Try this simple activity to stimulate some very complex thinking with your first grader to develop those all-important reading and comprehension skills.

Here's an arts and crafts activity that has your first-grader or second-grader using crayons and black paint to create a beautiful wax-resist nightscape.

Support your first grader's interest in reading with this decorative bookmark that illustrates a favorite scene from a loved book.

Help your second grader grasp the concept of verb tenses with this silly card game!

This hands-on activity will introduce your third grader to the concepts of positive and negative space as she makes a shamrock!

In this activity, help your kindergartener develop sequencing skills with these easy story sequence cards

Your fourth-grader can hone her baking skills with this classic American recipe the whole family will enjoy!

Create a one-of-a-kind lunchbox with your second grader using recycled materials and some down home ingenuity!

Create a fun hands-on game to practice long division, using magnetic numbers on a fridge.

This decimal game is a great way to help your child get familiar with how decimal values work.

This science fair project idea investigates how color affects temperature.

This simple experiment serves as an introduction to the greenhouse effect.

Here's an easy experiment that lets your first grader practice the scientific method, while watching a caterpillar eat.

Show your fourth grader how to embrace a green lifestyle and enjoy the outdoors with a homemade, recycled picnic basket.

This project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing it.

During your next craft time, strike up the band with this homemade Chinese instrument.

Combine your creative fifth grader's love of nature, art and poetry with leaf printing!

Here's a fun activity that will introduce your fourth grader to the concept of frictionless motion by constructing a hovercraft.

Let your second grader pay homage to an ancient Olympic tradition with this modern day Olympic wreath!

Help your kid create a patriotic 4th of July table mat with a design inspired by modern artist Keith Haring.

Next time your second grader needs to send a card, consider this goofy writing and craft project.

Encourage your child to help with dinner preparations this holiday season! You can use this recipe for Christmas dinner or lunch, or for meals leading up to the holiday. This Christmas Wreath Salad recipe is simple enough for preschoolers to fifth graders

Delight your second grader (and his best friend!) by showing him how to make a friendship collage jar project for someone special this holiday season.

Get ready to make a dollar...using playing cards! The first player to accumulate the amount of points equal to a dollar wins.

All you need are pencils, paper and some scissors to get started on this easy and fun game to review astronomy information, or other types of study concepts.

Petanque, a traditional French lawn game, is a wonderful activity to entertain groups of kids and help them learn a little bit about other cultures.

Invite your first grader to create this "layers of love" keepsake for that special someone! It holds a sweet, personal message for the recipient.

This science project challenges students to study deer behavior in their natural habitat- the feeding patterns, social behaviors, male to female ratio, etc.

Your third grader will delight in making this creepy night-flying creature using a simple pom pom!

Your fourth grader will improve her hand-eye coordination making catnip mice, and you'll finally have a use for all those mate-less socks in the laundry room!