect way to introduce your child to an important national symbol.

Make a rainbow chain for St. Patrick's day to introduce your child to Roy G. Biv.

Have a blast celebrating the poetic prose of Dr. Seuss as you hop your way to better vocabulary and reading skills. Play Hop on Pop Hopscotch!

Help your child make an imaginative scene come to life by making a diorama. Your child will be practicing three dimensional thinking and language arts skills.

This witches' brew recipe for kids is a cool mix of lemonade, tapioca pearl "eggs," and gummy worms. Try this witches' brew recipe for kids this Halloween.

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

In this fun design challenge, your child will get creative with making structures out of toothpicks and gumdrop candies.

In this science fair project, young children will become aware of and have the opportunity to experience the four basic tastes: sweet, sour, salty, and bitter.