Kindergarten and 1st Grade Activities : Page 4

Help your child stay physically and mentally active with this group aerobic fitness game that's good for the heart and mind alike.

Have your child create a little leprechaun to celebrate the season and create a little mischief.

This project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing it.

In this science fair project, students discover how sedimentary layers form as sediments like mud, silt and sand settle over time.

This fun shape game is like Twister...with a twist!

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

This classic children's game-connecting two cups with a string-demonstrates sound's ability to travel through air vs through a solid.

This project explores whether plants can live and grow when "watered" with juice, soda, or milk.

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways ... on my eight limbs and eight hearts!

Blend science and math to explore a very important first grade social studies question: does our planet contain more land or more water?

Take math off the page and into the real world. This simple game gives kindergarten kids hands-on practice with basic addition.

This science project challenges students to study deer behavior in their natural habitat- the feeding patterns, social behaviors, male to female ratio, etc.

Spark your kids' interest in writing by helping them write a mini-book about their favorite subject: themselves!

This alphabet hunt is pure pirate-loving fun. And it gives kids practice in learning to recognize letters and sounds-- a key skill for reading readiness.

Help your child add some flair to the family garden with pencil pinwheels!

Try this kooky, spooky arts and crafts activity with your preschooler: make gummy worm ice cubes!

In this project combining nature, art, math, and science, children make rubbings of leaves then observe shapes and structures and sort the leaf images.

Use this fun activity to make an optical illusion picture that helps your kindergartener explore the sense of sight, and sharpen his observation skills!

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

This life-sized self-portrait activity encourages children to explore what makes them special, and then portray it with arts and crafts!

Enjoy those warm spring and summer nights with your child while teaching some basic astronomy at the same time.

Counting with one-to-one correspondence is an important kindergarten math skill. This simple activity turns it into a play-anywhere game.

Combine an introduction to shape and counting with a springtime art project by showing your kindergartener how to create a vibrant rainbow mosaic.

Instead of painting a picture of a whale, let your preschooler make their own whale toy using a paper bag and some recycled art supplies.

This caterpillar math game gets your child to work on addition and subtraction. Challenge your child's math prowess with this fast-paced caterpillar math game.

This uniquely cute Easter bunny craft will give your child practice tracing their handprint while repurposing a paper plate as the base for their bunny.

Are you looking for a fun craft for the next big American holiday? Make this hat with your kid and let him march around the room like a Revolutionary soldier!

Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

After completing this fun science project, your child will have a better understanding of plants, and they may even develop a green thumb in the process!

With this cool floating rocks project, your child will get some hands-on experience with buoyancy and learn why certain rocks like pumice are able to float.