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

Make a photo book to provide a reassuring guide for your child's first days and weeks of school.

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with a few riotous rounds of Hot Potato--played with a real potato!

Get your kids to give you a hand in the kitchen--literally!--by making fun grilled cheese sandwiches decorated with their handprints.

Stamp out the sameness of learning the ABC's for your kindergartener. Make 26 letter sponge stamps and create projects with him to practice.

In this sound experiment children listen for differences as they tap on a bag of air, a bag of water, and a wooden block held up to their ears.

This paper mache jack-o'-lantern is a fun craft for kids who are too young to carve a pumpkin. See your paper mache jack-o'-lantern outlast its carved peers.

Whatever the season, celebrate greenery and growth by helping your child study some delightful spring words.

Does your child need help reading common words? Make this family board game. It's so fun, they won't even realize they're learning!

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

Give your child some hands-on experience mixing autumn colors. All you need is a large piece of white paper and tempera paint.

Our breath is supporting us all of the time, but sometimes we don't even know it! In this activity, your child will discuss how they feel when they focus on their breath and learn tools to help them feel calm and at ease.

This beaded wind chime is fun to make and it gets kids experimenting with patterns, a key kindergarten math skill.

This alphabet hunt is pure pirate-loving fun. And it gives kids practice in learning to recognize letters and sounds-- a key skill for reading readiness.

This string a necklace arts activity teaches first grade readers to look for a story's beginning, middle, and end.

Help your first grader make a coin bank that builds connections to early reading and math. And build good saving habits, too!

In this project children practice the scientific method while playing with puffy paint.

These colorful paper butterflies make cute hanging decorations for your child's room, but they can also be used for active play.

Your kindergartener can contribute these beaded napkin rings to your Thanksgiving table...and sneak in some good math patterning practice, too.

Simon Says is a classic outdoor game that young children love. Promote your child's development and improve listening skills by playing the game in a new way.

Do a little kitchen chemistry as you make your own bubble solution and bubble-wand shapes!

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

In this air pressure science experiment with a balloon and a jar, children will use heat to create a partial vacuum and suck a balloon into a jar.

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

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 recipe provides a quicker, easier, and slightly healthier way to prepare this classic Louisiana Creole dish.

Honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King with this hands-on lesson in how all of us are more alike than different, especially on the inside.

Your child can create his own texture tree, experimenting with design during the process. The result will be a beautiful addition to your holiday decorations

Achieve the amusement of a pet without all the hassle! This easy-to-craft activity shows your kindergartener how to make his very own pet out of pom-poms.

This incredibly edible activity gives kindergarteners the chance to practice identifying, copying and extending basic patterns.