Create a special Father’s Day surprise by planning and mapping a hike around the neighborhood!

Your child can create an interactive map of his neighborhood focusing on the different textures he finds!

Show your fourth grader how to make a delicate, dried flower bookmark with flowers native to their neighborhood.

Before Twitter, birds were the ones tweeting, not humans. Have your child discover the magical sounds of nature while recording birds around his neighborhood!

This zombie shirt is a fun and incredibly simple Halloween costume. Have your kid don the shirt lurch around the neighborhood searching for brains...or candy!

In this real-world exercise about the Teal Pumpkin Project, your child will create a persuasive poster to spread the word about the project in the hopes of convincing people to offer non-food trinkets this Halloween season.

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

Calling all power-shoppers! This game is a fun way for kids to learn life skills, and flex their math muscles at the same time.

Create a dazzling window display with cut stars with this fun first grade holiday activity.

Even the birds need to get out of the rain during the winter months. Help your child help nature and fill a lazy afternoon with this easy, cute craft.

Here's an activity that takes fourth grade reading and writing skills beyond the classroom to offer a warm welcome to a new neighbor.

Host a dog wash to raise money for yourself, for charity, or just for fun!

Your child can add bling to her bike with bicycle basket decorations, making her bike a stylish ride!

Homemade dog treats are fun to make and delicious for your household pet. Make homemade dog treats to create personal Christmas gifts for dogs.

Make cards this May Day celebrating the arrival of springtime.

Learn to solve a crime scene investigation using an important forensics tool: oblique lighting.

Honor the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by interviewing someone in your community who lived it.

Kids put their geography knowledge to the test in this balloon volley game inspired by the Dr. Seuss book "Oh the Places You'll Go".

This Thanksgiving cornucopia activity will give you a nice homemade table decoration and will give your child a festive reason to read, write, and be thankful.

Your child can be a Fauvist painter using bright colors and his imagination to create wild artwork!

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

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

Make “teal the new orange” this Halloween season! Help your child learn about the Teal Pumpkin Project and paint the color teal on a pumpkin to advertise that your family will offer non-food toys as a treat, or “trinket” option.

This science fair project examines how seeds hitchhike on animals and clothing.

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

This writing activity will promote dialogue about racial segregation and its impact on African-Americans throughout history with your child.

DIY gift tags make any holiday gift more special. Make these DIY gift tags with your child.

Learn how to make a ping pong ball anemometerâa device used to measure wind speedâin this free science fair project idea.

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

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!