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Think you need a special dehydrator to make your own fruit leather? You can actually make a delicious version of this popular kid's snack in your own oven.

Craft a sparkling magic wand and let your child pretend she's a fairy, wizard, or magician!

Here's a place mat your second grader can create, based on the classic frontier tradition of patchwork quilting.

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.

In this activity, students will be challenged to describe and count the ways a toy moves from one position on a grid to another.

In this writing activity, let your child reflect on the past and practice their writing skills and word usage as they create an "I Used to, Now I" poem.

Show your kindergartener how to count to 100 by tens, and he'll get an adorable cheerio necklace in the process!

Using lessons from Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life, help your child implement kindness and compassion into their interactions with others.

Research shows that when we focus on things we are grateful for, we literally rewire our brains to focus on the positive. Help kids experience the joy of gratitude by creating trees that give thanks.

This craft activity encourages kindergarteners to explore measuring. Get ready to measure the fun that your child will have creating his own ruler!

Here's a thought-provoking activity to make new vocabulary words "stick" in the mind of your young learner.

Learn how to make vampire fangs for Halloween costumes and for scary playtime. See how to make vampire fangs with this great upcycled tutorial.

This is a healthy dish that'll bring color to any meal but simple enough that kids of all ages can take the lead in making this delicious Korean dish.

Your child will boost her gross motor skills as she has fun playing with your easy-to-make and totally safe dart board and dart balls.

Help your preschooler make an alternative to carrying messy sidewalk chalk in hand: a helpful, handmade sidewalk chalk caddy.

While building his own croquet set, your kindergartener will use both his math an fine motor skills and as he plays he'll improve his hand-eye coordination.

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

This will encourage your child to utilize their observation skills, develop aesthetic awareness, build artistic drawing abilities and learn about the seasons.

Play loteria, a Mexican board game! Help your child make this fun and festive game to help her build her vocabulary and have a blast while she's at it.

It's a great time for family crafts. Here's a ghost Halloween decoration you and your child can make together.

Here's a silly game that uses nursery rhymes to introduce a big concept in first grade reading and writing: learning about nouns and verbs.

Ask your kids to write these one-sentence "Holiday Wishes." Without realizing it, they'll be building third grade Language Arts skills.

Is your child learning to "sound it out"? This game will help him stretch his "decoding" skills so when he runs into new words, he's ready to take them on.

This Santa mask is a fun way to celebrate Christmas with your kindergartener. Make a Santa mask to bring a little cheer to your Christmas season.

This simple heat transfer experiment is a great introduction to the concepts of heat transfer and conduction.

Help your child to create a familiar favorite from a book or series he adores out of papier-mache. Exercise your child's imagination and language arts skills.

The Math Monster will save your second grader from repetitive math flashcards. Guessing mystery math facts is a fun way for him to polish arithmetic skills!

Promote the well-being of your first or second grader's mind and body by teaching him some beginning yoga poses and techniques.

Here's a delightful kindergarten project that will boost your child's reading and writing skills--and make for a happy time on a rainy day, too.

Using a toy race car kids create a visual model of the Doppler Effect.