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Use this fun activity to make an optical illusion picture that helps your kindergartener explore the sense of sight, and sharpen his observation skills!

In this activity, you and your child will practice taking a movement or calming break during homework or when feeling tired. Then, your child will write about and draw what the experience was like for them.

Can you fool your eyes and your brain with an optical illusion? The purpose of this science fair project is to demonstrate various kinds of optical illusions.

Pump up the learning level of your kindergartener's summer break by playing patriotic bingo when July 4th rolls around.

With Halloween right around the corner, find a way to use your brain and reward your tummy with a new type of science -- candy science!

Take a break with a paper bag costume. A great rainy-day art project.

The Christmas Addition Tree is a great way to get kids actively involved in math practice through art projects over the holiday break.

Help your child chart how much he has grown over his school break by creating his own tree-shaped Summer Growth Chart.

Once readers know the individual sounds letters make, they need to learn how to blend them and how to break them apart. This activity will help them practice.

Fire up the grill, break out the raffia and get crafty with flowers--it's time to learn how to throw your own luau!

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

A great way to cultivate awareness, focus and attention in the present is through movement. Mindful movement can also decrease stress and anxiety and increase calm.

Want to help your child learn more about his community while boosting creativity? Set up a post office play station right in your very own home!

Learn how starch and carbohydrates interact with different solvents in this fun and easy packing peanut science fair project.

Help your child will learn about shapes and patterns by creating her own masterpiece mosaic out of dried beans.

Silent "e" words are a big part of first grade phonics. Help them turn words like "hop" to "hope" in this action-packed, practical game.

Matzoh brei is a fun-to-eat Jewish breakfast. It is a lot like traditional French toast, only it is made with matzoh instead of bread.

Make a festive holiday garland with your preschooler or kindergartener to practice making patterns with household items! This activity is a decorating classic.

Challenge your budding wordsmith to see how many words he can make out of his own name, using homemade flashcards.

This activity introduces growth mindset and looking at mistakes as opportunities to learn and grow, rather than obstacles. Your child will understand the difference between seeing a mistake as a learning opportunity, rather than as a disappointment.

Create a counting book, in order from 1-30, to help your child figure out a variety of ways of recognizing and representing numbers.

Who needs a plastic potato head when you can use the real thing?

Get ready for a yummy taste test! Just pour the milk -- and make sure you have some chocolate chip cookies on hand.

Teach your child how to make a Georgia O'Keefe flower collage using pasta and paint for a fun art activity.

Invite your kindergartener or first grader to make giant, soft building blocks. He'll have a blast constructing, throwing, stacking, and even falling on them!

Challenge your kid's creativity with a fun fall art project that features you as the collaborator.

In this experiment, students will create their own version of coquina, a sedimentary rock thatâs formed by seashells and sand, cemented by seawater minerals.

In this social emotional learning activity, your child will create a goal board and practice setting one goal for an assignment or task and the steps they will need to achieve it.

Did you ever think you could make colors disappear right before your eyes? This science experiment is just like a magic trick: now you see it, now you don't!

What is surface tension? Kids will discover how water-skating insects use surface tension to keep from sinking by making a model water walker.