El dia de los muertos (the day of the dead) is a Mexican holiday celebrated on November 1st and 2nd every year. Other Latin American countries celebrate a variation of the holiday, but it originates in Mexico and is unique to this country. These two days

Here's an activity to help your first grader read and write, while staying in touch with a faraway friend or relative. Here's how:

Let your imagination take flight as you explore the beautiful continent of Africa! Do this fun writing activity with your child to honor Black History Month.

Combine science with reading and art to help your first grader create an attractive holiday gift for a beloved friend or relative.

Help your first grader design and create his very own bird feeder out of an empty milk carton.

This butterfly costume comes together in under an hour and is perfect for your little trick-or-treater. Make this butterfly costume for Halloween or play time.

Make a fun refrigerator graph with your first grader in order to help her develop those crucial graphing skills, while engaging with the whole family.

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

Thanksgiving dinner can be filled with fun and memorable interactions between family members. This holiday, why not memorialize some of those details and events with a family poem? You can create a lasting memory in the form of a poem with contributions f

Create a habitat for a butterfly right in your own backyard, and build your first grader's science knowledge while you're at it.

This activity allows your kindergartener to translate what they observe into a beautiful poem.

Here's a rainy day phonics craft project for you and your first grader. Reel in those double "ee" words on this do-it-yourself eel!

Help your child with his decoding and early reading skills in this fun game where you follow a spider web to find your treasure!

Inspire your learner to love poems like Sonia Sotomayor by reading some poetry aloud!

Here's a motivational kit that lets your emerging reader know you're with him for the whole wild ride.

In this project, create and examine garden mulch to find out what critters live in the messy, muddy layers just above the soil.

Make this dragon relief with your first grader to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and teach her about an important part of Chinese culture.

Bring the sea to your home with this marine life–inspired art project that displays beautifully when suspended from the ceiling.

Practice reading with this fun game, where your first grader will "hunt" for hidden words around the house.

Make this creative "story cartoon" tray to help your first grader build reading comprehension skills while having a hilarious time!

Here's a household scavenger hunt that shows kids the natural sources behind everyday objects...and builds reading skills, too!

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

Make learning word families more hands-on and interactive with this simple craft that has your child making "word sliders" out of paper plates.

This experiment challenges students to forecast the weather based on the surrounding areas' weather.

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

Puppets can help preschoolers practice communication and conflict resolution.

Here's a writing activity that helps young learners explore an ant's perspective...and practice writing, too!

Here's an activity to encourage your young artist to read. Invite your child to visualize directions on colors, numbers, and shapes to create cool pictures!

Give your local birds a treat — and your young birdwatcher some fun — with this simple DIY bird feeder.

Learn how different types of soil affect how animal tracks form in this experiment!