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This science fair project idea develops an understanding through experimentation of which shapes are the most structurally strong.

Confused about clauses? Get the concept to stick by helping your middle schooler make mix-and-match poetry dice filled with independent and dependent clauses.

Craft a patriotic placemat from red, white, and blue construction paper in this festive craft project!

Rainy day? Stuck inside? Here's an arts and crafts pasta project to enjoy with your kindergartener that helps her with math patterns too.

Explore geometric shapes and pattern as your child makes her very own Hawaiian kapa cloth.

Here is a kindergarten activity that blends art and science by using magnets, paint, and objects found around the house to create a picture.

Checkerboard play challenges students to use spatial reasoning and computational thinking.

Want to help your kid with math? Get out the grab bag! This game is a great way to practice the tricky business of associating numbers with sets of objects.

Research and understand basic computer science. Build a simple computer, following instructions found online. Design a new or improved feature.

Does your child love to play with their food? Then they'll get a big kick out of this activity, where they'll practice handwriting skills...using rice.

In this activity, have your second grader practice measuring by finding the height, weight, and length of their most treasured toy!

Your child will make her mark on the world with unique homemade ink stamps.

Your child can count out six pumpkins or six crayons, but what is a six all by itself? ThatÃs a much harder concept to grasp.

Make a fun refrigerator graph with your first grader in order to help her develop those crucial graphing skills, while engaging with the whole family.

Determine the relationship between the speed of a sound and the temperature of the air it passes through.

Let your preschooler play with her food by making snack logs out of celery, peanut butter and corn flakes.

You don't need to head to the Arctic to experiment with life in an igloo. Learners can build their own ice igloo at home from water and empty milk containers.

This time-based word builder is the perfect way to boost your child's vocabulary. Mix and match letters to see how many words she can come up with!

Learn how to make a ping pong ball anemometerâa device used to measure wind speedâin this free science fair project idea.

Challenge your child to create a lipogram, or a piece of writing that omits one specific letter. This activity strengthens writing and language skills.

Have you ever noticed the way a dropped stone makes a fun pattern in a pond or lake? What's the science behind these splashy occurrences?

Introduce your little one to the joys of gardening with this adorable do-it-yourself planter made from clothespins.

Create a unique and colorful Mother's Day gift that Mom can use all year. Upcycle a tea tin by wrapping it with Washi tape!

In this activity, your child will be asked to create a boat that can successfully float while holding 25 pennies.

Teach your child the art of the status update with this cutting-edge take on the old-fashioned book report: the social media book review!

If your first grader loves to play with her food, turn the messy habit into a clever arts and craft project.

Try this simple activity with your middle schooler to help him develop an understanding of why scientific classification systems exist and how they work.

Children will reflect on the importance of performing acts of kindness for the Earth, hear a story about easy ways they can care for the Earth, and set goals to conserve more in their everyday lives.

Help your first grader gain new reading skills in this fun, homemade phonics game that the whole family can enjoy!

This play-activity causes young children to focus on and become more aware of their sense of hearing and the power of their ears.