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Here's a fun activity that will have your child researching, collecting, and charting plant specimens from the neighborhood.

Invite your middle school writer to make this artistic trip diary, and practice narrative prose and analytical writing in the process!

Spark your kids' interest in writing by helping them write a mini-book about their favorite subject: themselves!

Help your child get to know the least-appreciated of the five senses, the sense of smell, with a smelling station.

This goofy scramble book activity will bring laughs...but also some good, solid comprehension skills too!

Show your fourth grader how to make a delicate, dried flower bookmark with flowers native to their neighborhood.

In this cooler-than-average writing activity, your child uses paint chips and words to write a story!

The purpose of this science fair project is to determine whether Green Bags, with or without refrigeration, are most effective in preserving food.

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

Help your child learn the parts of speech! Start with adjectives and have your child describe Santa Claus to someone who has never heard of him.

This weather spinner will improve observation skills by encouraging children to examine and track weather details and patterns.

If you can make a list, you can write a poem! Get your child to practice their writing and expression with a list poem.

Science fair project that examines how cell membranes allow the inward and outward flow of materials as demonstrated by eggs.

Create your very own Sleep Book filled with a menagerie of made-up nonsense creatures and discover how different animals catch some zzz's.

This project will help keep your child's thoughts in order as he creates stories from the beginning all the way through to the end.

Give mom a thoughtful gift this Mother's Day by making a photo collage of her life! This is a great way for your child to practice some basic math skills too!

Your fourth grader can have fun and get creative this winter by creating a colorful winter weather collage.

Design a livable building that functions without electricity. Consider necessities, comforts and entertainment. Build a scale model of your design.

Your child can transform an everyday sight into a persuasive writing exercise by starting with the "product" she knows best: her family!

Teaching your child some basic words in Spanish is a breeze at home, with this simple and fun activity that doesn't require special educational materials.

Help your kid get a handle on punctuation by challenging her to create a story that's truly out of this world.

Help your kids fall in love with nature by making a simple clay bird bath. Set it up in your yard and watch the animals venture in for a sip of water.

Show your kindergartener how to craft a pretty Mother's Day jewelry box that's fit for the baubles of a queen (or at least an extra special mom)!

This activity will give pre-readers practice building a story. And it's silly fun, too!

This project examines the amount of saltwater required to affect the growth of plants and subsequent effects on growth and development.

This science fair project idea investigates whether plants can survive being frozen.

Here's a fun writing activity that will turn a Saturday trip to the local zoo into an all-out creativity bonanza.

This science fair project idea investigates how images are influenced by changes in light.

Edible holiday gifts are perfect for the foodie in your life. Learn how to make edible holiday gifts with this activity and tutorial.

If your Father's Day festivities include meeting up with extended family, why not put all the dads to the test with a chili cook-off?