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Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

In this activity, your child will create a red envelope that can be filled with money to spread good will and ward off evil spirits in the New Year.

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.

Here's a hands-on activity that first grade use to help kids get a feel for equations. It uses popsicle sticks to practice addition and subtraction!

Help your child make an imaginative, inexpensive spaceship from recycled materials. When the spaceship is ready, count backwards from ten and then BLAST-OFF!

Try this recipe with your child and explore Ethiopia through one of its dietary staples: injera, or flat bread!

Make the abstract nature of time and money easier for your kid to understand with some fun ideas that focus on these concepts.

This footwear-focused activity introduces fractions as part of a set and it's the perfect way to generate excitement about fraction concepts.

Sorting objects by size, color, shape, or function is an important concept in kindergarten math, and it's the perfect excuse for a little housekeeping!

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

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.