Help your curious third grader construct a dazzling spinning wheel that will teach him about the science behind colors while providing some silly entertainment!

Introduce your young artist to this art form with this fun and creative activity, which blends arts and crafts with patterning for hidden math practice!

The next time you've got a restless second grade earth scientist on your hands, use this experiment to demonstrate crystals and make a tasty treat, too!

Make math fun and easy with this activity that challenges your child to use their addition and multiplication skills to win a race!

This costume wig is a simple craft that will result in a great item for Halloween, dress up, or pretend play. Make a yarn costume wig with your child.

In this fun activity, your child will create their very own solar oven to bake s'mores!

Here's a great activity that uses corks and toothpicks to create a fleet of floating boats. Which design makes for the most seaworthy vessel?

How does a compass work? What's a magnetic field? Kids will build their own compass at home to find the answers in this great science fair project idea.

Practice multiplication facts and geography at the same time in this fun third grade math card game.

Looking for an easy and creative craft? Beads come in all sorts of shapes, sizes and colors and your kids will have fun creating unique key chains.

How does a flashlight work? Kids will make a complete circuit and explore how voltage contributes to brightness with this science fair project idea.

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

I scream, you scream, we all scream for homemade spearmint ice cream!

Cherries usually burst with flavor, but in this science experiment they burst with osmotic pressure. This science activity will blow your curious kid's mind!

These DIY star garlands will add the perfect patriotic touch to your home this 4th of July!

What could be more fun than doing sidewalk art? How about making your own colored sidewalk chalk!

The pinwheel is a simple toy that has been around for years and uses the wonders of the wind to spin it and delight kids of all ages!

Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.

Okay, engaging in a graphing activity may sound ho-hum, but if you use fun data, it changes the picture entirely.

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

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

Who knew that you could make beads out of rose petals? Not only can it be done, but the beads smell wonderful!

Refresh your third grader's understanding of idioms with this hands-on art activity that encourages him to manipulate clay to represent his favorite idiom.

In this outdoor science activity you'll find tips on how to create a nature journal by choosing a native plant or animal and tracking that species.

Does your child know how to read a map? Teach this important skill with an activity that makes map reading and map creating practical and fun!

This third grade writing activity brings home the lesson: it's not only what you write that's important, but how you write it, too.

Make unique and pretty bracelets using that all-purpose mainstay of crafts and home repair: duct tape!

Make an initiation shield like the ones from the Kikuyu tribe in Africa for an art project.

Build second and third grade writing skills by using pictures to help kids "see" how to use details in their stories.

Teach your child how butter is created by shaking up cream the old-fashioned way.