Kindergarten and 1st Grade Activities : Page 7

Learning to count can be pretty tough. Have your child play this game with you or a friend and watch her quickly become a master counter.

This project combines arts and crafts with writing, as your child writes a story and publishes it into a book made out of a paper bag!

Enjoy the beauty of winter from the comfort of your home with this first grade art activity: make sparkly snowflake sculptures using modeling clay and glitter.

Introduce learners to the skeletal system and create a budget-friendly Halloween craft with this paper skeleton!

Make a gingerbread house with your kid with this tutorial. Learn how to make a gingerbread house using a milk carton, graham crackers, and frosting.

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

Help your first grade reader become an expert in "sh," "ch," and "th" words with this fun, homemade game.

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

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

Encourage your kindergartener to investigate and chronicle the weather she observes during the coldest months of the year.

This simple and seasonal kid activity turns glue and food coloring into beautiful autumn leaves that will last forever.

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.

Is our water polluted? Help your young scientist understand the importance of taking care of the environment with this simple experiment.

Here's a rainy day phonics craft project for you and your first grader. Reel in those double "ee" words on this do-it-yourself eel!

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

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

Make a family tree with your child to teach him about his personal history. Make a family tree with this tutorial, and teach your kid about his family history.

Encourage your writer to uncover their imagination and storytelling skills by authoring their very own book.

Reinforce your child’s foundational math skills while creating small works of seasonal art with this creative Halloween rock painting activity!

Help your child measure breezy weather in her environment by making a wind vane for kids, a simple version of the classic scientific measurement tool.

This fun and easy activity encourages the skill of overlapping objects, while your child gets to draw his own farm and color in clip art farm animals!

Show your child how to spell their name in a whole new way with this sculptural 3-D art project.

This St. Patrick's Day have your little mischief-maker create a simple leprechaun disguise that's sure to inspire a some good-hearted giggling.

Here's a first grade ladybug game that explores how air can move solid objects, and adds some measurement practice, too. Play, learn, and enjoy!

Make a bear cave for your child to play and explore, learning about bears and winter hibernation.

This experiment works due to a simple principle: plants need light. Build a shoebox maze and watch the plant work though the obstacle course, searching for sun.

The alphabet is a big learning milestone for most kids. Help your child learn alphabetical order by making a food list in this fun Thanksgiving activity.

Everyone's heard of taking a dog for a walk. But how about an illustration? This activity teaches emerging readers to use pictures as context clues.

Practice reading and vocabulary by making sight words into a puzzle!

Introduce shapes to art projects with this fun Valentine-themed craft.