1st Grade

Count using stickers - up to 10

Go on shape hunt! Find as many triangles, squares, rectangles, and circles as you can in your house. For an extra challenge, find a cylinder or sphere!

Which word has more syllables?

Read your favorite story to a favorite stuffed animal.

Draw out hopscotch on the sidewalk or driveway. Count forward and backward as you jump!

Count shapes in rings - up to 10

Show numbers on ten frames - up to 20

Baking Fun! Count the ingredients needed to bake a sweet treat and bake and share with friends and families.

Sort consonants and vowels

Choose the words that have a given ending

Write friendly messages to your neighbors outside with sidewalk chalk.

Build a house with a yard out of Legos or blocks.

Skip-count by tens

Add with pictures - sums up to 5

Count as many coins as you can find in your house. How many do you have?

Identify and use end marks

Choose the letter that matches the consonant sound

Write 3 sentences about your day. Be sure you use 3 different end marks!

Go bird watching! Take photos and keep track of your sightings. Use an app or guidebook to identify feathered friends.

Complete a sequence - up to 10

Add two numbers - sums up to 5

Write your own word problem about a family member or friend. Then have them solve it!

Which letter does the word end with?

Which consonant blend does the word start with?

Clap out as many rhyming words that you can think of.

Start a nature journal with your kids, then take it outside to record all the beautiful sights and sounds that you notice.

Fewer, more, and same

Addition word problems with pictures - sums up to 10

Go on a number hunt! How many printed numbers can you find around your house?

Does the word start with a consonant blend?

Complete the word with the right final consonant blend

Watch your favorite cartoon. Who is the main character? Draw a picture of them.

Try this shadow sidewalk chalk art project.

Fewer and more - compare by counting

Which is more? Do you have more cups in your house or plates? How many more?

Does the word end with a consonant blend?

Draw a picture of two items from your house that start with the same digraph sound (either "ch," "sh," "th," "ph")

Collect rocks and paint them. Turn them into pet rocks, garden ornaments, or gifts for family members.

Long and short

Subtract with cubes - numbers up to 5

Find 5 toys in your house and give 1 toy to someone else. How many toys do you have left?

Complete the short a word

Find the short e word

Make a list of zoo animals. Sort them by different categories, such as type of animal (mammals, fish, etc.) or coloring (green, brown, striped, etc.).

Look for shapes in the clouds. Put a blanket in the grass and stare up at the sky. Take turns talking about what you see in the clouds.

Name the two-dimensional shape

Classify and sort

Pick your two favorite colors and find as many objects as you can that are those two colors. Sort the object into two piles by color. How many of each color do you have?

Complete the short o word

Find the short u word

An animal has escaped from the zoo! Make up a story about it. Tell it to a friend or family member or write it down. Add pictures, if you'd like.

Create musical instruments from materials found around the house. Need help? Enchanted Learning provides instructions for such Musical Instruments as a rattle, box guitar, maraca, and rain stick.

Subtract - numbers up to 5

Subtraction word problems with pictures - numbers up to 10

Use Play-Doh to build different shapes, practice your subtracting skills as you cleanup and put each shape back into the container.

Complete the short i words

Word game! How many smaller words can you find in the word watermelon? Write them down!

Talk to an older relative about what it was like when they were a kid. Draw a picture of something that represents them as a kid.

Compose two-dimensional shapes

Add or subtract - numbers up to 5

Use Play-Doh to build different shapes, practice your subtracting and additions skills as you build and cleanup.

Choose the two sight words that are the same

Choose the best location word to match the picture

Make an alphabet book of things around your house or things you see outside.

Cool down by making Ice Cream in a Bag with your family. The simple technique produces delicious ice cream in about 5 minutes.

• Select three-dimensional shapes

• Make a number using addition - sums up to 10

• Create addition problems using pencil/paper or objects in your home. Ask someone to solve the problems that you create.

Spell the sight word

Plan an end-of-summer celebration. Record a list of the 10 best things you did this summer. Create a menu of your favorite summer treats to be enjoyed on your last day of summer!

Have a water balloon baseball game. Use a plastic bat, a bucket of water balloons, and old towels as bases and you are all set.