Lots of everyday objects can be fun, whether it's buttons, beans, or Lego blocks. Here's an activity that uses coins to build problem-solving strategies.

Pasta makes a good dinner, but it can also be used to teach proper letter formation! In this easy crafts activity, you'll use pasta and glue to form letters.

Conduct a simple experiment with your child to study how dirt tracks change as they age in this 1st grade science activity.

Help your first grade reader become an expert in "sh," "ch," and "th" words with this fun, homemade game.

What could be more fun than doing sidewalk art? How about making your own colored sidewalk chalk!

Jump into the story of Cinderella by making a pumpkin coach of your own!

This simple bookmaking activity will introduce and reinforce alphabet and number recognition skills that have been taught at home or learned in preschool.

This fun shape game is like Twister...with a twist!

Like "Mother, May I?", this following directions tag game focuses on gross motor skills, but to the theme Itsy Bitsy Spider. Fun indoors or outside!

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

Keep school day sniffles at bay with a simple felt tissue cozy that fits neatly in a 3-ring binder.

Help your child make a beautiful homemade sandcastle that will last!

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

Get your child outside to observe the clouds, and get a fun exercise in science, writing, and arts and crafts! Here's how.

This is a simple, nutritious food kids love for snacks and lunches all year.

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

Build good first grade reading and writing skills, as well as family peace and quiet, with this hand made story book about mornings in your home.

Got a kid who's learning to read? Looking for a new board game to add to the bunch? With a little help from your child, you can make a game of your own!

Give your kindergartener a beautiful way to say "I love you" while giving end-of-year math and writing skills a workout!

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

Kindergarten algebra is a lot different than high school. In kindergarten math, algebra means grouping like things, or noticing what doesn't belong in a set.

In this social emotional learning activity, your child will practice a mindfulness and forgiveness visualization and write a letter to someone with whom they've had a minor conflict and would like to forgive.

Help your kindergartener develop his sequencing skills in this activity that teaches him about a story's beginning, middle, and end.

Give your child a chance to review his knowledge of safety and show off his writing skills at the same time by writing a safety manual to share at home.

This bookmark is a helpful tool to use during and after reading to remind your child of "good reader" strategies that she can use on her own.

Help your child create a garden journal sketchbook as she observes and records the natural world through the changing seasons.

This recipe makes bubbles that not only blow up nice and big, but do tricks and experiments! How do you do it? It's not a secret, it's science!

When critters protect themselves by taking on the patterns of nature, it's called "camouflage." Play this camouflage matching game with your child!

Arrange a cluster of glittering pumpkins on your dining table or use them as individual place cards to add a little sparkle to your next fall party.

Plants and light seem to be good buddies, but how far does the friendship really go?