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Use a basic tape recorder and some favorite books to help your first grader read smoothly--and make someone's day in the process!

This science fair project idea explores whether the process used to dry the beans we eat for food renders them unviable.

Here's a creative preschool activity to make a crown, and build in some phonics practice while you're at it.

Put your young paleontologist's puzzle-solving skills to the test by having her hunt for dinosaur bones and then assemble them to create dinosaur skeletons.

Put an oatmeal box, a flashlight, and some construction paper together and you have the makings of an incredibly cool bedroom planetarium!

If your kid is fascinated by dinosaurs, show him how to make his very own dinosaur egg. When he's not looking, hide a surprise inside!

This science fair project idea examines whether adding gelatin causes a solid to have a higher melting point and/or melt slower.

Make a peace dove to commemorate Black History Month and hang it in your home as a quiet reminder of the spirit of the movement.

This simple sewing activity results in a pair of homemade fleece mittens!

This chocolate covered matzo candy is easy enough for kids to make, with a little parental supervision. A real Passover treat!

In this parts of speech fall scavenger hunt, kids will search for all the hidden leaves, sort them into parts of speech categories, and then practice creating their own sentences using the words they find.

Help your child be a word detective as he builds excellent reading and comprehension skills on his search for clues to decipher meanings of unfamiliar words.

Declare a "Pocket Day" in your house and help your child practice his addition skills as he counts how many pockets the family is wearing that day!

Make a creative Father's Day art card to celebrate your family's beloved guy!

Create your very own Sleep Book filled with a menagerie of made-up nonsense creatures and discover how different animals catch some zzz's.

Here is a fun middle school science project on factors affecting solubility. Learn how dissolved solids can "crash out" to form crystals when conditions change.

Get fired up for the new school year with a "Back-to-School Calendar" you and your child can make at home.

This experiment challenges students to forecast the weather based on the surrounding areas' weather.

Design a special recipe book just for mom. Kid-made and packed with recipes for some of mom's favorite dishes, it's sure to be a hit on Mother's Day.

Stories change as you retell them. The objective of this science fair project is to demonstrate how information gets interpreted, distorted and changed.

Do plants get crowded? Have your curious kid investigate how plants respond if they're forced to grow together in a confined space.

Science fair project which determines if plants really do need water to grow, or whether they just need to be kept wet.

Is it a square or a circle? See if you can trick your friends with this zany science project!

Science fair project that examines albedo, and how this information is applied in the design of cars, sportswear, and other items. Which colors reflect light?

Science fair project examining barometric pressure, and how it can be used to predict the weather. How does atmospheric pressures relate to weather conditions?

This treasure hunt gets kids comfortable using the dictionary, and makes looking up words a lot of fun!

Delay your child's sugar overload, and develop his critical thinking skills, by doing some "sweet sorting" of his Halloween treasures!

It's easy to be a master Italian chef with this target practice game played with a pizza board constructed out of felt and Velcro bean bag "toppings."

Want to capture this year? Make a time capsule of this period in your child's life! You may just be surprised at what you find, when you dig it up next year...

This easy and inexpensive paper towel science project introduces kids to important physical concepts like cohesion, adhesion, and capillarity.