Encourage your child to make a Chinese scroll painting as part of his world history or art studies, or just to pass the time on a weekend.

The concept of metamorphosis is fascinating to children of all ages. Help your child's creativity take flight as she makes her very own butterfly life cycle.

It's easier than you think to make homemade play dough -- just a few pantry staples makes a natural version of the toy that kids have loved for generations.

Here is a fun holiday exercise to reinforce your grade-schooler's understanding of adjectives from adverbs while she's away on winter break!

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

In this fun math activity, second graders will learn to estimate items in a jar! 

This variation on the game of tag combines exercise, teamwork, and a little friendly trickery.

Science fair project that demonstrates the effect of detergent pollution on fresh water birds' ability to stay afloat.

Encourage your child to practice skip counting by turning number patterns into this fun and interactive game of catch.

Recycle an old soda bottle into a beautiful, functional soap dish! In this project your child will practice saving the environment in a proactive way.

This project explores whether plants can live and grow when "watered" with juice, soda, or milk.

Kids will learn how to show the direction of magnetic field lines and create a permanent model using iron filings in this great science fair project idea.

Return to school in style! Dress up your pencil holders with this delightful and always seasonally appropriate arts and craft project.

Help you child burn his very own CD with all of his favorite color songs to create a compilation album that is truly one of a kind.

In this fun science project your child will get practice following directions and getting messy as they learn all about slime!

In this activity, your child will learn about the different parts of the brain and how mindfulness can build connections of calm.

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

Your child can brush up on her math skills by charting the length of time that each candle on the menorah takes to burn.

Get in the 4th of July spirit by whipping up a batch of frosty snow cones, sweetened with syrup in a patriotic palette.

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

Help your learner develop her fine motor and communication skills with this fun and festive fall activity.

Help your second grader make his own badminton set--out of your old pantyhose! He'll delight in his crafty independence, and you'll love saving money.

Be adventurous this Cinco de Mayo and give this simple recipe using pickled nopalitos a try!

It's rhyme time! With this science fair project idea, your child will find out which words can be considered easy rhyming words, and why.

Kids can turn a favorite fairy tale into a rebus puzzle by replacing the nouns in the story with pictures that they draw themselves.

Take advantage of the spring and summer sun in this arts and crafts activity that has your learner creating pretty flower prints.

This activity will put those Halloween treats to good use by using candy corn to help your child with her subtraction skills.

In this activity, your child will hear a story and practice mindful breathing. They will paint a picture that reminds them to bring mindfulness and kindness to their puppy mind.

Does your second grader want to learn a magic trick? Here is a simple trick using only 3 dice and a little bit of addition and subtraction.

2nd graders with some weaving experience can turn a gallon milk jug and plastic grocery bags into a functional basket.