What better way to nurture your child's imagination than by making a fairy house out of materials found in nature!

Here's an authentic writing task that is perfect for Earth Day, or any day! In this activity, your child's pen becomes an instrument of planetary importance.

Make edible amber fossils with your second grader to explore the fascinating world of science!

Here's a way to bring young children into the process of preparing healthy school lunches, and build up early literacy skills while they're at it!

Create homemade seed packets with your kids. This activity combines your kids' love of science and the outdoors with a little writing and drawing fun.

Help your kindergarten scientist understand the concept of surface tension with this simple science experiment.

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

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!

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

These festive red and blue drink umbrellas are the perfect DIY party idea. While you're making them you can even sneak in a little compass practice.

Refresh your third grader's understanding of idioms with this hands-on art activity that encourages him to manipulate clay to represent his favorite idiom.

Make a "feeling meter" that helps your first grader read key feeling words and communicate his emotions accurately to you.

Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.

Improve your child's hand-eye coordination with this outdoor group ball game that's similar to Four Square.

This balloon-powered car project is a great way for your kid to learn about energy and how it can be used efficiently.

Learn how to make a paper snowflake with these simple instructions. Help your child learn how to make a paper snowflake with only paper and scissors.

Help your second grade scientist explore the timely topic of wind speed using a version of the classic Beaufort Scale.

Your kid will be captivated as she watches liquids change color before her very eyes during this fun science project that introduces some chemistry basics.

This science fair project idea determines what household items are good conductors of electricity.

This science fair project idea examines the reason boats are shaped and engineered.

This kindergarten science activity will help her explore the changing states of matter which transform an egg from raw to soft to hard-boiled.

This science fair project idea determines what household items are good conductors of electricity.

Before your next family getaway, make a set of picture/word vocabulary cards together. These cards will build your child's language and comprehension skills.

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!

Cleaning can be a chore, but not with this sudsy experiment!

Learners hypothesize about and experiment with soil erosion in this hands-on activity.

In this experiment, your child will create two compost bins and see if he can determine what attracts fruit flies.

Help your child build her very own science laboratory at home for experiments and science projects. This is a quick, easy, and fun educational tool!

Fire up the grill, break out the raffia and get crafty with flowers--it's time to learn how to throw your own luau!

This science fair project idea determines if crystals will absorb food dye and if colors will mix by the process of diffusion.