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Get your first grader to help you with scrapbooking by showing him how to use multiple envelopes to create an accordion-style photo book.

This costume wig is a simple craft that will result in a great item for Halloween, dress up, or pretend play. Make a yarn costume wig with your child.

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

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.

Your first grader will enjoy creating his own leprechaun from a recycled toilet paper tube.

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.

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

Kids will make a beautiful rainbow in a jar and learn what enables different types of liquids to remain distinct in separate layers.

By using watercolor paints to practice writing letters, sentences, and math problems, your child will practice first grade skills in his "Sidewalk School."

Certain fruits can change gelatinâs ability to set. In this experiment, kids will discover what happens when gelatin meets pineapple enzyme.

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

Using water, corn syrup, and sequins, your child can create a unique art project while exploring what happens when different liquids are mixed together!

This season is a great time to explore the many shapes, sizes, and species of evergreen trees. Download our "field guide" activity and learn more!

Use simple materials to build a "worm hotel" with your kindergarten soil scientist...and see what worms really do all day.

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

With nothing more than a flat open space and some lively kids, you can reinforce key concepts of punctuation while having lots of healthy laughs.

This science fair project idea examines which type of insulation holds in the most heat.

In this activity, you'll not only make your own bouncy balls at home, but your child will also learn how polymers are made.

Those second grade spelling lists may be getting serious, but that's no reason to stop having fun. Here's a high-energy hopscotch game to try.

Explore the scientific concept of capacity by seeing how many pennies you boat can hold before it sinks!

This DIY menorah will make a beautiful addition to your Hanukkah celebrations. Make a DIY menorah with your child this winter.

Is our water polluted? Help your young scientist understand the importance of taking care of the environment with this simple experiment.

Your child might have noticed how bubbles quickly lose their colors and pop. Check out this creative way to make those bubbles last longer.

Make a "magic dough" using only flour, water and food coloring and have the kids guess what color appears.

Invite your kid to create her own hanging dove images--a symbol of peace and unity--in honor of Black History Month.

This science fair project idea investigates if fats add to the flavor of food.

Horseshoes makes a perfect family activity for a summer afternoon. With a bit of cardboard and handful of pennies, you can create your own set!

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

An "I Love You" book is a perfect gift for a very special friend on Valentine's Day. Our "I Love You" book shares the love in eight different languages.

On Father's Day, delight Dad--and stretch your early reader, too!--with this adorable ABC book of "Fun with Dad."