Make your own chalkboard to liven up a playroom, and encourage your child to practice writing and math!

Learn about borrowing in subtraction using a deck of cards and a die! Your first grader will have fun playing this math game.

Teach a lesson in the math and art with the concept of symmetry, while making a delightful cut-paper shadow pumpkin for Halloween!

In this inspiring activity, children create and perform their very own Reader’s Theater about helping the planet!

In kindergarten, your child spent lots of time counting things one by one. But in first grade, he'll need to be able to count in groups, especially by fives.

Pizza for breakfast? Celebrate Father's Day with a fun filled cooking treat.

Enjoy the beautiful outdoors and indulge in a colorful game of I Spy while you're at it! It's just as fun as classic I Spy but twice as educational.

This simple and introductory art project can help propel an interest in art or even bolster your kid's confidence in planning and mapping.

Get your child thinking about time with this art project, where you'll create a fun book on his daily routine.

Create a mini plant habitat with your kid to help teach him what it takes to make an ecosystem work.

Help your child discover the difference between his wants and needs using this poster.

A homemade coat of arms is a great way to get your child thinking about your family's values, and it makes a fun addition to the costume box as well!

This Christmas card holder craft is a great activity for your child. Make a Christmas card holder with your child this holiday season.

Playing doctor is not only fun, it's also a way to teach kids about the parts of the body and how they are spelled.

Play loteria, a Mexican board game! Help your child make this fun and festive game to help her build her vocabulary and have a blast while she's at it.

This science fair project idea investigates if fats add to the flavor of food.

Foster a love of words in your little cupid this Valentine's Day by creating a memory game that doubles as an early reading activity.

Plant a mini herb garden and teach your child about science and nature.

Make a fun refrigerator graph with your first grader in order to help her develop those crucial graphing skills, while engaging with the whole family.

Boost those first grade reading and writing skills with this sweet Mother's Day poem idea.

Learn all about colors with the best teachers of all -- cupcakes!

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.

Conduct a simple experiment with your child to study how dirt tracks change as they age in this 1st grade science 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.

By using watercolor paints to practice writing letters, sentences, and math problems, your child will practice first grade skills in his "Sidewalk School."

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

Teach your child to dye eggs with natural ingredients from the grocery store. From pink to gold, these eggs are perfect for hiding, hunting or simply munching.

In this fun guessing game, your child uses his sense of smell and taste to figure out what is in the container. Here's how to play:

Build your child's vocabulary and get his body moving at the same time with this fun dance map activity!

Make a "magic dough" using only flour, water and food coloring and have the kids guess what color appears.