Looking for a fun summer adventure? Learn what it was like to be a prospector during the California Gold Rush by panning for gold in a local creek.

Introduce your first grader to our country's most famous leaders with an artsy info board full of facts, patriotic colors and coins!

The purpose of this science fair project is to determine which conditions and materials quicken the composting process to make the best compost.

Here's a guide to help you design a challenging pool obstacle course for your elementary school children with ordinary pool toys and household objects.

In Japan, ozoni is one of the main dishes eaten on New Year's Day. Here's how to make this delicious traditional dish with your child.

Mobiles make fun art projects for creative kids. Help your child bend simple pipe cleaners into bug shapes as diverse as the creepy crawlies that inspired them.

Cheer on your home team with a savory snack shaped just like a real football!

These flying potato poppers make a cool sound, create a celebratory mood, and they can teach your child about the power of air pressure.

Representing the story in a visual way makes it easier for your child to compare the traits of various characters.

Practice math and social studies skills with this fun game based on the Battle of Lexington and Concord.

In this science fair project, kids measure how weather conditions affect how fast a puddle evaporates.

Get a leg up on counting concepts with this project where art and math collide.

Cook Halloween pasta on All Hallows' Eve. This green pasta with toothy almonds is a super scary and tasty dinner for trick-or-treaters on Halloween night.

This science fair project idea examines whether plants are still able to grow normally if they are turned upside-down.

Your child will be cheering for 8s and 9s as she tries to create a larger number than her competitors. Whoever ends up with the largest number wins!

Make a string art tree to celebrate the holiday season with your kid. This string art tree craft allows you make a unique decoration using simple ingredients.

Help your child get a grasp on what it was like to build gigantic ancient structures with this easy engineering activity about science and physics.

This experiment challenges students to forecast the weather based on the surrounding areas' weather.

Use muffin tins to create a simple, affordable and fun game to help your child practice their vocabulary!

Your child can turn cookie dough into a big pile of colorful painted fall leaves ready for eating!

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

Your child can re-purpose any used (and cleaned) can into a colorful container to hold Dad's pens and pencils on his desk!

Give your budding young observers a chance to discover simple machines at use in their own home.

This fun experiment provides a concrete and visually striking illustration of photosynthesis.

What’s the best part of fall? Pumpkins! Use this easy recipe to help your child make some delicious smelling pumpkin play dough. They can use their math skills to measure and mix and then have hours of fun playing!

Bend, twist, squish and press a paper bag into a tree! Once it's finished, your child's Halloween tree will look like it came right out of a scary fairy tale.

There's only one word that rhymes with orange. This is bad news for poets who want to write about oranges. But what if they use word play instead?

Make a seashell wind chime for your back porch. Perfect for younger kids to build motor skills on.

Take the art making outside: have your first grader make a clay relief sculpture of the natural world. This is a great activity for summer.

Explore aromas with your child and help boost her brain power with some fun and interactive science activities.