Invite your first grader to play with his food! He will improve his fine motor skills as he creates zany edible art!

Valentine bookmarks make reading lovely. Make a valentine bookmark that looks like a heart-filled bookworm.

Our breath can be a helpful tool to connect with a sense of peace and calm. In this home activity, your child will practice counting breaths, hear poems about nature and mindfulness, and write their own poem.

Using just an egg carton and some beans or pennies, you can play this game with your first grader and see real gains in core math skills.

These hanging carrots will help the Easter bunny find your house and celebrate a brightly colored food that is a healthy treat for bunnies and kids alike.

Capture your beach memories—not with a photograph, but with a beach mosaic made from that classic beach souvenir, the shell.

Why would you pay for pricey dolls at the store when your second grader can create and play with her own personalized set?

This activity encourages children to sculpt in free form. The only rule is that they have to build upwards.

If you love the idea of handing out holiday tins of homemade cookies but you're not a baker, chocolate-covered apples are the perfect solution.

Allow your first grader to get his artwork outdoors this summer by letting him create a garden art box for his arts and crafts supplies.

Make a mood meter with your child to help them recognize and share their feelings.

Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.

Support your first grader's counting and reading skills while laughing and running in this fun playground game.

Learn about dehydration with a wonderful craft project that you can do together, and enjoy this unique doll for years to come!

Delight your child by helping them to construct a boat that can hold two seaworthy toy figures in this engaging project made from upcycled water bottles.

Help your preschooler learn the Four Questions prior to the big night with a homemade book, complete with words and illustrations!

All you need is chalk and pavement to set up this silly, fun, and practical game that reinforces important vocabulary.

Use a basic tape recorder and some favorite books to help your first grader read smoothly--and make someone's day in the process!

Help your first grader make these patriotic hanging streamer decorations this 4th of July!

Slime: It's oozy, it's goopy, and it's just plain fun! Learn how to make slime with this fun science fair project.

Teach your child about recycling and gardening as she re-uses an empty plastic milk gallon jug to craft a swan-shaped plant container!

Want to make math a little more exciting? This single-player game is designed to help your child practice combining cards to create sums of 14.

Pureed ripe peaches, vanilla yogurt, agave nectar, and juicy chunks of peach come together to form a refreshing pop that hits the spot on a hot summer day.

In this science fair experiment, children demonstrate the relationship between the amount of stuff and the amount of pressure in a closed system.

Be adventurous this Cinco de Mayo and give this simple recipe using pickled nopalitos a try!

Play this daily money game with your 2nd grade child to help his math skills.

This classic children's game-connecting two cups with a string-demonstrates sound's ability to travel through air vs through a solid.

Help your child measure breezy weather in her environment by making a wind vane for kids, a simple version of the classic scientific measurement tool.

Help your child craft a magnetic menorah that they can safely "light" themselves!

Give Hallmark a run for its money with these handmade printed cards.