Mike Gordon

When first-graders Nick, Jamie, and Reza refuse to let Emma join their soccer game just because she is a girl, Emma and her father devise a plan to teach the boys a lesson.

Max Leonard is convinced that he will never succeed with memorizing his multiplication tables; and his brain "freezes" during timed tests. But to everyone's surprise, Max has been completing algebra problems sets in his spare time! Max, his parents and teachers are amazed by his math "potential."

A group of young boys and girls who each like different things, from playing with dolls to riding go-carts to playing with puppies and kittens, finally finds common ground and become friends.

The kids in Mrs. Connor's class are planting a garden! Everyone is excited to plant the vegetable seeds--except for Neil. He does not like vegetables. After all their hard work, will Neil find vegetables are not as yucky as he thought?

When everyone in Ms. Connor's first grade class has a cold, she shows her students how to wash their hands to get rid of germs.

It's time for the annual science fair. The biggest day of the year for Morecaster School is filled with ideas, hard work and pressure. Like many kids, Dylan is caught between doing his project on his own and accepting help from his enthusiastic parents. This year, he's determined to do all the work himself, even if it means his project won't be perfect.

A little girl spends the day answering a lot of questions and encouraging her younger, tag-along brother.

When Katie draws Andrew's name in the first-grade Christmas gift exchange, she decides not to give him a present because he has said mean things about her reindeer sweater.

When Emma learns that her class picture will be taken while she must wear an eye patch, she is sad because she will look different from the other first-graders.