Bring the zoo to you with this fun second grade arts and crafts activity: make a mini menagerie using colored pipe cleaners, a pencil and marker, and eyes!

When you rub a balloon on your head, your hair stands up; but is that true for everyone? Does hair color affect static electricity?

Construction paper, scissors, markers and glue are all your child needs to make these gruesomely whimsical monster bookmarks.

Did you ever add salt to pasta? Did it help cook the pasta faster? If not, find out in this science fair project idea.

This easy-to-make perfume powder will keep your kid smelling fresh and clean. Got a birthday or special occasion coming up? It also makes a great gift!

Make this delicious coconut cream pie recipe this Kwanzaa, and teach your kids the meaning of this important African-American holiday.

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

Looking for an elegant cookie that won't give you a sugar rush? This traditional Italian biscotti cookie is twice baked, making it twice as good!

Make fractions easy for your child to understand by incorporating their discussion and practice into meals and cooking that you two participate in together.

Ahoy, mateys! Your child will get in touch with his inner pirate when he makes his own pirate eye patch with this fun activity.

Homemade breakfast bars with chocolate and cherries make a tasty to-go breakfast for Valentine's Day. Whip up a batch of homemade breakfast bars with your kid.

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.

Run, jump, and skip your way to physical fitness as your exercise with dice! It's a perfect party or family game.

This activity is based on the popular card game, Slapjack. It's rip-roaring fun, and it reinforces the concepts of odd and even.

Help your child experiment with the combination of acid and baking soda by making these homemade bath bombs!

This science fair project idea determines if the size of the parachute will change the rate at which an object falls.

Bring a bit of the fun of Yuan Xiao Jie to your home with this lantern activity. Happy New Year!

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

Indulge in an American classic with a twist and seize the opportunity to cook with your child, helping her build those math and social studies skills.

In this classic Ivory soap experiment, kids learn what happens to different types of soap in the microwave, and why!

Make a reusable picnic pouch with your child this summer to celebrate the Fourth of July in an eco-friendly way.

This apple cider recipe makes a perfect drink for a cold winter day. Make our apple cider recipe with your child this holiday season.

Is your precocious third grader a Shakespeare in the making? Challenge her growing vocabulary with a group game that rewards her wordy ways

Give your second grader a chance to get his feet wet with measurement before he moves onto the more complicated stuff by trying this activity with him at home.

This recipe makes bubbles that not only blow up nice and big, but do tricks and experiments! How do you do it? It's not a secret, it's science!

Science fair project which determines if plants really do need water to grow, or whether they just need to be kept wet.

In this high energy, interactive game, third graders are challenged to race, involving spelling patterns in words.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to make a tower using paper cups.

Homemade Halloween treats make great party foods for an All Hallow's Eve get together. These four homemade Halloween treats are scary-good.

Making your own glass cleaner is easy, effective and inexpensive!