Kindergarten and 1st Grade Activities : Page 39

With so many high fat snacks on the market, eating healthy can be tricky. Help your child make a low fat snack with little more than a can of chick peas!

Baking holiday gingerbread men has ever been more educational! Your kindergartener will work on fine motor skills, logic, and counting in this cookie activity.

This handprint reindeer adds some whimsy to your Christmas decorations. Make a handprint reindeer with your child out of paper and pom poms.

Your child will "catch" snowballs with each correct math equation she can answer correctly. If she solves a problem correctly, she gets to keep the snowballs.

Provide your child with Q-tip paint brushes that are bunched together and easy to grip, and encourage him to go to work on his painting masterpiece!

A valentine garland makes any home look more lovely on Valentine's Day. Craft a simple valentine garland with your child to add some heart to your day.

In this tons-of-fun reading activity, your child plans a storytime, makes a flyer, creates a coloring sheet, and hosts their own storytime.

Learn about construction while making a fun new toy, the Mini-Marshmallow Popper.

Compound words get easier if kids can spot two smaller words that they already know inside. Add some fun to the process with this card game!

During your next craft time, strike up the band with this homemade Chinese instrument.

This marshmallow snowman craft is a festive way for your child to practice counting and art. Make a marshmallow snowman with your child this holiday season.

You and your child can create this beautiful butterfly mobile for hanging anywhere in the home (and learn about this magical creature while you're at it).

Tell the Purim story in a new way: By making a set of puppets out of an old deck of cards!

Teach your kindergartener a little about Mexican culture by giving him a festive, no-cook lesson in how to make "aguas frescas," or seasonal fruit drinks.

Get into the back-to-school spirit with this clip magnet that'll make sure your first grader never loses his important school papers again!

If your kid is fascinated by dinosaurs, show him how to make his very own dinosaur egg. When he's not looking, hide a surprise inside!

If your first grader loves to play with her food, turn the messy habit into a clever arts and craft project.

In this activity, your child will make her own book of Swahili numbers filled with pictures of animals found throughout Africa.

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

At your next party, play this amped-up version of hot potato that comes with a prize!

How many steps long is the hallway? Kids put their graph-making skills to work as they make a step map of their own house.

What's the first letter? Play this game with your first grader the next time you read together, and watch her reading skills grow as she climbs the levels.

Orchestrate a Cupid's arrow tossing game among your child and his friends. This fun game cultivates important motor skills and hand-eye coordination, too.

Create a crafty porcupine with your first grader, and use the opportunity to teach your little one about it's ingenious (yet painful!) defense mechanism.

Combine science with reading and art to help your first grader create an attractive holiday gift for a beloved friend or relative.

What would it be like to be the Cat in the Hat from the famous Dr. Seuss book? This Read Across America project has your 1st grader making his own fun-in-a-box!

Build good first grade reading and writing skills, as well as family peace and quiet, with this hand made story book about mornings in your home.

Teach your kid a lesson about recycling by helping him create a letter holder out of an old cardboard box.

This book-making activity is quick and easy, and it gives emerging readers insight into how a story's illustrations provide context clues.

Dog valentine cards are perfect for the pet lover in your life. Make a dog valentine card with your child this February.