Nothing says fall like pumpkin soup, but it's also really good for you, with high amounts of fiber, iron, zinc and free radical busting antioxidants.

Here's a salt dough recipe that can be used to make ghostly character sticks for fun Halloween decor.

Reinforce your child's measurement and problem solving skills this holiday season! This decadent bread pudding, dressed up with pumpkin and warm spices, is a holiday show-stopper.

Introduce your fourth or fifth grader to volume by having him build rectangular prisms, and then count each sugar cube to check his volume calculations.

The objective of this science fair project is to observe the differences in heat absorption for darker colors vs. lighter colors.

Help your fifth grader trace your family's roots and interview all the living mothers to create a makeshift, 3-D family tree!

Ask your kids to write these one-sentence "Holiday Wishes." Without realizing it, they'll be building third grade Language Arts skills.

Learn how to make an anemometer with step-by-step instructions in this cool science fair project idea for 4th grade.

examine how passive solar heating works, measure temperature in a parked car on a sunny day. ways to use passive solar heating as an alternative, energy

Your child can commemorate the best Halloween candy of all time using foam sheets to give your little monster a little practice tracing triangular shapes.

Play multiplication war, a fun card game, with your child and before long those annoying multiplication facts will be part of her mathematical skill set.

Practice reading and vocabulary by making sight words into a puzzle!

Discover whether cold or hot water from the faucet will boil faster on the stove.

Show your young artist how to celebrate Mary Cassatt, an Impressionist painter, by creating a mother-child painting in her style.

Make learning word families more hands-on and interactive with this simple craft that has your child making "word sliders" out of paper plates.

Science fair project which compares the rate of temperature change and the maximum temperature as a result of the angle of light radiation.

In this challenge, students are tasked with creating a car that can be powered by a balloon!

Science fair project in which you will examine how crystals are formed by creating your own crystal using charcoal briquettes, salt, and ammonia.

This St. Patrick's day, stretch your child's social studies and math skills with this fun, cooperative learning game.

Here's an experiment that will have your child experimenting with cake ingredients to learn about the chemical reactions that happen when a cake's in the oven.

This 4th of July, explore fourth grade science and make some safe fireworks in your own backyard using soda pop!

Those second grade spelling lists may be getting serious, but that's no reason to stop having fun. Here's a high-energy hopscotch game to try.

Play hopscotch with numbers, but also with letters, to get kids ready for reading.

Improve your preschooler's knowledge of the alphabet by playing games with your own homemade wooden letters!

This paper heart craft is a simple Valentine's Day activity that gets kids to exercise their fine-motor skills. Make a paper heart craft with your child this February.

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.

This fun art project is a great way to introduce your child to some basic geometry.

These paper pumpkins will make lovely, festive centerpieces in your home this fall.

Whether the snow is fluffy and soft or icy and hard, a snowman is sure to inspire a smile. No wonder this snowman is so happy—it's made using marshmallows!

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways ... on my eight limbs and eight hearts!