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Try this fall-inspired art activity with your child to teach some basic art principles about color, pattern and texture.

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.

How do we know that air exists when we can't see it, taste it, or touch it? Here's a classic experiment that will teach your kid some basics of aerodynamics!

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

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

This colorful foam pencil topper will glam up any boring pencil and is guaranteed to add personality to any pencil case!

Toothpaste plus water equals the start to a magical winter paper project.

Why does purple cheese look nasty? Because color plays a big part in how we perceive the taste of different foods. Are birds just like us in this respect?

Invite your kid to create her own hanging dove images--a symbol of peace and unity--in honor of Black History Month.

Get creative with this engaging activity where kids are asked to create their own pumpkin person and tap into their creative writing skills! Include all family members by having them create their very own pumpkin people.

In this activity, your child will learn about the different parts of the brain and how mindfulness can build connections of calm.

Who needs a plastic potato head when you can use the real thing?

This fun craft will teach your child a little bit about the human skeletal system and can be adapted to teach the biology of many different living animals.

In this activity, your child will have an opportunity to discuss what they like about themselves, and they will design a digital or physical poster that displays their talents, what they like, and images that describe themselves.

Help your child learn to read! By making their own book, your child can get creative, and practice ten key sight words at the same time.

Bring out your child’s creative side with this fun Halloween-themed craft.

Make a First Day of School Mobile to help commemorate the big step from preschool to kindergarten and ease those first day jitters!

A great way to cultivate awareness, focus and attention in the present is through movement. Mindful movement can also decrease stress and anxiety and increase calm.

Play with balance and simple engineering as you hurry to create a sturdy rock tower.

Here's a first grade arts and crafts activity: make pop-up puppets using a plastic cup, wooden dowel, and fabric. Put on a show once you're done!

Create homemade seed packets with your kids. This activity combines your kids' love of science and the outdoors with a little writing and drawing fun.

No big beach party or a sudsy seafood feast should be without this bright, colorful tablecloth!

Decorated with glittery spiderwebs that sparkle like dew in the sun, these handmade note cards make great thank you cards or simply "thinking of you" cards.

Find sums of 10 in this fun first-grade math card game that helps kids build addition skills. Help your child use critical thinking skills to find the sums.

Have your child imitate the masters or create her own work of art with a bar of soap!

Declare a "Pocket Day" in your house and help your child practice his addition skills as he counts how many pockets the family is wearing that day!

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.

Step into the fantastic world of colors with a project that explores what shade you -- and your friends -- like best.

Help your child use recycled materials, a little imagination and some writing skills to build his very own recycled creature.

In this activity, your child will consider the meaning of "culture" and what comprises their family's culture. They will draw pictures of aspects of their family's culture, then choose an aspect of it to explore further.