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These cute holly-shaped hair clips are a breeze to make for holiday celebrations. They make a great party activity, too!

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.

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.

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

Want a fun way to teach your kid to tell time? Making a plate clock is a great way for him to learn how to tell time in a way he'll actually find exciting.

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

Help your curious kid cut through the clutter and collect the facts with a simple and fun science foldable.

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

This project determines whether Styrofoam, paper, or plastic cups are best for preventing ice from melting.

In this insulation experiment, you'll learn which clothes keep you warm in the cold, and which make you shiver.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Enjoy this kid-friendly recipe for Irish soda bread, just in time for St. Patrick's Day!

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!

Here's a thought-provoking activity to make new vocabulary words "stick" in the mind of your young learner.

How do animals keep warm? In this experiment, find out whether fat insulation resists cold temperatures and learn how this works in the animal kingdom.

In this science fair project, we'll use a liquid crystal thermometer to find out whether exercising makes a difference in people's temperature.

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?

This simple heat transfer experiment is a great introduction to the concepts of heat transfer and conduction.

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

How many steps long is the hallway? Kids put their graph-making skills to work as they make a step map of their own house.

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.

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!

The objective of this science fair project is to examine the effects of temperature on salt and water solutions, as they form crystals over time.

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

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.