The next time you are planning a Mexican-inspired menu, let your child contribute with a batch of this guacamole! Here's how.

Knowing your antonyms from your synonyms is an important part of the second grade writing curriculum, and is a real boon for vocabulary.

Here's an interesting activity that will enable your child to make his own magnifier out of a drop of water

Kids get in lots of letter learning as they play this fun twist on regular tag, which engages their minds as well as their bodies.

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.

Make this cool iPod or cell phone case for Dad out of one of his little-used ties.

Strengthen your child's number recognition skills with this fun game using an old, empty egg carton!

This fresh take on the classic game of Tic-Tac-Toe will boost your first grader's creativity, fine motor skills, and concept of taking turns.

Having some dancing skeletons hanging around the house is great way to prepare for All Hallows' Eve. This is a great activity for honing fine motor skills.

This fun outdoor game will help your child develop her addition and subtraction skills and teach her basic arithmetic while keeping her active.

In this fun activity, kids practice measurement and boost fine motor skills as they learn all about how fossils form and even make a few of their own!

This activity is a craft project and a math workshop all in one! Use found objects to encourage your child to imitate, extend, and create patterns.

Get into the Halloween spirit by creating creepy (but cute) spiders from paper egg cartons, paint, and pipe cleaners.

This project determines whether Styrofoam, paper, or plastic cups are best for preventing ice from melting.

Help your child explore their imagination and self-image with a larger-than-life-size self-portrait!

This surprisingly good glue recipe comes from common kitchen items.

Music instruments can be expensive. Sidestep steep prices with this art project that uses recycled materials to create a melodious music maker!

Make a campfire crown, complete with roasted marshmallows!

each some early sewing skills with this cute felt egg project that can be reused as a silly gift, a toy for younger siblings, or a doll accessory.

Your child can decorate her own set of Russian nesting dolls in this easy felt craft.

Lunch is always better when you share it with a wise companion This wide-eyed owl craft is a great way for your growing learner to practice cutting shapes.

Bring a swell of high sea adventure to your own living room with this quick and easy paper sailboat craft!

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

Flip your way into the fall season with this easy and delicious pumpkin pancake recipe that your child can make on weekend mornings!

In this activity, children will write letters to their future selves and draw encouraging pictures. These letters will be given to back to them at a future time when they are in need of some encouragement and kind reminders.

Your child will create her own falling snowflakes using white paper and glue them over a tree, so it appears as if they are falling from the sky.

This science fair project idea explores substances that cause a bubble to last longer.

This second grade arts and crafts activity is all about caterpillars emerging from their cocoons as butterflies.

Construct a card castle fit for a king! Treat your royal "face" cards (the kings, queens, and jacks) to the cool castle they deserve.