By taking math on a shopping trip your child will be practicing rounding, estimation and addition with a with a hands-on method.

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

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.

Encourage a bit of mystery and intrigue by teaching your clever kid how to create and use secret codes.

This Pysanky egg-decorating activity is perfect for young artists. Bring a little color and creativity to any holiday with this traditional Ukrainian craft.

Check out this science project idea to compare organic produce to non-organic produce and how preservatives in food extend the shelf life of goods.

This fall, make a leaf crown that will encourage creative play and your child's interest in the natural world while you help them build fine motor skills.

Spiders may be creepy, crawly and sometimes frightening, but not this little fella. He's fun to make and sure will cause a lot of giggling!

This op art craft project turns out eye-popping abstract art! Your kid can flex her creativity to make op art with a few household items in her fave colors.

Here's a writing activity that helps young learners explore an ant's perspective...and practice writing, too!

How do we know that air exists when we can't see it, taste it, or touch it? Here's a classic experiment that will teach your kid some basics of aerodynamics!

Here's an entertaining ball game filled with spins, jumps, and claps to keep your child having fun while you get a moment to yourself.

You don't need a garden to enjoy flowers. This first grade activity let's you make a lovely bouquet for Valentine's Day

Make unique and pretty bracelets using that all-purpose mainstay of crafts and home repair: duct tape!

Inspire a love for the written word by creating an illustrated nature poetry book with your kids.

Encourage a group of third graders to play this fun game of Whistle Hide-and-Seek as a warm-up to get them prepared for finding a "lost" camper.

Let your imaginative child "ghost write" the life (and afterlife) story of a made-up phantom.

Now you can have baby chicks around any time of year, with this simple egg carton craft idea.

Find sums of 10 in this fun first-grade math card game that helps kids build addition skills. Help your child use critical thinking skills to find the sums.

Kids get to race a felt mouse through a homemade maze using magnets in this exciting 1st grade arts and crafts activity.

Kids will learn how to measure the viscosity of liquids by making their own homemade viscometer in this great science fair project idea.

Chinese New Year is a time when many different luck-bringing rituals are performed. In this activity your child will create a lucky trinket.

Want to build your child's literary repertoire with tools like foreshadowing and description? Try a spooky Halloween story!

Using beautiful oil pastels and their own wild imagination, your child will come up with their own spooky, spectacular, or spine-tingling monster.

This fun science fair project idea helps students learn how acid rains are formed and explore how acid rain damages the environment.

Put an oatmeal box, a flashlight, and some construction paper together and you have the makings of an incredibly cool bedroom planetarium!

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

This science project teaches students to classify different shapes of leaves.

Your first grader can create this cute heart puzzle with craft sticks and watercolor paints to challenge her friends!

With a newspaper, highlighter, and some fun extra prizes, you can help your first grader start lifetime reading habits with print all around us.