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All you need to put together this guitar is an old shoebox. Soon your kid will be rocking out while saving room in the landfill.

Teach your child about the importance and peacefulness of Ramadan as she gets creative drawing domes, minarets and prayer halls.

Review fractions with your budding mathematician when you play this fun, educational math board game.

Using a toy race car kids create a visual model of the Doppler Effect.

Your child can emulate M.C. Escher with this hands-on art project for fall and Thanksgiving.

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

Celebrate African heritage by making an African flag banner. This fun, culturally-inspired art project is perfect for Black History Month.

Children will learn why and how to compost as they help with the process of filling their compost, turning it, and observing the changes that occur.

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!

Party noise makers help you ring in the New Year loud and proud. These party noise makers are eco-friendly and festive for your holiday celebration.

Here is a fun at-home physical activity that encourages movement while also working on literacy or math skills!

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

This activity works well with a group or just with a parent and child, and it can make a great party game since it's both fun and inexpensive.

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!

This project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing it.

This spider mobile activity encourages learning about the science of motion, air currents and art.

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

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

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.

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

Find out whether soil amendments can improve soil conditions and help you grow a bigger beanstalk in this ecology experiment!

Help your kid feel like a superhero with this safe and fun science experiment that creates an electrical charge that's like a mini lightning bolt!

Transform your home into a theater with this fun Fall Family Theater Night activity! Invite the family to gather together to practice reading a fun fall-themed story in the format of a play.

Instead of buying new sunglasses this summer, why not use recycled materials to make some of your own?

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

Mix eggs, milk, and flour just so, and you can create spectacular, gourmet popovers this Easter!

Celebrate the sweeter side of the holidays with this charming mouse ornament!

Introduce your child to the world of motion and physics with a bit of marble play inspired by Sir Isaac Newton!

Make exercise fun for your child with this energetic fitness game that's a cross between a cake walk and musical chairs.

Need help teaching your child to sequence and organize information? Creating this graphic organizer will help your child see what happened before and after.