By using watercolor paints to practice writing letters, sentences, and math problems, your child will practice first grade skills in his "Sidewalk School."

Put your kid in charge of her own survey! She'll poll her relatives and friends, collect information, and then create a colorful chart to display her findings.

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

Gather the neighborhood children together and practice graphing with this backyard tournament!

Head out to the driveway, ball in hand, for a bouncing challenge. Then use those results to make a colorful graph that lets your child compare results.

This science fair project idea determines if the size of the parachute will change the rate at which an object falls.

Try this brand name phonics activity to help your child build up his language arts skills.

Kids get in lots of letter learning as they play this fun twist on regular tag, which engages their minds as well as their bodies.

Got a shoelace? Got a kindergartener? Help your child learn to use the number line by creating one out of a lace.

Help your child with his decoding and early reading skills in this fun game where you follow a spider web to find your treasure!

Use real elastic to help your kindergartener learn to "stretch" and blend letters to read words.

This fun experiment provides a concrete and visually striking illustration of photosynthesis.

This reading activity combines some of the most common sight words with a pictograph puzzle that's sure to keep your kindergartener engaged.

This treasure hunt gets kids comfortable using the dictionary, and makes looking up words a lot of fun!

Here's a fun activity to reinforce simple short and long vowel words for your first grader.

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

First graders are learning basic addition and subtraction math facts. Practice in the sandbox with this fun outdoor math activity!

In this parts of speech fall scavenger hunt, kids will search for all the hidden leaves, sort them into parts of speech categories, and then practice creating their own sentences using the words they find.

These bean bag games are a fun and inexpensive way to keep your child learning! Work on social skills, coordination, math, or even spelling!

Children have a naturally inquisitive mind. Foster their curiosity with a walk through an autumn field or park to answer age-old “why” questions. As you walk with your child, you can encourage them to ask questions.

Does your child love pretend and need practice with letters and the sounds they make? Get cooking! This activity is fun and builds key reading skills, too.

Learn how starch and carbohydrates interact with different solvents in this fun and easy packing peanut science fair project.

The Christmas Addition Tree is a great way to get kids actively involved in math practice through art projects over the holiday break.

This science fair project idea investigates if webbed feet help a duck (and others) swim.

This science fair project idea investigates which objects float and sink in honey, water, and oil.

Try this fun outdoor game to improve your first grader's reading skills. This activity is perfect for summer!

Practice reading and vocabulary by making sight words into a puzzle!

Help your child create a rebus message for a unique Father's Day card or poster; it's like a collage and encoded message all in one!

Here's a hands-on activity that first grade use to help kids get a feel for equations. It uses popsicle sticks to practice addition and subtraction!

Help you child learn the key pieces to a sentence, by creating sentence puzzles at home.