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

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

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.

Dog valentine cards are perfect for the pet lover in your life. Make a dog valentine card with your child this February.

Encourage your kindergartener to investigate and chronicle the weather she observes during the coldest months of the year.

Play this fun game with your kindergarten or first grader. It's a great way to practice important math skills, including counting and addition.

Here's a simple math activity that has your child using her basic addition facts to solve a secret code.

This science fair project idea investigates how the shape of an object affects drag.

Make the world's simplest tutu. Don't worry if you aren't good with a needle--putting this no-sew tutu together is as easy as tying your shoe!

Using just an egg carton and some beans or pennies, you can play this game with your first grader and see real gains in core math skills.

Bring a swell of high sea adventure to your own living room with this quick and easy paper sailboat craft!

In this sound experiment children listen for differences as they tap on a bag of air, a bag of water, and a wooden block held up to their ears.

Make your own Matryoshka out of simple craft materials in this easy how-to!

In this science fair project, you'll make a "ghost" appear in a test tube, and learn about what happens when hot water and cold water interact.

Not only is homemade wrapping paper pretty, but by experimenting with decorative tools, kids are also doing science, art, and small-motor muscle building.

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.

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

Cookie cutters aren't just for gingerbread men anymore. Here are 8 fun and creative projects to do with cookie-cutters!

This science experiment examines the role of fat in food, especially in making bread rise and whipping cream.

Reinforce your child’s foundational math skills while creating small works of seasonal art with this creative Halloween rock painting activity!

Salute your "#1 Dad" with this creative pop-up card!

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

This uniquely cute Easter bunny craft will give your child practice tracing their handprint while repurposing a paper plate as the base for their bunny.

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

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

People have favorite flavors, but what about ants? Which ant food is the most popular?

Practice problem solving skills with your kindergarten or first grade student in this fun connect-the-dots game!

In this insulation experiment, you'll learn which clothes keep you warm in the cold, and which make you shiver.

Take the spookiness out of spiders with this web-making activity! Your child will practice talking about and creating shapes in this Halloween craft, and learn about spiders along the way.

Can you dig it? This science experiment isn't for kids who like to keep their hands clean.