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Invite your kindergartener or first grader to make giant, soft building blocks. He'll have a blast constructing, throwing, stacking, and even falling on them!

Show your fourth grader how to see her heart in action. Make a simple device out of a drinking straw and clay to help her spot the movement of her pulse!

Show your third grader how to craft his own version of the symbolic Olympic rings using some easy-to-find art supplies!

Let your child find her place among the politicians, the flyers, the debates and the countless television ads with a slogan and poster of her very own.

Clouds are formed when warm and cold air meet. Here's a way for kids to see it all up close!

By using static electricity generated from their body, a child can cause a small fluorescent lamp bulb to light up!

Get your child outside to observe the clouds, and get a fun exercise in science, writing, and arts and crafts! Here's how.

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

Hatch a praying mantis egg case in a homemade habitat with your child's help! This is an amazing experiment in science and nature for kids of any age.

Celebrate Black History Month by having your child make her own version of a kente cloth after learning what the different colors on a kente cloth symbolize.

Here's a hands-on activity that helps your child understand the concept of "circumference."

Come take off your shoes and explore with your feet. Your child will embark on a barefoot adventure as he plays with different textures.

This writing activity will promote dialogue about racial segregation and its impact on African-Americans throughout history with your child.

Your child can re-use and re-purpose old seeds and paper into something new: decorated paper that can be planted!

This activity teaches your third grader how to make a paper cut-out still life, in true Matisse-style.

In this activity, children will let their imagination run wild as they design and build a new planet in the solar system.

Can you plant the insect-attracting borage plant to increase the amount of beneficial insects in your garden? Find out in this experiment!

This life-sized self-portrait activity encourages children to explore what makes them special, and then portray it with arts and crafts!

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

Use this fun activity to make an optical illusion picture that helps your kindergartener explore the sense of sight, and sharpen his observation skills!

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

Design and throw a boomerang in this exciting craft project!

Here's a math activity that uses coin riddles to help your third-grader improve his coin-counting and logical thinking skills.

Make homemade glitter to add glamor and glitz to art projects galore.

In this fun activity, kids practice measurement and boost fine motor skills as they learn all about how fossils form and even make a few of their own!

Celebrate the season of flowers with a homemade vase budding with blooms of the season. Filled with the warmth of a sunny day, it's just the thing for spring.

This science fair project idea explores how the shape of a boat affects its density and how much weight it can float.

The perfect activity for a rainy day, or any time your little one moans, "Moooo-oom, there's nothing to do!"

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

Make a yarmulke for your teddy bear and celebrate The Festival of Lights with this fun craft project.