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

Play this fun game with your kindergarten or first grader. It's a great way to practice important math skills, including counting and addition.

Kids entranced by Little House on the Prairie? This popsicle stick "log cabin" is a great introduction to pioneer history.

Using paper plates, have the kids make these fun animal masks and your house will be transformed into a jungle.

Here's a delightful kindergarten project that will boost your child's reading and writing skills--and make for a happy time on a rainy day, too.

This made-for-kids embroidery project uses thick yarn, dull needles, and burlap fabric with wide holes so it's perfect for little fingers!

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!

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

This craft activity encourages kindergarteners to explore measuring. Get ready to measure the fun that your child will have creating his own ruler!

Make a bouquet of colorful duct tape flowers in this hands-on spring craft.

Using water, corn syrup, and sequins, your child can create a unique art project while exploring what happens when different liquids are mixed together!

Once readers know the individual sounds letters make, they need to learn how to blend them and how to break them apart. This activity will help them practice.

It's a great time for family crafts. Here's a ghost Halloween decoration you and your child can make together.

Help your kindergartener's handwriting, hand strength and coordination by making a "stress ball" from this homemade, nontoxic "silly squeezy putty."

Is your child learning to "sound it out"? This game will help him stretch his "decoding" skills so when he runs into new words, he's ready to take them on.

This DIY menorah will make a beautiful addition to your Hanukkah celebrations. Make a DIY menorah with your child this winter.

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

Make going back to school fun with this surprising pop up book, perfect for first graders!

Your kindergartener will be delighted to refine his motor and conceptual skills as he creates his own Maccabee shield in honor of the Maccabee revolt.

Help children understand the power of germs and the importance of hand washing with this visual activity that introduces the concept of scientific inquiry.

Help your first grade reader become an expert in "sh," "ch," and "th" words with this fun, homemade game.

How do we know that air exists when we can't see it, taste it, or touch it? Here's a classic experiment that will teach your kid some basics of aerodynamics!

Teach children how to upcycle dried-out markers with this homemade paint-making activity!

In this arts and crafts activity, let your kindergartener create life-sized body stamps using some paint and his own hands and feet.

Research shows that when we focus on things we are grateful for, we literally rewire our brains to focus on the positive. Help kids experience the joy of gratitude by creating trees that give thanks.

This science fair project teaches students about wilting and browning of salad greens.

Keep school day sniffles at bay with a simple felt tissue cozy that fits neatly in a 3-ring binder.

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

Get your child outside to observe the clouds, and get a fun exercise in science, writing, and arts and crafts! Here's how.

Make your own dreidel from modeling clay with this Hannukah craft activity!