El dia de los muertos (the day of the dead) is a Mexican holiday celebrated on November 1st and 2nd every year. Other Latin American countries celebrate a variation of the holiday, but it originates in Mexico and is unique to this country. These two days

This fun craft is perfect to do in the spring, and opens up the opportunity to teach your child about birds.

Teaching kids that stories have an order is important, despite how fun it is to listen to the tale of the tomato that put on his pajamas and went for a swim.

Have an empty cereal box you're ready to toss in the bin? Help your child recycle that box into some wacky glasses in this fun craft!

Develop your kindergartener's fine motor skills while tracing shadows on a sunny day with this fun kindergarten activity.

Your kindergarten artist will love practicing math and coloring when he makes his own unique paint-by-numbers! This activity is creative and educational.

Everyone's heard of taking a dog for a walk. But how about an illustration? This activity teaches emerging readers to use pictures as context clues.

Here's an arts and crafts activity for your preschooler: make pendulum paintings using only a funnel, canvas, and paint!

Using water, corn syrup, and sequins, your child can create a unique art project while exploring what happens when different liquids are mixed together!

Take a trip to the pet store and then make a scrapbook to help your kindergartener learn the difference between living and non living things!

Here's an arts and crafts activity for preschoolers: try finger painting with corn syrup and food coloring to make bright, colorful works of art.

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

This spider hat activity challenges your child to learn about spiders and improve fine motor skills. Make a spider hat with your child on Halloween or any time.

Pine cone decorations are fun and festive for the Christmas season. Make pine cone decorations with your child to celebrate the beauty of winter.

Teach your kindergartener a little about Mexican culture by giving him a festive, no-cook lesson in how to make "aguas frescas," or seasonal fruit drinks.

Did you know magnifying glasses are magic? This hands-on activity has kids using magnifying glasses to engage with the world around them and look close to examine what they find.

This preschool activity uses paint chips to help your child learn about different shades of colors and how to find different colors in nature.

Playing doctor is not only fun, it's also a way to teach kids about the parts of the body and how they are spelled.

Help your preschooler explore the effects of light and shadow, and make a pretty sun print at the same time!

Reuse and recycle cardboard tubes to make spooky spiders, kooky caterpillars, wacky worms, and more.

Help your kindergartener practice his shape recognition and develop his fine motor skills by making a scarecrow at home.

In this arts and crafts activity, let your kindergartener create life-sized body stamps using some paint and his own hands and feet.