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.

Prepare for some scary Halloween counting practice! This game encourages players to knock down cylinders and then add to determine their scores.

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!

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.

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.

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.

Introduce your child to the importance of preserving the world's biodiversity by turning a lesson on endangered species into a fun game for the whole family.

Call in your crafty kids to help make this homemade air freshener, perfect for stowing in the backseat to keep your ride smelling fresh and clean.

Parents can help their children at home by using a dialogue journal to model good writing.

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

Celebrate spring with a cute cut-out bug button your child can make out of colorful felt and markers!

Try making these hand-dipped candles with your child and help bring colonial history to life!

Promote the well-being of your first or second grader's mind and body by teaching him some beginning yoga poses and techniques.

How do animals keep warm? In this experiment, find out whether fat insulation resists cold temperatures and learn how this works in the animal kingdom.

In this activity, your child will explore what it means and how it feels to live in a community.

Did you know a mouse eats almost fifty times as much as a cow? Find out how and test out the strange science with your friends!

Here's a pumpkin nut bread recipe that makes for a wonderful project on a crisp autumn afternoon.

Stories change as you retell them. The objective of this science fair project is to demonstrate how information gets interpreted, distorted and changed.

The rock cycle will come alive for your child when he uses broken crayons to create the three basic rock types.

Crisps are the hidden gem of the homemade dessert world.

Get your hands on a concoction that breaks the rules about what's a solid and what's a liquid.

In this activity, your child will explore the differences between facts and opinions. Together, you will go on a scavenger hunt in your home and play the role of detectives in search of facts.

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!

Based on the popular "I Spy" game, this activity lets your kid practice important skills like number identification and place value.

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

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.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to build a tall tower out of building bricks! The instructions include questions prompts to guide students through the design challenge.

Introduce your second grader to a fun Mexican custom by showing her how to make papel picado, a beautiful creation of cut-out tissue paper.

Help your child make his very own stationery, then take the opportunity to teach him how to write a letter!

Help your child organize her jewelry or hair bands with this pretty holder made from recycled materials. The finished holder also makes a great gift!