This bookmark is a helpful tool to use during and after reading to remind your child of "good reader" strategies that she can use on her own.

Make quick sweet and salty walnuts, a delicious addition to fall salads and fruit and nut plates, or a simple afternoon snack.

Declare a "Pocket Day" in your house and help your child practice his addition skills as he counts how many pockets the family is wearing that day!

Make a creative Father's Day art card to celebrate your family's beloved guy!

Help your child be a word detective as he builds excellent reading and comprehension skills on his search for clues to decipher meanings of unfamiliar words.

In this science fair project, we'll use a liquid crystal thermometer to find out whether exercising makes a difference in people's temperature.

Okay, identifying place value isn't as fun as eating ice cream, but with a few index cards and a competitive spirit, it can be disguised a game!

Turn a boring lunch bag into a personalized suburban house. Your child will look forward to his lunch when he has the coolest bag house on the block!

Looking for something to do with all those plastic 2-liter bottles that seem to accumulate endlessly? Turn them into a unique mini birdbath.

A tall glass of lemonade is the perfect summer treat. Make it even better with these creative twists on classic lemonade!

Create a soda bottle garden that defies gravity! This hanging terrarium is housed in a soda bottle and perfect for crafty kids with a growing green thumb.

Prepare your child for winter with a fake igloo and a list of cozy and chilly vocabulary words.

Add a Hannukah twist to Chutes and Ladders by using a dreidel as the dice.

This project can help prepare your child for a trip to the tide pools, or give him a way to remember some of the many creatures he saw during his visit.

For some good "green" fun, pull out your blender. A spinach smoothie?! You better believe it! And kids will not only slurp it up, they"ll beg for seconds.

The purpose of this science fair project is to explore whether UV light passes through some colors and not others by looking at blue, red, purple, and clear.

Here are two streamlined breakfast ideas so that mom not only gets a delicious breakfast for Mother's Day, but a clean kitchen too!

How does water pressure change with depth? Kids learn how pressure works underwater with this cool and easy demo.

Here's an authentic writing task that is perfect for Earth Day, or any day! In this activity, your child's pen becomes an instrument of planetary importance.

Learn about dehydration with a wonderful craft project that you can do together, and enjoy this unique doll for years to come!

Magic, science, or household cleanser? Let your second grader decide with this practical, nontoxic chemistry experiment with acids and bases.

This science fair project idea investigates how optical distances change the apparent size of an object as seen through a magnifying lens.

Before you get ready for a delicious scramble or omelet, add a bit of science to your morning routine!

In this project, build an insect model that shows how the head, thorax, and abdomen fit together! Learn insect anatomy by constructing a paper mache critter.

Help your child get comfortable with the concept of estimation, which will come in handy during everything from standardized tests to future shopping trips!

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

How does dishwashing liquid work? Kids discover the chemical mechanism behind cleansing power in this easy science fair project idea.

Make these delicious and festive smoothies with your kids this Fourth of July to celebrate the holiday with a healthy twist.

Bake these rugelach cookies with your child this Hanukkah to celebrate the holiday and help her practice important math skills.

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