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This version of the carnival game where you try to toss chips into a cup, to win a fabulous prize, gives kids a boost in early writing and reading.

Sure, angles can be confusing. Here's a fun activity to brush up your child's knowledge of these geometry essentials.

Instead of painting a picture of a whale, let your preschooler make their own whale toy using a paper bag and some recycled art supplies.

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.

Get your child writing as she describes the four seasons, then decorates a shape for each to hang in the house!

Is your kindergartener having trouble picking outfits for the rapidly cooling weather? This handy dressing wheel makes getting ready a breeze!

Reuse old cardboard boxes and popsicle sticks to create a miniature sled that is perfect for pretend play with dolls or action figures.

Has your child ever played weatherman? Try this science activity that lets kids try their hands at observing and predicting the weather.

Build your child's vocabulary by exploring and discussing spatial relationships during everyday activities such as building, rearranging, and ordering.

You don't need a garden to enjoy flowers. This first grade activity let's you make a lovely bouquet for Valentine's Day

Forget the package! Make your own delicious jello treat at home with your child. This healthy snack is just as tasty to eat as it is fun to play with!

In this activity, your child will use household objects to sculpt his very own football.

Kids get to race a felt mouse through a homemade maze using magnets in this exciting 1st grade arts and crafts activity.

Let your child be a designer for the day with this first grade arts and crafts activity: make a felt pillow decorated with colorful felt cut-outs.

Turn all those broken bits of plates, random buttons, or other odds and ends into a lovely flower pot for Mom on Mother's Day.

In this arts and crafts activity, you can make fun bracelets using just a handful of buttons and some elastic cord. And it's a counting game, too!

Handedness and footedness refer to whether people prefer to use their left or right hand and foot. In this experiment, test hand and foot dominance.

These adorable felt orange slices are cute as can be and couldn’t be easier to make.

Teach your child about Chinese New Year by creating a dragon float inspired by the brilliant traditional ones seen in Chinese new year parades.

Help your fourth or fifth grader design and write their own innovative greeting card by formulating a poem in the shape of their favorite object of choice.

Introduce your fourth or fifth grader to volume by having him build rectangular prisms, and then count each sugar cube to check his volume calculations.

Guide your first grader through a map drawing project inspired by her favorite fairy tale. Its masked as a fun art activity, but it also packs learning punch!

Let your child set her artistic talent free with an easy, environmentally-friendly bottle cap mosaic.

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

This fall-themed drawing game is a great way to introduce your kid to some of the important symbols of the fall season.

Tea time is a chance for a lesson in etiquette while she plays. Quality time to read a book and talk about good manners.

Picking words out can be tricky. In this early reading activity, your child will place letter markers on a grid to make words appear out of the jumble.

This 'handy' Thanksgiving wreath gets your child to focus on things he's grateful for all year. Create a Thanksgiving wreath with your child this November.

This pair of ice skates won't get you very far on ice, but they'll still dazzle during the coldest season of the year.

Pfeffernusse are spicy and sweet Christmas cookies from Germany. Make a batch of traditional pfeffernusse this holiday season.