Here are two fun, rhythmic jump rope chants to help your first grader learn the days of the week, practice reading skills, and stay fit!

Invite your kindergartener to explore the bright new world of measurement by starting out with nonstandard (and tasty!) units, such as gummy bears or worms.

The 100th day of school is an important benchmark for kids in the lower elementary grades. Help your kid create a 100 days of school shirt to celebrate!

This project is a vivid, concrete introduction to the basic but important idea that plants need sunlight and water to grow.

In this activity, your kid has your permission to get his socks nice and filthy. In fact, it's a necessity, because those socks are going to make a garden.

Show your child how to write a diamante poem, which makes use of a simple structure and results in a diamond-shaped poem.

Your child can transform an everyday sight into a persuasive writing exercise by starting with the "product" she knows best: her family!

This November, it's elephant versus donkey! Does your third grader understand the meaning behind the animals political parties choose to represent them?

This fall-themed drawing game is a great way to introduce your kid to some of the important symbols of the fall season.

Encourage your preschooler to learn about the letter "W" by creating a wonderful work of art.

Introduce your child to the amazing, almost magical phenomenon of static electricity!

An ancient form of writing gets new life in an activity designed to help your child read understand what life was like for early Native Americans.

Got the pre-writing blues? Try this simple five-finger technique to help your second grader develop a sequenced plan for her early compositions.

Help your first grader, second grader, or third grader boost his addition skills and math vocabulary with this fun summer game Ice Cream Addition!

Try your hand at some Seuss-like tongue twisters! Boost those vocabulary skills with this fun game for the whole family.

Winter is a great time to build a friendly snowman! Turn regular modeling clay into a glittery snowy surprise.

Support your first grader's interest in reading with this decorative bookmark that illustrates a favorite scene from a loved book.

Nature is so generous to us all. How often do we reflect and thank nature? In this activity, children will engage with the classic story, The Giving Tree, and actively practice gratitude in nature for trees and all that trees do for us!

Help your child get to know the least-appreciated of the five senses, the sense of smell, with a smelling station.

Make use of your family's leftover Christmas cards and wrapping paper with a colorful letter craft activity!

Spark your kids' interest in writing by helping them write a mini-book about their favorite subject: themselves!

Solfege signs are used to guide students through music that is new to them. Help your musically-inclined child learn to work with this fun system today.

Most kids love to play spy. Here's a way to have fun with mysterious codes while mastering an ordinary, necessary skill: first grade spelling.

Run, jump, and skip your way to physical fitness as your exercise with dice! It's a perfect party or family game.

Representing the story in a visual way makes it easier for your child to compare the traits of various characters.

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.

Your child can create his very own pine forest covered in snow and learn some forest vocabulary too!

Here's a fun activity that will help your child become familiar with both punctuation marks...by using pasta shapes!

Give your first grader reading and writing practice with this fun, practical postcard that will also help with spelling strategies.

This activity will put those Halloween treats to good use by using candy corn to help your child with her subtraction skills.