Do you think heat can affect a plant's growth rate?

Homophones are those tricky little words that tend to confound early learners. Help your second grader ace the challenge with this outdoor game.

This science fair project idea explores the egg's thin membrane.

Looking for an easy and creative craft? Beads come in all sorts of shapes, sizes and colors and your kids will have fun creating unique key chains.

Invite your child to craft dream cloud magnets to display their hopes and visions for the future!

Looking for a unique arts and crafts activity that gives some writing practice? Help your child make her own back-to-school business cards!

This holiday season, help your third grader celebrate gifts--so often both cost-free and priceless--that the family has shared this year.

Here's a St. Patrick's Day card your child can make, write, and give. Great learning and lots of fun--a "lucky" combination for a lucky holiday!

Examine whether distilled water, spring water, or regular tap water yield faster plant growth.

Make going back to school a fun time! Let your child create her own pencil topper creatures using everyday materials and a Styrofoam ball.

You and your child will have a blast baking this wonderful spin on a childhood classic, PB n' J cookies. Easy to make, and even easier to enjoy!

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

Even the most reluctant beginning writers love to experiment with the "cliffhanger."

Bubble wrap is fun to pop, but it's also fun to paint with! Paint a pretty seascape using bubble wrap as your brush.

Introduce your fourth grader to the concepts of solstices by observing the length of her shadow on the shortest day of the year, compared to other solstices.

What’s the best part of fall? Pumpkins! Use this easy recipe to help your child make some delicious smelling pumpkin play dough. They can use their math skills to measure and mix and then have hours of fun playing!

Understanding how a map works is tricky for kids, so why not make it into a fun activity for the whole family?

Here's a pressed leaf card project that puts science and writing together for your second grader.

Hanukkah stamps help you decorate anything from cards to gifts to wrapping paper. Make your own Hanukkah stamps out of potatoes.

Here's an activity to teach your fourth grader how to reflect on her past year and set specific, attainable goals to reach in the New Year.

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

Use a basic tape recorder and some favorite books to help your first grader read smoothly--and make someone's day in the process!

Shake things up by introducing your child to charcoal pencils! These unique drawing tools make blending, shading, and smudging easy and fun.

Create a beautiful pop-up paper lantern and will serve as the perfect decoration at your next party.

This science fair project idea teaches how the gases and pollution in the air affect the earth's atmosphere temperature.

Explore griffins, dragons, and other medieval mythical beasts through sculpture by making your own bas relief beast out of modeling clay.

This is the perfect recycling project for back to school! Your child will put all those extra paper bags to good use and assemble her own personal notepad.

Does dough rise faster with unbleached or bleached flour? Investigate in this science fair project idea.

Help your second grader observe the phases of the moon, and then let the fun loose: he'll get to chart his observations with marshmallows!

Help your children practice their presentation skills by helping them create their very own show called "The Daily News."