This Labor Day, help your child explore various occupations by discussing the tools workers use on a daily basis at their jobs.

Plant a mini herb garden and teach your child about science and nature.

Make all-natural dye from vegetables to create gorgeous homemade play-silks!

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

Here's a sweet gift you and your child can make together, sure to please the most finicky valentine.

This science exploration lets your first grader see how eggs can provide a perfect environment for a living, growing creature.

New readers need to develop a "bank" of words they can read by sight. Hate flashcards? Consider this fresh way to practice sight words to perfection...Bingo!

Help your child create a safe firework by turning strips of paper into a quilled 4th of July masterpiece perfect for displaying at a 4th of July party.

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.

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

Give your kid the opportunity to experiment with color combinations, and how the tape is applied as they make special cards for friends and family.

Who says toast has to be boring? Help your child master ROYGBIV and the art of color creation with this activity that's as fun as it is yummy.

Make fractions easy for your child to understand by incorporating their discussion and practice into meals and cooking that you two participate in together.

This homemade alphabet game will keep your kindergartener on his toes and help him practice letter, numbers, and taking turns. The whole family can participate!

Make your own dreidel from modeling clay with this Hannukah craft activity!

Decorating pumpkins is a safer, cleaner alternative to carving. These Cubist art pumpkins are easy and fun to make, and serve as great fall decor.

Okay, identifying place value isn't as fun as eating ice cream, but with a few index cards and a competitive spirit, it can be disguised a game!

Playhouses can be expensive, and they take up so much space. Why not make your own collapsible playhouse instead?

When you cut a flower to put into a vase, it'll eventually wilt, even with water and sunshine. But is there another scientific secret to keeping flowers fresh?

Combine art, history and food with this unique project! Your child will make her own butters, and learn a little about Colonial history at the same time

Make a batch of chocolate clay to teach kids the art of molding and sculpting. Working with their hands has never been this much fun.

Turn printed family photos into a sturdy "flash card" game to help your child learn the names and faces of near and distant relatives.

This easy Halloween-themed science experiment for first-graders is perfect for chilly October afternoons or great as a Halloween party activity.

Delight your budding scientist with this cool physics magic trick and teach her some basic physics concepts while you're at it!

Invite your first grader to play this subtraction sacks game to get her actively involved in understanding and memorizing subtraction facts.

This handprint Santa is a great way for your little one to get in the Christmas spirit. Make a handprint Santa with your child this holiday season.

Create an outer space painting with chalk, water and black paper in this art project that explores the solar system.

Making candles from old candles is easy. Recycle old candle stubs to make a "new" candle, and teach your child about recycling at the same time!

A recycled egg carton and a big imagination is all it takes for these flowers to bloom!

Made entirely out of recycled materials, this handmade decoration is a great way to spruce up a dresser, bookshelf, or the living room mantle.