Does your child love pretend and need practice with letters and the sounds they make? Get cooking! This activity is fun and builds key reading skills, too.

Here's a fun activity you can do at the library to help your child learn the sequencing of numbers and letters.

Try this recipe with your child and explore Ethiopia through one of its dietary staples: injera, or flat bread!

Edible holiday gifts are perfect for the foodie in your life. Learn how to make edible holiday gifts with this activity and tutorial.

Are you tired of the same old Easter egg dying routine? Does your kid love to try new art techniques? If so, try making Easter eggs out of embroidery floss!

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

In this project, create and examine garden mulch to find out what critters live in the messy, muddy layers just above the soil.

Your first grader will gain an understanding of time management as your holiday tasks become manageable, with this to-do list reinvented as an advent calendar!

Show your kids the power of baking powder by conducting a simple experiment. Make four batches of cornbread, all identical except for one thing: baking powder!

Experiment about connection of senses of taste and smell. Using blindfold and noseplugs, administer blind taste test. Analyze results and organize data.

Dinosaurs were huge creatures that left behind huge footprints that lasted for millions of years. In this science fair project, kids learn how dinosaur tracks were left behind!

Future engineers, unite! Discover how to keep a sandcastleâs bridge from falling into the moat.

Create a prefix-suffix flip-book and help improve decoding skills and vocabulary.

Celebrate Dad with this decorative stepping stone for your garden!

Practice measurement and proportion with your first grader, and in the process, make three scrumptious salads for you and your child to share on Mother's Day!

Compound words get easier if kids can spot two smaller words that they already know inside. Add some fun to the process with this card game!

Preserve some precious memories this Mother's Day! Make a shoe planter out of that old pair of your child's favorite shoes.

Help your child sharpen time skills by creating a special day and charting each part in a detailed schedule.

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

Put your second grade scientist to work this Fourth of July with our colorful "liquid fireworks" project!

Learn how to make a trick-or-treat bag for Halloween. See how to make a decorative trick-or-treat bag with this Halloween craft tutorial.

This science fair idea project identifies the active ingredients in soap and experiments with the properties of soap.

This science fair project idea researches the definition of ‘biodegradable’ and explores this in a real-life setting.

A riff on the classic board game, St. Patrick's Day Snakes and Ladders is a fun game the whole family can enjoy.

What is a wedge? Kids find out by experimenting with different wedges in this simple science fair project idea.

This science project idea examines the effect of microwaving on various objects.

This science fair project idea explores the relationship between oil and water in terms of density as well as hydrophilic/hydrophobic compounds.

Your child will enjoy making this Easter decoration that honors the chicken. After all, chickens are the ones that actually make the Easter eggs!

Make a story summary folder with your child to help develop reading comprehension and critical thinking skills.

This holiday season, don't forget the many delights of "cookie science"! Here's a confection we especially like.