Kindergarten and 1st Grade Activities : Page 50

Even chocolate can make an appearance in kindergarten math. These truffles are truly easy to make and add a bit of decadence to math practice!

Make sweet personalized invitations for a laid-back pumpkin carving party.

Practice measurement and proportion with your first grader, and in the process, make three scrumptious salads for you and your child to share on Mother's Day!

In this activity, kids will create a peace corner in their bedroom or home and reflect on ways they may use their peace corner through drawing and discussion.

In this activity, your child will learn how to spruce up her bike with an original license plate!

Help your first grader make a coin bank that builds connections to early reading and math. And build good saving habits, too!

Guessing is more than pure fun, it's also a key part of kindergarten math. Here's a fun way to bring estimation to the breakfast table.

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

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

Make a big green alligator with household items and help your kindergartener practices letters and sounds!

Try this brand name phonics activity to help your child build up his language arts skills.

Your child can easily create a ghoulishy adorable bat treat keeper. Crafting this funny fella is a great way to introduce the basic components of sculpture.

Learn how to make vampire fangs for Halloween costumes and for scary playtime. See how to make vampire fangs with this great upcycled tutorial.

Put your individual fingerprint on the 100th Day of School (literally!) with this activity.

Fix a yummy fruit and chocolate quesadilla. It'll give your kid a chance to boost his fine motor skills while making a snack the whole family will enjoy.

Our breath is supporting us all of the time, but sometimes we don't even know it! In this activity, your child will discuss how they feel when they focus on their breath and learn tools to help them feel calm and at ease.

The Christmas Addition Tree is a great way to get kids actively involved in math practice through art projects over the holiday break.

Lots of everyday objects can be fun, whether it's buttons, beans, or Lego blocks. Here's an activity that uses coins to build problem-solving strategies.

Want to help your child develop stronger numeracy skills and make your dice games even more fun? Try creating some googly-eyed funny dice.

Getting your treasures from place to place is tough. Help your child with this task by making a denim pouch from recycled blue jeans!

Celebrate Read Across America Day with your kindergartener by playing an alphabet balloon volley game inspired by "The Cat in the Hat Comes Back" by Dr. Seuss.

Do this fun activity that uses stickers to help your kindergartener with counting, basic addition, and one-to-one correspondence.

Lunch is always better when you share it with a wise companion This wide-eyed owl craft is a great way for your growing learner to practice cutting shapes.

Try this kindergarten arts and crafts activity: re-purpose an old t-shirt into a simple apron to use for your child's cooking and art projects.

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.

Remind your child of all the things that go bump, bump in the night with a fun post-Halloween activity.

This is the perfect way to send a love note to your favorite Valentine! Your child can decorate a crepe paper bag for a secret message.

Let your imaginative kid pretend she's a mermaid as she dives into her food with some charming kelp utensils!

Picking words out can be tricky. In this early reading activity, your child will place letter markers on a grid to make words appear out of the jumble.

This first grade science activity is great for winter! Your child will grow and observe her own amaryllis bulb, keeping a journal of her scientific findings.