Teach your young academic about counting and clocks with a tasty treat!

Practice measurement using centimeters in this fun math race designed for your second grade student!

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.

Help your first grade scientist learn about metamorphosis by observing the life cycle of some interesting creepy crawlies.

This first grade science activity is great for winter! Your child will grow and observe her own amaryllis bulb, keeping a journal of her scientific findings.

Forget store-bought dyes this Easter: color your Easter eggs with natural dyes made with ingredients from your own kitchen in this 1st grade activity.

Here's a fun activity to help build thinking skills in young first grade scientists, and to encourage them to have a blast exploring the mass and volume.

The next time you've got a restless second grade earth scientist on your hands, use this experiment to demonstrate crystals and make a tasty treat, too!

Invite your second grader to help you measure and mix these fresh, cool concoctions!

Give your second grader a chance to get his feet wet with measurement before he moves onto the more complicated stuff by trying this activity with him at home.

This fall, bake some festive caramel apple cupcakes with your second grader and help her build her math skills while you're at it!

Here's a place mat your second grader can create, based on the classic frontier tradition of patchwork quilting.

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

This experiment works due to a simple principle: plants need light. Build a shoebox maze and watch the plant work though the obstacle course, searching for sun.

In this activity, have your second grader practice measuring by finding the height, weight, and length of their most treasured toy!

Countries all around the world have been using the abacus for thousands of years to make math easier. Have your kid make his own abacus to practice arithmetic.

Get back into school with this exciting architecture exploration! In this craft activity your child will research, draw, and build his own school.

This measurement activity uses feet to compare objects, but not the ones found on rulers and measuring sticks...the feet on your child's own body!

Work on measurement by sliding cards along a table with your second grader in this fun game. Use centimeters or inches, add up your totals, and see who's won!

Here is an activity that your kids can make for Mother's Day, a garden pot filled with edible "flowers".

A food groups plate shows your child what category her foods belong in. Make a food groups plate with your child before dinnertime.

Learn how to make a paper snowflake with these simple instructions. Help your child learn how to make a paper snowflake with only paper and scissors.

Try this fun and simple activity to help nurture your child's observation skills and nourish a growing love of science!

Transform your kitchen table into a winter wonderland with a cookie and cocoa party that looks freshly dusted with snow.

When you rub a balloon on your head, your hair stands up; but is that true for everyone? Does hair color affect static electricity?

Pumpkin carving party activities are great for a pre-Halloween party. Try pumpkin carving party activities, including jack-o'-lantern ideas and fall recipes.

Kids will build a turtle habitat in order to observe the climate preferences of this cold-blooded reptile.

Kids will learn how to make a thermometer to to explore liquid density in this great science fair project. Which liquids are affected by temperature the most?

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.

Making candles from old candles is easy. Recycle old candle stubs to make a "new" candle, and teach your child about recycling at the same time!