Use popcorn in this tasty experiment to explore the five senses at home with your kindergartener!

Want to turn snack time into fun-time? Help him turn ordinary rice cakes into creatures that are silly, creepy, or just plain cute!

Introduce your child to the world of motion and physics with a bit of marble play inspired by Sir Isaac Newton!

This goofy scramble book activity will bring laughs...but also some good, solid comprehension skills too!

Teach your child about healthy foods and how to make a meal that is good for them with this fun activity that you both can do together.

Here's a simple and fun kindergarten or first grade gardening activity: grow a miniature container garden in a paper egg carton. Great for kinesthetic learners.

Here's a science experiment that gives your kids a chance to see how fire needs oxygen to burn, with a little math and writing practice thrown in.

Help your first grader design and create his very own bird feeder out of an empty milk carton.

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

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!

Your child can celebrate Mexican culture by making his very own percussion instrument using simple materials such as paper plates and tissue paper.

This science fair project idea demonstrates that plants give off water.

Help your child explore chromatography, which is the process of separating colors or pigments, and create a neat art project in the process!

It's easy and fun to make puzzles, and your child can pick any design.

Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.

If your child enjoys drawing, here's a fun way to learn about compound words that uses art as a visual aid.

How do mirrors work? What is light, and how does it travel? Explore light and reflection with your preschooler with these simple hands-on experiments.

Help your little builder move up in the world with this recycled cardboard castle that's just the right size for a young king and his loyal stuffed subjects.

Bring the magic and mystery of the night sky to the light of day with this fun constellation art project!

Help your child make an imaginative scene come to life by making a diorama. Your child will be practicing three dimensional thinking and language arts skills.

This science fair project teaches students about wilting and browning of salad greens.

Make the sentiment of live flowers last and last by showing your kindergartener how to craft a bouquet that will never wilt--a family photo bouquet, that is.

Children will read a book, then retell the story with pictures they have painted on stones.

Want to help your child learn more about his community while boosting creativity? Set up a post office play station right in your very own home!

Reuse and recycle cardboard tubes to make spooky spiders, kooky caterpillars, wacky worms, and more.

Help your first grade reader become an expert in "sh," "ch," and "th" words with this fun, homemade game.

Looking for a way to channel your spring fever? Create a beautiful spring centerpiece with your child!

Take some of the spirit of musical chairs and incorporate it into an indoor obstacle course that will fine tune your child's motor skills!

Forget expensive store bought cards, this handmade card truly delivers--and it helps your preschooler with letter recognition.

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