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Have you ever noticed the way a dropped stone makes a fun pattern in a pond or lake? What's the science behind these splashy occurrences?

Here's an activity that will get your child's attention with a back-to-school shopping spree. He'll use decimal skills to add, subtract, multiply, and divide!

Ask your kids to write these one-sentence "Holiday Wishes." Without realizing it, they'll be building third grade Language Arts skills.

Get your first grader to help you with scrapbooking by showing him how to use multiple envelopes to create an accordion-style photo book.

This activity will help your child tackle those tricky fraction word problems by way of a hands-on method.

This costume wig is a simple craft that will result in a great item for Halloween, dress up, or pretend play. Make a yarn costume wig with your child.

In this cool catalase and hydrogen peroxide experiment, kids put a potato in a jar of hydrogen peroxide to see how catalase acts as an enzyme.

Your first grader will enjoy creating his own leprechaun from a recycled toilet paper tube.

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

Kids will make a beautiful rainbow in a jar and learn what enables different types of liquids to remain distinct in separate layers.

By using watercolor paints to practice writing letters, sentences, and math problems, your child will practice first grade skills in his "Sidewalk School."

Certain fruits can change gelatinâs ability to set. In this experiment, kids will discover what happens when gelatin meets pineapple enzyme.

Promote the well-being of your first or second grader's mind and body by teaching him some beginning yoga poses and techniques.

Using water, corn syrup, and sequins, your child can create a unique art project while exploring what happens when different liquids are mixed together!

This season is a great time to explore the many shapes, sizes, and species of evergreen trees. Download our "field guide" activity and learn more!

Show your fifth grader how to make this fun vinyl robot to spruce up her walls. Itâs quick to construct and easy to remove or transfer from wall to wall.

To help your child learn how to use a thermometer, try this temperature collecting activity at home.

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

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.

This science fair project idea examines which type of insulation holds in the most heat.

This science fair project idea determines the most effective method of preserving food.

In this activity, you'll not only make your own bouncy balls at home, but your child will also learn how polymers are made.

Take advantage of the fact that ink and water don't mix and introduce your kid to suminagashi, a Japanese form of art.

Those second grade spelling lists may be getting serious, but that's no reason to stop having fun. Here's a high-energy hopscotch game to try.

Make a paper plate puppet that'll help your child imagine what it's like to be in a performance of the dragon dance.

Explore the scientific concept of capacity by seeing how many pennies you boat can hold before it sinks!

Make over an old shirt that's destined for the thrift shop with this heart cut-out craft for Valentine's Day.

This DIY menorah will make a beautiful addition to your Hanukkah celebrations. Make a DIY menorah with your child this winter.

Is our water polluted? Help your young scientist understand the importance of taking care of the environment with this simple experiment.

This science fair project idea produces varying pitches of sound.