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The goal of this fun science fair project idea is to microwave candy and investigate: do some colors of M&Ms melt faster than others?

This experiment works due to a simple principle: plants need light. Build a shoebox maze and watch the plant work though the obstacle course, searching for sun.

Help your child understand that letters, put in a certain order, make words. In this fun activity they'll get to make their own puzzle, and practice letters, too!

Let your child add her creative touch to Cinco de Mayo celebrations by showing her how to make chili pepper napkin rings.

Kids are acutely aware of what's "fair" and what's not. Here's a quirky way to teach your first grader the importance of voting and democracy.

Your 1st grade scientist will improve her observation skills as she's encouraged to eat healthy by comparing the dry and fresh fruit in this experiment.

This activity is a fun way for your first grader to learn about how veggies help your body while being creative with art and drama. Here's how to get started.

Support your first grader's counting and reading skills while laughing and running in this fun playground game.

Rainy day? Stuck inside? Here's an arts and crafts pasta project to enjoy with your kindergartener that helps her with math patterns too.

Help motivate your child to become a more avid and consistent reader by creating a train-themed reading chart that can serve as a visual reminder of their progress.

Create homemade seed packets with your kids. This activity combines your kids' love of science and the outdoors with a little writing and drawing fun.

Help your kindergarten scientist understand the concept of surface tension with this simple science experiment.

Teach your first grade scientist the difference between liquids and solids using maple syrup.

Help your kindergartener learn to manage a telephone with this homemade keyboard that also helps kids practice letters and numbers.

Here's a creative preschool activity to make a crown, and build in some phonics practice while you're at it.

In this tons-of-fun reading activity, your child plans a storytime, makes a flyer, creates a coloring sheet, and hosts their own storytime.

This chocolate covered matzo candy is easy enough for kids to make, with a little parental supervision. A real Passover treat!

Craft a paper rocket in this hands-on activity inspired by the life of Mae Jemison!

Give your kindergartener an outlet to articulate his thoughts about going to school for the first time by setting aside time to help him write in his journal.

In this hands-on craft project, kids will make an analog clock of their own, and then use it to learn how to tell time.

These bean bag games are a fun and inexpensive way to keep your first grader learning! Work on social skills, coordination, math, or even spelling!

This craft is an excellent way to learn about African-American history, and it also provides fine motor practice.

Make a family tree with your child to teach him about his personal history. Make a family tree with this tutorial, and teach your kid about his family history.

Help your kindergartener use a map to find "leprechaun gold"--and build early social studies skills in the process!

Here's a simple craft activity that can help your youngster better visualize the life cycle of a frog as a circle.

This fun art activity will get your child's creative juices flowing and will teach her about shapes, pattern and texture along the way.

Enjoy those warm spring and summer nights with your child while teaching some basic astronomy at the same time.

Here is an activity that your kids can make for Mother's Day, a garden pot filled with edible "flowers".

Planning a beach vacation? Here's a cool nature craft you can make in the sand with your child.

Help your first grade scientist learn about metamorphosis by observing the life cycle of some interesting creepy crawlies.