Kindergarten and 1st Grade Activities : Page 6

Recycling may be a confusing concept for your little one, so take the time to teach them the magic of compost - right in your own backyard!

This science fair project idea determines which method of hand cleansing is the most effective.

Honor our 16th president by having your kid assemble his famous stovepipe hat! This Abe Lincoln hat craft is the perfect way to celebrate Presidents Day.

This weather spinner will improve observation skills by encouraging children to examine and track weather details and patterns.

Help your kindergarten science maven explore the water cycle without getting everything wet.

This silly game is a fun way to introduce and reinforce sight words--by fishing for them!

Make a clever egg pop-up card for Easter that hides a special surprise: open the flaps, and out pops a fluffy baby chick!

Design a colorful leprechaun trap—and make some memories—with this fun St. Patrick's Day craft project!

Help your preschooler chart her good eating habits with this arts and crafts activity that has her making a healthy fruits and vegetables rainbow and graph!

With nothing more than a flat open space and some lively kids, you can reinforce key concepts of punctuation while having lots of healthy laughs.

Help your first grade reader understand verbs by doing them in this boisterous playground relay race.

Build a bird feeder science craft that brings birds to your yard, and a smile to the whole family's face.

This project commemorates the milestone of completing the first 100 days of school, while giving your child a manipulative to practice counting to 100.

Craft a patriotic placemat from red, white, and blue construction paper in this festive craft project!

It's always good to have a little help during the holiday. Show your child how to set a table setting and then help him create a placemat map.

Here's a math game for your preschooler or kindergartener that'll make number recognition as easy as a pizza pie!

Want to build some homemade instruments? These maracas make a racket, and they couldn't be easier to make...

Help your child see numbers three ways with this simple grab-and-go game, great for quick practice in the car.

Give your kindergartener a beautiful way to say "I love you" while giving end-of-year math and writing skills a workout!

Use popcorn in this tasty experiment to explore the five senses at home with your kindergartener!

Introduce your child to the world of motion and physics with a bit of marble play inspired by Sir Isaac Newton!

This goofy scramble book activity will bring laughs...but also some good, solid comprehension skills too!

Teach your child about healthy foods and how to make a meal that is good for them with this fun activity that you both can do together.

Here's a simple and fun kindergarten or first grade gardening activity: grow a miniature container garden in a paper egg carton. Great for kinesthetic learners.

Here's a science experiment that gives your kids a chance to see how fire needs oxygen to burn, with a little math and writing practice thrown in.

Help your first grader design and create his very own bird feeder out of an empty milk carton.

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

In this fun activity, kids practice measurement and boost fine motor skills as they learn all about how fossils form and even make a few of their own!

This science fair project idea demonstrates that plants give off water.

Help your child explore chromatography, which is the process of separating colors or pigments, and create a neat art project in the process!