Kindergarten and 1st Grade Activities : Page 28

Make your own Matryoshka out of simple craft materials in this easy how-to!

Learning to count can be pretty tough. Have your child play this game with you or a friend and watch her quickly become a master counter.

Everyone has a dream. The hard part is striving to make those dreams come true. Encourage your child to dream big with this easy craft project.

Create some flying bats with your little one this Halloween season. This activity is a great way for your little one to learn about symmetry.

This autumn science project magically turns green leaves into autumn leaves by using crayon shavings and heat.

Delight your first grader by combining a reading activity with a fun "tea party" as she unscrambles cut-up words in a tea bag to form sentences and stories.

Not all snowmen are made of ice. This popcorn snowman tastes like the holiday season and also makes a cute decoration on any dining table.

Here's a color matching game that is perfect for winter! Your child will race against the clock to assemble the name of a color with its matching parts.

This Veterans Day, teach your kid about Remembrance Day and create a wreath of red poppies to honor the brave soldiers who died serving their countries.

Help your child create a garden journal sketchbook as she observes and records the natural world through the changing seasons.

In this science fair project, students learn how pressure can make the minerals in a rock line up in the same direction and form bands and foliation.

Make Hanukkah gift bags with your child this holiday season. These Hanukkah gift bags are great for passing out gelt to teachers and friends.

Make this star-spangled greeting for the door to make all your guests feel welcome for the next patriotic holiday.

Your child can re-use and re-purpose old seeds and paper into something new: decorated paper that can be planted!

These frozen banana pops are an essential summer treat! They are simple for young children to make, and so tasty they are sure to be a hit.

Celebrate the 100th Day of School by making a collage frame that can showcase your childâs favorite piece of art.

Helping your child learn to read doesn't only have to mean using books from the library or from the store. You can make a book of your own - a nonsense book!

Celebrate your child's first day of kindergarten with this arts and crafts activity: make a SchultÃte, a cardboard cone filled with candy and other goodies!

This hunting game is just as fun outdoors as it is inside. And while they'll never suspect they're learning, it helps kids develop listening skills, too!

Nothing says party like a bright and bursting piÃata! Create your own mini festive centerpiece with paper towel rolls and ribbons.

Make this turkey craft with your child to get into the Thanksgiving spirit. This turkey craft is made of a tissue box and other assorted craft supplies.

Homemade Christmas crackers add some bang to your holiday celebration. Make a set of homemade Christmas crackers with your child this holiday season.

Make the abstract nature of time and money easier for your kid to understand with some fun ideas that focus on these concepts.

Try this kindergarten arts and crafts activity and sneak in a little extra nutrition this holiday season: make a mashed potato snowman sculpture!

Show your patriotism on the next great American holiday by making a shooting star spangled banner that's reminiscent of the American flag.

Here's an arts and crafts activity that has your first-grader or second-grader using crayons and black paint to create a beautiful wax-resist nightscape.

Invite your first grader to play with his food! He will improve his fine motor skills as he creates zany edible art!

This fun art activity will get your child's creative juices flowing and will teach her about shapes, pattern and texture along the way.

In this science fair experiment, children demonstrate the relationship between the amount of stuff and the amount of pressure in a closed system.

Help your kindergartener make and play a "Hop On Pop"-inspired card game--a fun way to learn word families!