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Learn all about colors with the best teachers of all -- cupcakes!

Invite your kid to create her own hanging dove images--a symbol of peace and unity--in honor of Black History Month.

Create a three-dimensional X-ray of your child's hand in this simple modeling activity. All you need to get started are black paper and drinking straws

Let your imagination take flight as you explore the beautiful continent of Africa! Do this fun writing activity with your child to honor Black History Month.

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

Teach children how to upcycle dried-out markers with this homemade paint-making activity!

Here's a fun Fourth of July craft that will delight kids of many ages.

This science fair project teaches students about wilting and browning of salad greens.

Learn how starch and carbohydrates interact with different solvents in this fun and easy packing peanut science fair project.

Are your taste buds up for the challenge? Put tongues to the test with this science fair project that examines who enjoys sour flavors more, adults or kids?

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

Keep school day sniffles at bay with a simple felt tissue cozy that fits neatly in a 3-ring binder.

Arrange a cluster of glittering pumpkins on your dining table or use them as individual place cards to add a little sparkle to your next fall party.

Here's a classic celery science experiment that uses celery and food coloring to demonstrate how plants absorb water.

Here are three easy, budget-friendly ways to preserve your child's work and precious memories without filling up the attic.

Transform a single sheet of card stock into a double-sided painting of opposites: on one side, a bright daytime landscape, on the other, a dusky evening scene.

The fish most kids see is usually filleted, and it's hard to see how it came from a lake or sea. This cool gyotaku activity blends life science with art!

These quick and easy pumpkin quesadillas are as delicious as they are nutritious. Celebrate Fall and the wonder squash that is the pumpkin!

Make a "feeling meter" that helps your first grader read key feeling words and communicate his emotions accurately to you.

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

Let your child catch you making deliberate errors in this silly game that promotes serious learning about punctuation.

Delight your child by helping them to construct a boat that can hold two seaworthy toy figures in this engaging project made from upcycled water bottles.

Children tap into their own imaginative storytelling skills by creating and writing a richly embellished folk tale about their favorite member of the animal kingdom.

Children get creative with this fun, imaginative activity that combines an upcycled everyday household item with a few craft supplies.

Compound words get easier if kids can spot two smaller words that they already know inside. Add some fun to the process with this card game!

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

The power of gratitude is endless! Research shows that cultivating a gratitude practice can gratitude strengthen relationships, improve physical and emotional well-being, deepen empathy skills, and improve self-esteem. With such wide-spread benefits, how

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.

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.

Children have a naturally inquisitive mind. Foster their curiosity with a walk through an autumn field or park to answer age-old “why” questions. As you walk with your child, you can encourage them to ask questions.