Make your own marshmallows and mix up some very interesting third grade chemistry lessons while you're at it!

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!

Help your child improve his coin counting skills in these two math games that have him race to reach $1.00.

The objective of this science fair project is to observe the differences in heat absorption for darker colors vs. lighter colors.

Take a stab at 18th century American cooking with your kids by following this tasty recipe from one of the first colonial cookbooks.

What's a liquid? What's a solid? What better way to experiment than by turning a childhood favorite, ice cream, into a homemade science lesson!

This fall-themed drawing game is a great way to introduce your kid to some of the important symbols of the fall season.

This science experiment tests whether warm or cold water works best in making cut flowers last longer.

Yarn ornaments are a beautiful and crafty way to celebrate the holidays. Make a set of yarn ornaments with your child, then hang them on your Christmas tree.

Tracing is a great technique for clearing your mind and relaxing. Help your child learn how to calm themselves down and clear their minds by tracing their hands.

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

This holiday season, help your third grader celebrate gifts--so often both cost-free and priceless--that the family has shared this year.

Practice conversions within the metric system in this fun math card game for third graders.

Cook Halloween pasta on All Hallows' Eve. This green pasta with toothy almonds is a super scary and tasty dinner for trick-or-treaters on Halloween night.

Make Frankenstein bolts for your trick-or-treater this Halloween. These homemade Frankenstein bolts make your child look just like the popular monster.

Try adding a splash of color to editing and revising with rainbow editing.

Help your child create an autumn poem full of colorful sensory details.

Making gift bags for a Halloween party or tricker-treaters is a great way for your child to learn a bit about geometry and origami!

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

This science fair project investigates whether tapping the top or the side of the can will stop a vigorously-shaken can of soda from exploding.

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

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

Learn how to tell time by the sun with this cool science fair project idea that tracks how the accuracy of a sundial changes over time.

Help your child create a rebus message for a unique Father's Day card or poster; it's like a collage and encoded message all in one!

Your child can transform an everyday sight into a persuasive writing exercise by starting with the "product" she knows best: her family!

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

Introduce your second grader to the crazy world of static electricity with just a balloon and a sheet of paper.

Make a poster with your child about what she wants to be when she grows up, while helping her practice her writing, researching, and artistic skills.

Science fair project that examines the behavior of water and gravel in creek beds and the formation of sedimentary rocks.

Bend, twist, squish and press a paper bag into a tree! Once it's finished, your child's Halloween tree will look like it came right out of a scary fairy tale.