Help cement the concept of place value with this simple activity that involves creating a set of dials made from Styrofoam cups.

This Labor Day, help your child explore various occupations by discussing the tools workers use on a daily basis at their jobs.

When it comes to helping your third grader manage a school backpack, small steps now bring big payoffs later.

Take to the air with science by experimenting with helicopter seeds right in your own backyard!

Who needs paint, glitter, or crayons when you have natural art supplies right outside your front door?

Handedness and footedness refer to whether people prefer to use their left or right hand and foot. In this experiment, test hand and foot dominance.

Start the school year off on the right foot by treating your child's new teacher to a special heart-felt surprise!

Start Father's Day off on the right foot by baking Dad a batch of scrumptious muffins packed with fruit, fiber, and heart-healthy oat bran.

Bend, twist, squish and press a paper bag into a tree! Once it's finished, your child's Halloween tree will look like it came right out of a scary fairy tale.

Make some easy homemade yogurt with your young scientist, and see what a few 'live' bacteria can do in the right conditions!

How do icicles form and what do they look like? Do this free science fair project and watch the formation of icicles occur right before your eyes.

Make a friendship bracelet with your child this Mother's Day or the next time they are looking for a fun project to do!

Learn about the role of Earth's rotation on the Coriolis Effect and hurricanes in this science project. Model the Coriolis Effect on a hurricane's direction.

Introduce your child to the world of motion and physics with a bit of marble play inspired by Sir Isaac Newton!

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

Make a Duct Tape Wallet: This activity provides kids great practice in following directions and makes for a fun homemade gift.

If you love the look of yarn but aren't in the mood for complicated knitting or crocheting, have your child create simple and beautiful yarn letters.

Who wants to take a boring paper bag to school -- just to throw away as soon as the bell rings -- when you can create a reusable lunch bag out of fleece?

Make sure your child is prepared for Halloween by having him create a stamp-printing that says: "Trick or treat? Smell my feet!"

Oragami Christmas ornaments make a beautiful addition to your family's tree. Make origami Christmas ornaments out of old wrapping paper this holiday season.

Take your child's knowledge of shapes out of the classroom and into the real world!

This surprisingly good glue recipe comes from common kitchen items.

This project explores whether nails, toothpicks, straws, or pen nibs are best for applying ink to paper.

Make a spring collage with your child to get them outside and those creative juices flowing!

Your child can cut and fold her way to lots of lovely spring tulips through the art of origami!

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

In this experiment you observe and determine how well your cat uses his whiskers to navigate through a maze.

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

Take this "paper plate snack test" with your child for a hands-on lesson in making healthier choices to teach your child about what's in his food.

Graph are a great way to organize information. Your child will get to practice graphing by creating a bar graph and a pictorial graph of her friend's names.