Here's a fun activity to help build thinking skills in young first grade scientists, and to encourage them to have a blast exploring the mass and volume.

Cornucopia still life painting is a great activity for your young artist to look at light and shadow, textures and composition in creating art at Thanksgiving!

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.

Does the idea of taking your child to an art museum sound daunting? Create your own museum and give your child some practice with shapes!

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

Introduce colors to shadow play with this creative and irresistible science activity!

Encourage your child to compare and contrast a wide variety of autumn-themed items by weighing various objects and recording their findings.

Get your child excited about measuring with this fun and easy household measurements activity.

This hands-on activity practices skip counting, a key first grade math skill. But it's silly fun!

In this insulation experiment, you'll learn which clothes keep you warm in the cold, and which make you shiver.

Your child will love making this adorable clover clock that will help him learn how to tell time.

Help your child practice symmetry with this fun activity that will leave your child with a sweet symmetrical treat!

From Canada's flag, to the Toronto Maple Leafs, to classic maple syrup cookies, the maple tree is very much a part of Canadian heritage.

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.

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

Pumpkin carving party activities are great for a pre-Halloween party. Try pumpkin carving party activities, including jack-o'-lantern ideas and fall recipes.

Help your kindergartener review shapes - and build early reading skills - with this creative book project.

Play this game to help froggie hop home...and teach the number line to your kindergartener while you're at it!

Learn how to make a paper snowflake with these simple instructions. Help your child learn how to make a paper snowflake with only paper and scissors.

Put your kid in charge of her own survey! She'll poll her relatives and friends, collect information, and then create a colorful chart to display her findings.

Support your first grader's counting and reading skills while laughing and running in this fun playground game.

Help your first grade scientist learn about metamorphosis by observing the life cycle of some interesting creepy crawlies.