Here's a way to bring young children into the process of preparing healthy school lunches, and build up early literacy skills while they're at it!

Help your preschooler to create this artful reminder of home for the first days of school. Using family photos your child can collage a memento of home.

Get into the back-to-school spirit with this clip magnet that'll make sure your first grader never loses his important school papers again!

Using only straight-line sewing, your fourth can create a nifty felt pencil case perfect for his busy life.

This is the perfect recycling project for back to school! Your child will put all those extra paper bags to good use and assemble her own personal notepad.

This colorful foam pencil topper will glam up any boring pencil and is guaranteed to add personality to any pencil case!

This simple bookmaking activity will introduce and reinforce alphabet and number recognition skills that have been taught at home or learned in preschool.

This school year, have your child decorate his very own clip board and watch him do his homework in style!

Make going back to school a fun time! Let your child create her own pencil topper creatures using everyday materials and a Styrofoam ball.

Instead of tossing old school supplies, turn them into a work of art and teach your kids how to find new uses for old things.

Make a photo book to provide a reassuring guide for your child's first days and weeks of school.

This art activity encourages your child to create her own papier-mache apple sculpture to give to a special teacher.

This craft activity encourages kindergarteners to explore measuring. Get ready to measure the fun that your child will have creating his own ruler!

Here's an arts and crafts activity to help your child put together his own "Back to School" scrapbook.

Keep school day sniffles at bay with a simple felt tissue cozy that fits neatly in a 3-ring binder.

For kids who prefer to do homework flopped on a rug, this practical caddy can make all the difference!

Give your kindergartener an outlet to articulate his thoughts about going to school for the first time by setting aside time to help him write in his journal.

Help your child get organized for the school year ahead and establish some important skills that will help him for years to come!

It's that time of the year again! Celebrate the start of a new school year with a back to class bash, complete with arts and crafts, food and games.

Help your middle schooler "map" her complicated day. It's a simple job with big payoffs that will last all through the year!