Boost those first grade reading and writing skills with this sweet Mother's Day poem idea.

Craft a paper rocket in this hands-on activity inspired by the life of Mae Jemison!

Thanksgiving placemats are a great craft for your kid, and a beautiful addition to the dinner table. Make Thanksgiving placemats with your kid for the holiday.

Children use their design thinking skills and powers of observation to create and construct a bird nest.

Does your child love toy cars? Here’s a terrific way for them to play with their toy cars and practice number recognition skills at the same time.

Ask a child if they want to practice the alphabet and you'll likely get snubbed. But ask if they'd like to play letter detective? You might hook yourself a fish.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to use simple materials to create a catapult for a small, lightweight toy.

Summer is a good time to teach children about other kinds of community helpers, such as lifeguards, forest rangers, and librarians. This activity is a fun way to get them introduced!

Kids will learn how to make a thermometer to to explore liquid density in this great science fair project. Which liquids are affected by temperature the most?

Help your preschooler or preschooler with shape recognition, math, and matching by creating your own personal shapes cards, good for home or car.

Have fun with the kids by "shaping up" your standard chocolate chip cookie recipe, and teach kids about sorting and shapes while you're at it.

This is a quick, easy science fair project that conveys the idea of density to preschool and early elementary children.

Here's Twist 'N Turn: let your preschooler or pre-kindergartener be outside and active while learning about shapes, colors, directions, and word recognition.

Master reading numbers aloud with your first grader in this math card game.

Cornucopia still life painting is a great activity for your young artist to look at light and shadow, textures and composition in creating art at Thanksgiving!

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.

Unleash your child's imagination by inviting them to create a tall tale set in their own hometown.

Introduce your child to preliminary science concepts by challenging them to do this fun and simple cloud observation activity.

Tell your child you want to work on kindergarten readiness skills and she's not likely to jump up and clap. But turn it into a game and it's a different story.

Create an American flag pinwheel in this Fourth of July craft activity!

Encourage your preschooler to learn about the letter "W" by creating a wonderful work of art.

Does the idea of taking your child to an art museum sound daunting? Create your own museum and give your child some practice with shapes!

Why doesn't the ocean freeze? Students answer this question by simulating the chemical composition and temperature of arctic waters in their own home.

Guide your first grader through a map drawing project inspired by her favorite fairy tale. Its masked as a fun art activity, but it also packs learning punch!

When your child is itching for a game, consider ditching Hide and Seek in favor of Shape and Seek. Here's how it works:

Help your child pick up spelling, alphabetical order, sight word practice, and reading fast with just simple clothespins and paint sticks.

There's nothing like a treasure hunt to get kids excited about math and sorting.

Practice counting, sequencing, and pattern recognition with your young learner in this fun math card game!

Here's a fun activity that takes "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" to a new level--and builds strong kindergarten reading and writing skills

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.