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First grade

Give your first- or second-grader a beginner's lesson in chemistry with a favorite, frozen childhood treat.

Have your child test objects in water to see if they sink or float.

How you can help at home: In this fun and educational activity your preschooler explores leaves she has collected outside.

Do-it-yourself magnetic poetry kits make language come alive.

How you can help at home: In this activity your child explores different kinds of lines.

How you can help at home: In this activity your child learns about art through sorting and matching art postcards.

How you can help at home: This number-sense game played with dice helps your first-grader build math concepts such as greater than and less than.

Spelling instruction at your child's school may look different from what you remember of your school days. Here's a guide to what you might see and why things have changed.

How do I help my daughter adjust to a new school after a separation? I am a newly separated, single mom of a 6-year-old. Unfortunately, as well as dealing with the separation, we are moving and she will have to start a new school...

My daughter has been writing since before she started school and was good at it. I was a stay-at-home mom and worked with her so that when she started school she would have no problems. Now that she has started school and I am a...