In this Halloween-themed activity, young learners will find out what happens when they mix two household items together to create a surprising chemical reaction.

A woven heart makes a thoughtful and heartfelt gift for a special friend or family member on Valentine's Day. Make a woven heart with your young crafter.

What causes dilated pupils? Young scientists will find out by applying what they already know about changes in pupil size and making models of the pupil.

Explore solids and liquids with your young scientist by making gluep, a goopy substance that can behave like both a solid and a liquid!

Put your young paleontologist's puzzle-solving skills to the test by having her hunt for dinosaur bones and then assemble them to create dinosaur skeletons.

Cornucopia still life painting is a great activity for your young artist to look at light and shadow, textures and composition in creating art at Thanksgiving!

This homemade educational travel game will keep your young child entertained and learning reading, writing, shapes and colors. All you need is a tissue box!

Get estimating with this spooky activity that asks your young mathematician to rely on their problem-solving skills to figure out how many items they believe are in spooky Halloween jars!

Can a toy car determine the strength of a magnet? In this cool magnet science fair project, young scientists will learn how to measure the strength of a magnet.

New readers need to develop a "bank" of words they can read by sight. Hate flashcards? Consider this fresh way to practice sight words to perfection...Bingo!

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

Stories change as you retell them. The objective of this science fair project is to demonstrate how information gets interpreted, distorted and changed.

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

Here is a way to help your first grader keep track of the books she has read, and also help her develop some critical thinking skills.

Foster a love of words in your little cupid this Valentine's Day by creating a memory game that doubles as an early reading activity.

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 grade reader become an expert in "sh," "ch," and "th" words with this fun, homemade game.

Help your child with his decoding and early reading skills in this fun game where you follow a spider web to find your treasure!

Make the prehistoric monsters of the past seem a bit more real with a craft that brings the chill of the Ice Age to life!

Send your child on a table of contents treasure hunt to help build basic research skills! Navigating a book is a skill that is sure to come in handy later on.

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

Help motivate your child to become a more avid and consistent reader by creating a train-themed reading chart that can serve as a visual reminder of their progress.

Decorate your porch or backyard with this unique fall craft!

With nothing more than a flat open space and some lively kids, you can reinforce key concepts of punctuation while having lots of healthy laughs.

Counting syllables can be tough. Help your kid get some practice on Valentine's Day with this simple game.

This science fair project idea teaches that time always passes at the same rate and nothing we do in our daily life âreallyâ affects how fast it moves.

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!

This fun photography activity will build your child's vocabulary, their understanding of the world, and they'll make their own game of concentration!

Help your first grader gain new reading skills in this fun, homemade phonics game that the whole family can enjoy!

Here's a pressed leaf card project that puts science and writing together for your second grader.