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1st Grade Math: Order of Objects

Practice your counting skills to see what order the children are  in. Read each question and choose which person is in the correct position in line. Click here for full screen This interactive activity...

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1st Grade Reading: Hidden Picture Game

Can you uncover the picture by answering these ‘time’ related questions?  Playing this game will help teach how time is kept as well as improve vocabulary and word recognition. Click here for full...

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1st Grade Science Learning Activity: Remember When?

Learn about the life cycle of a tree through photographs. Click here for full screen This interactive activity is embedded in our First Grade Science 1 course. COURSE OVERVIEW Students learn to perform...

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1st Grade Science Learning Activity: Insects and Spiders

Is a spider an insect? Use the Venn diagram to figure out what characteristics insects and spiders have in common, and what makes them different! Click here for full screen This interactive activity is...

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1st Grade Math: Money Matters

Using  money is a great way to practice math. Empty that piggy bank and use pennies, nickles, dimes and quarters to find different ways to show the same value. Click here for full screen This...

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1st Grade Reading Activity: Zoo Adventure

Practice adjectives in this zoo themed activity. An adjective is a word that is used to describe a noun. Listen to each sentence by clicking on it, and then choose the correct adjective to complete the...

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1st Grade Science Learning Activity: House of Shadows

In this science activity, you’ll learn about how an object can manipulate light. Change the direction of the light source to learn all about the effects of shadows. After you complete the online...

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1st Grade Reading Learning Activity: Spelling Heart Words and Plurals

Practice spelling at the bakery. Choose from three lists of words then listen as each word is pronounced. Do your best to spell each word and create cakes! Click here for full screen This activity can...

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1st Grade History: The Rise of Ancient Empires

Test your knowledge of ancient Empires in this game show activity. In this activity you’ll be tested on ancient pyramids, leaders, religion and laws. Choose a category and answer the questions...

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1st Grade Math Learning Activity: Place Value Addition

Using a visualization tool, like base-10 blocks, can make it much easier for kids to solve addition problems. This interactive place value tool uses virtual blocks to help kids practice adding numbers...

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1st Grade Science Learning Activity: Evaporation

This is a great experiment to try at home. Some compounds will bound with water molecules. When you evaporate the water some compounds will form crystals. Complete the activity online, then try a...

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1st Grade Reading Activity: Weather Words

In this activity, your child will expand their vocabulary of adjectives using weather words. Use the sentences and images to pick the correct word describing different types of weather.  Click here for...

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1st Grade Science Game: Animal Coverings

Scales, feathers, and fur are just a few of the different kinds of animal coverings in nature.  Help the robot match the correct covering to each animal. Look at the animal on the belt then choose the...

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1st Grade Reading Activity: Soccer Nouns

Practice learning nouns with soccer! A noun is a person place or thing. Listen and read each sentence and choose the noun in each sentence. Practice spotting the difference between common nouns and...

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1st Grade Writing Activity: Practice Spelling

In this activity, your child can practice spelling words. Pick from a list of words that range in difficulty, then try to spell them.  Click here for full screen This interactive activity is embedded...

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1st Grade Science Learning Activity: Match the Land Forms

Can you spot the difference between an island and a peninsula? How about a river and a lake? Play this interactive matching game to practice the names for different land forms. Click the green buttons...

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1st Grade Spelling Game: Fishing

Let’s go fishing! In this game, we’ll practice spelling. First, review and choose the words you want to practice.  Once you start the game, listen carefully to the word and do your best to spell it....

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1st Grade Science Learning Activity: Traveling Seeds

In this activity we’ll learn about traveling seeds. Trees, flowers and plants all grow from seeds. Each seed needs to travel away from the parent so that it has room to grow. They can’t just get up and...

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1st Grade Reading Activity: Pronouns Part 1

A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun. In this activity, head to the park and enjoy a picnic with some friends. Read each sentence in the banner, listen carefully and see if you can spot...

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1st Grade Reading Activity: Pronouns Part 2

In pronouns part 1, you learned that a pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun and practiced identifying the pronouns in sentences. In Part 2 you will be asked to choose the correct pronoun to...

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1st Grade Science Activity: Spot the Landforms

Travel to High Point Lookout to see all the landforms around you. Try to identify different types of landforms and bodies of water. Once you know what each looks like, head over to our matching game,...

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1st Grade Reading Activity: Practice Verb Tense

Run, jump, and fly are all examples of verbs. In this activity we’ll practice identifying verb tense by following Winnie as she prepares for the art show. Read each sentence and determine whether the...

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1st Grade Reading Activity: Contractions

Practice identifying contractions in this underwater game. Spot the contraction in each sentence or choose the correct contraction to combine the words. Click here for full screen More first grade...

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1st Grade Reading Activity: Capitalization and Punctuation

Use this interactive tool to practice capitalization and punctuation. Read each sentence and see if you can identify the error. Can you spot which letters should be capitalized? What about where commas...

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1st Grade Math Learning Activity: Karate Word Problems

Practice several word problems in this fun interactive math activity. This activity can help introduce word problems to younger students and allow them to visualize the math. Follow Alexander as he...

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1st Grade Reading Activity: Plural Words

Plural Words: Animals What better way to practice plural words than with animals? Review each question to practice identifying the correct plural versions for each animal. in this activity. Listen to...

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1st Grade Reading Activity: Vowels

Vowels can have different sounds depending on how they are used in the word. In this activity discover how the placement of vowels next to each other affects their sound. Click the speaker to begin....

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1st Grade Reading Activity: Perspective

Perspective is the way someone sees the world. Explore how perspective in a story may change depending on the point of view of the narrator. Click here for full screen More first grade reading...

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1st Grade Science Activity: Flo’s Candy Workshop

Flo needs your help in her candy workshop. She needs to find the best consistency for her candy. In order to do that she has set up several experiments. Help Flo by answering each question correctly....

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1st Grade History Activity: Chinese Calligraphy

Learn some Chinese words and how to write them in ancient calligraphy. You will get to tell the story of how silk was made by choosing which word belongs in the story. Replay the story until you’ve...

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1st Grade Reading Activity: Adding S

Adding the letter ‘S’ to the end of the word often makes them plural. If a word is plural that means there is more than one. Click on the speaker on each page to hear an explanation for each screen....

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1st Grade Reading Activity: Homophones

Some times words can sound the same but have very different meanings from one another. These words are called homophones. In the activity below there are several examples of words that sound the same...

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3rd Grade History: Gandhi’s Quotes

Mahatma Gandhi was the leader of the Indian Independence in Britain-ruled India. He saw the injustices in his country and sought to create change. He is remembered for being able to achieve this...

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1st Grade Reading Activity: Alphabetizing Words

Have your student practice alphabetizing in this activity. First review examples of how to put words in alphabetical order, including words whose first and second letter are the same. After you’ve...

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1st Grade Reading Activity: Basketball Spelling Game

Shoot for a high score in this basketball-themed spelling game. Review the list of words and choose one or all three lists of words to practice. Start the game and listen to each word carefully, then...

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1st Grade Science Activity: Identify Insects Activity

Dr. Wigglesworth is an entomologist, or a scientist who studies insects. In this activity, you’ll take on the role of lab assistant by helping him identify insects. First sort the list of animals and...

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1st Grade Reading Activity: Spelling Game Show

You are the next contestant on the spelling game show. Choose a category and point value then correct sentences, choose the correct spelling and spot what’s wrong in a sentence to earn points. For some...

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Math Activity: Interactive Graphs

Graphs are great tools for visualizing data. In this activity you can create and print three types of categorical graphs using your own data: circle graphs, bar graphs and double bar graphs. Circle...

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