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In this creative arts and crafts activity, children will design and create their very own alphabet tree!

Start thinking about how the internet works by assembling an Ethernet cable of your own!

Help your child develop his counting and language skills with this fun activity. He'll be a number hero for a day and learn about safety while he's at it.

Take some of the spirit of musical chairs and incorporate it into an indoor obstacle course that will fine tune your child's motor skills!

Forget expensive store bought cards, this handmade card truly delivers--and it helps your preschooler with letter recognition.

Will the shape of an ice cube impact how fast the ice melts?

Making a calendar is a great way for third graders to identify those words that are always capitalized. Here's how to get started.

Give items that usually get tossed in the trash a second life with this green arts and crafts activity for kindergarteners. Make a milk carton train engine!

This is a simple, nutritious food kids love for snacks and lunches all year.

In Colonial times, fixing a chair was a lot easier than making one! Any fifth-grader can wrap up a mirror or photo frame the same way Colonists caned chairs.

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

This engaging outdoor game is a blind obstacle course to help your Kindergarten aged child learn to follow directions.

Use an Elihu Thomson apparatus, also known as a ring launcher, to learn about electromagnetism concepts and the properties of various metals.

Let your fourth grade chef mix up butter and sugar with scientific principles about different states of matter, and get delicious toffee, too.

Looking for an easy and creative craft? Beads come in all sorts of shapes, sizes and colors and your kids will have fun creating unique key chains.

Help your child make a beautiful homemade sandcastle that will last!

Free science fair project idea that examines the ergonomics of your environment. Redesign your living space to be better suited to your lifestyle.

Celebrate the Presidents Day the creative way by constructing toilet paper tube figurines of a couple famous U.S. Presidents!

This Valentine's Day, spend a couple of hours with your child constructing a colorful, spring-limbed "heart man"!

Using an empty plastic bottle, your child can create a newfangled version of this African percussion instrument.

In this activity, your child will explore techniques that support patience and learn to practice mindfulness when waiting.

Ask your middle schooler to figure out what the next 100 days hold in store for him; he'll keep track of daily, weekly, and monthly commitments.

In first grade, children are introduced to fractions. Here's a recipe that combines fraction practice with winter fun and lets kids actually paint the snow!

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

Indulge in an American classic with a twist and seize the opportunity to cook with your child, helping her build those math and social studies skills.

Make a string art tree to celebrate the holiday season with your kid. This string art tree craft allows you make a unique decoration using simple ingredients.

Make a homemade expressionist masterpiece using dough and paint! Practice brainstorming skills with this fun and easy arts and crafts activity.

What better way to nurture your child's imagination than by making a fairy house out of materials found in nature!

This science fair project idea shows kids how to grow mold and whether mold grows better in dry or moist conditions.

Here's a list of suggestions for parents on how to whet your child's political appetite.