Kindergarten and 1st Grade Activities : Page 41

A scarecrow Halloween craft featuring recycled materials.

Create a unique gift that is as useful as it is gorgeous by using eggshells, tempera paint and glue.

Help your child master shape recognition by creating some funky topiary trees.

This homemade snare drum made with everyday household items gets its authentic rattle sound from paper clips and tin.

Do a little kitchen chemistry as you make your own bubble solution and bubble-wand shapes!

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.

First graders spend lots of time learning double digit numbers. Here's a "green" way to build skills and have some old time family fun, too.

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

Teach your little scientist about the amazing powers of gravity by comparing the falling speeds of two yummy fruits

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

Show your child how to make homemade wrapping paper with a twist by using sponge art to create the fabulous designs. Here's how:

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 fun photography activity will build your child's vocabulary, their understanding of the world, and they'll make their own game of concentration!

With a few strokes of white paint, kids can transform an old family photograph into a lovely winter scene in this kindergarten arts and crafts activity.

Spruce up some sneakers that have seen better days by turning them into a sparkly dress-up staple.

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.

Honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King with this hands-on lesson in how all of us are more alike than different, especially on the inside.

Work on simple addition and finding even numbers in this first grade math card game.

Your kindergartener will love being able to paint a beautiful butterfly, and the lucky recipient of the finished card will be just as delighted!

Silent "e" words are a big part of first grade phonics. Help them turn words like "hop" to "hope" in this action-packed, practical game.

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!

Uh-oh! Is that a pill sitting on the counter or a piece of candy?

Help your second grader embrace his "green" side by recycling empty citrus peels into fruity ice cream bowls!

Kids will learn how to clean fish tank the natural way. Add catfish to the tank and see if your water gets cleaner.

Help your first grader explore the world of scientific measurement by "weighing" fruit with a "water scale"!

Want to make math a little more exciting? This single-player game is designed to help your child practice combining cards to create sums of 14.

Does your child long to be the next Captain Hook? This great craft activity will provide an invaluable accessory for any costume box: a pirate hook!

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.

First graders will love practicing addition with this fun math game.

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day this year by creating mosaic shamrock art with your child.