Your beginning teen baker will enjoy the tactile experience of baking this challah bread. It's deceptively simple to make!

Invite your child to craft dream cloud magnets to display their hopes and visions for the future!

In kindergarten, kids work with patterns. Try making this practical but decorative piece of clothing together for fun and math practice.

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

Help your little builder move up in the world with this recycled cardboard castle that's just the right size for a young king and his loyal stuffed subjects.

Use recycled wrapping paper and an empty bottle to make this beautiful vase for a great indoor activity when it's cold outside.

Kids learn how to play Jan-Ken-Pon, Japanese rock-paper-scissors, in this fun preschool activity.

These cool treats are loaded with fruit, veggies, protein, and calcium, just what your child needs to fuel up for a busy day at school.

The perfect activity for a rainy day, or any time your little one moans, "Moooo-oom, there's nothing to do!"

Make an edible bracelet from Froot Loops and a shoelace! This Block Institute art activity will engage your special needs or mainstream child at snacktime.

Looking for a unique arts and crafts activity that gives some writing practice? Help your child make her own back-to-school business cards!

Mason jar lights add a bit of holiday sparkle to a bland patio or dinner table. Make some mason jar lights to add to your collection of Christmas decorations.

This holiday season, help your third grader celebrate gifts--so often both cost-free and priceless--that the family has shared this year.

Show your child how to spell their name in a whole new way with this sculptural 3-D art project.

Here's a St. Patrick's Day card your child can make, write, and give. Great learning and lots of fun--a "lucky" combination for a lucky holiday!

Examine whether distilled water, spring water, or regular tap water yield faster plant growth.

Practice early social studies skills and get your child excited about the new school year with this fun activity.

Check out this twist on a peanut butter and banana sandwich. The banana replaces the bread to make the perfect fun and nutritious after-school snack.

Get your child thinking about time with this art project, where you'll create a fun book on his daily routine.

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

You and your child will have a blast baking this wonderful spin on a childhood classic, PB n' J cookies. Easy to make, and even easier to enjoy!

Here's a great early reading and science activity for curious children. Learn how to plant your child's name in seeds for a growing writing activity!

Your first grader will love making her favorite feline a chase toy out of old fabric scraps, and she will learn beginning sewing basics while she's at it!

Help your kindergartener's handwriting, hand strength and coordination by making a "stress ball" from this homemade, nontoxic "silly squeezy putty."

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

Understanding how a map works is tricky for kids, so why not make it into a fun activity for the whole family?

Even the most reluctant beginning writers love to experiment with the "cliffhanger."

Bubble wrap is fun to pop, but it's also fun to paint with! Paint a pretty seascape using bubble wrap as your brush.

Make an edible play dough with your child to help her develop her sensory and motor skills.

Introduce your fourth grader to the concepts of solstices by observing the length of her shadow on the shortest day of the year, compared to other solstices.