Our breath is supporting us all of the time, but sometimes we don't even know it! In this activity, your child will discuss how they feel when they focus on their breath and learn tools to help them feel calm and at ease.

Peppermint creams capture the minty taste of the holiday season. Make peppermint creams with your second grader for a sweet treat or homemade holiday gift.

Make a wish upon a tree with this craft that also helps your child learn more about Chinese culture.

If your first grader has a hard time practicing his vocabulary skills, introduce him to this fun word building game.

Start your toy engines -- this is going to be a fast and friction-filled race!

Introduce your child to the concept of the melting pot by decorating a patriotic 4th of July planter.

Help your child keep track of his pledges to be more environmentally friendly with a calendar made entirely out of recycled and reused materials!

Enlist the whole family and helpful friends in this heartwarming activity for Dad. Boost kids' writing skills in the process, too!

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

Put a twist on traditional oil painting with this fun science activity that you and your first grader can do together.

This string a necklace arts activity teaches first grade readers to look for a story's beginning, middle, and end.

Play this homophone game with your child the next time you sit down with them to read a story and help them build some valuable reading skills.

This bookmark is a helpful tool to use during and after reading to remind your child of "good reader" strategies that she can use on her own.

In this project children practice the scientific method while playing with puffy paint.

Now you can have baby chicks around any time of year, with this simple egg carton craft idea.

In this air pressure science experiment with a balloon and a jar, children will use heat to create a partial vacuum and suck a balloon into a jar.

Start Father's Day off on the right foot by baking Dad a batch of scrumptious muffins packed with fruit, fiber, and heart-healthy oat bran.

Get ready for Halloween with a pumpkin mask made from construction paper!

Having some dancing skeletons hanging around the house is great way to prepare for All Hallows' Eve. This is a great activity for honing fine motor skills.

Let your future scribe's imagination run wild! Children have a hard time understanding fact versus fiction, and writing a tall tale can help.

Your first grader will love making her favorite feline a chase toy out of old fabric scraps, and she will learn beginning sewing basics while she's at it!

Challenge your kid's creativity with a fun fall art project that features you as the collaborator.

The objective of this science project was to build a model of a volcano and observe reaction between different substances, including baking soda and vinegar.

Help your child rocket off for some high-flying fun with a jet pack you make from recycled materials and a few odds and ends.

"Crown" dad this Father's Day—and sneak in some letter-sound practice, too.

Help your child improve his coin counting skills in these two math games that have him race to reach $1.00.

Help your first grade child figure out contractions and their original two words by playing this simple game, Contraction Concentration!

How does dishwashing liquid work? Kids discover the chemical mechanism behind cleansing power in this easy science fair project idea.

In this activity, you and your child will practice taking a movement or calming break during homework or when feeling tired. Then, your child will write about and draw what the experience was like for them.

Make practicing addition facts more fun and teach your child some helpful strategies with this spin off of the traditional "Go Fish" game.