Encourage your child to help with dinner preparations this holiday season! You can use this recipe for Christmas dinner or lunch, or for meals leading up to the holiday. This Christmas Wreath Salad recipe is simple enough for preschoolers to fifth graders

Want to make Halloween truly eerie? Science to the rescue! These ghouly hands come alive with a little help from simple chemistry.

Create a haunted house from upcycled materials in this lively craft project!

This Pysanky egg-decorating activity is perfect for young artists. Bring a little color and creativity to any holiday with this traditional Ukrainian craft.

Children reflect on ways they have cared for themselves, others, and the Earth before building a garden to share beauty with others in their community.

Here's a game your child is sure to love playing with her friends: French Cricket. Just grab a baseball bat and a tennis ball, and you're set.

Create a giant octopus from cardboard that holds onto a sea of creatures from its tentacles!

Next time you're headed out on the road with your fourth grader, try this alphabet-geography game that the whole family can play.

Here's a great project to get your child on the right track towards writing well thought-out proposals.

Here's an experiment that will have your child experimenting with cake ingredients to learn about the chemical reactions that happen when a cake's in the oven.

In this cool catalase and hydrogen peroxide experiment, kids put a potato in a jar of hydrogen peroxide to see how catalase acts as an enzyme.

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

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

Prove that the Earth is not flat. The objective of this science fair project is to measure the angle of the sun and calculate the circumference of the Earth.

Show your child how to construct a homemade thermometer. It's hands-on fun and a great way to learn about this important instrument!

This science fair project idea examines the reason boats are shaped and engineered.

examine how passive solar heating works, measure temperature in a parked car on a sunny day. ways to use passive solar heating as an alternative, energy

This science project encourages students to investigate the Mozart Effect, the idea that classical music promotes learning.

This science fair project demonstrates the magic of arches by challenging students to stack telephone books on top of eggs without breaking them.

Learn how to make marbleized paper with simple everyday ingredients in this fun activity! Your child will learn about oil and water while doing this project.

In this cooler-than-average writing activity, your child uses paint chips and words to write a story!

Does your middle school teenager have good reflexes? Gauge his reaction time in this science and math activity that requires only a yardstick and a friend.

Total alkalinity and pH personal care products are controlled to prevent skin irritation. Learn more about basic and acidic substances in this science project.

Crazy quilting is a fun and easy way for kids to exercise some creativity and connect with the past.

Show your kid how to put a new spin on an old classic with this fun party game.

In this science fair project, students will try to discover if test subjects can detect the presence of Monosodium Glutumate (MSG) in food.

In Colonial times, fixing a chair was a lot easier than making one! Any fifth-grader can wrap up a mirror or photo frame the same way Colonists caned chairs.

This science experiment examines the role of fat in food, especially in making bread rise and whipping cream.

Add some artsy fun to your child's next reading adventure by letting them draw the characters.

Your child's journal should be as unique as she is. Help her transform a simple notebook into a personalized piece of art.