This activity is based on the popular card game, Slapjack. It's rip-roaring fun, and it reinforces the concepts of odd and even.

Here's a list of suggestions for parents on how to whet your child's political appetite.

With a little guidance from parents, youngsters can create a Christmas tree using their thumb as a stamp.

The Egg in a Basket, a traditional British breakfast component, is a simple snack that kids and parents can cook together!

Most parents probably wouldn't mind subtracting 8-9 years off their age. Here's a fun third grade subtraction activity that may do just that.

Parents can help their children at home by using a dialogue journal to model good writing.

The objective of this science project is to investigate patterns in fingerprints among family members.

This simple illuminaria can be made for any season or holiday. It's so fun that parents and kids alike will enjoy making a new one for each special holiday!

What are the benefits of good posture? Kids will learn about the cognitive effects of good posture through conducting and observing a controlled experiment.

This fascinating science fair project explores eye color genotypes.

Getting through to your tween or teen is a whole lot easier with a Family Journal that serves as an old-school, non-electronic form of communication.

This activity is a creative and fun way to boosts a child's motor skills while giving her a lasting toy.

Start a kids' reading club in your neighborhood to enhance your child's literacy and social skills.

Kids go wild over this colorful and tasty recipe that's perfect for St. Patrick's Day: make green mashed potatoes loaded with healthy vegetables.

Learn about the fruit fly life cycle in this experiment. Capture fruit flies to examine various stages of insect metamorphosis.

For a fun family activity to introduce your child to genetics, have your child go on a search for dominant and recessive family genes!

Learn how to use the Punnett Square to predict the gene combinations of dominant and recessive traits in this fun and easy genetics science project!

Work on simple addition and finding even numbers in this second-grade math card game.

Help your second grader understand compound words by doing this fast, goofy three legged race.

Research shows that when we focus on things we are grateful for, we literally rewire our brains to focus on the positive. Help kids experience the joy of gratitude by creating trees that give thanks.

Boost your preschooler's math and verbal skills by having her participate in simple, fun activities that teach her how to sort, count, and categorize objects.

Encourage your reluctant writer to build creativity with a found poem, which is written by rearranging bits and pieces of other peopleâs writing.

Thoroughly research image search engines. Consider possible improvements for visual search engines. Help design better image-matching engines.

Investigate the kinds of memories we tend to store and the emotions we store with them. Determine if memories have a strong emotional component.

What's the first letter? Play this game with your first grader the next time you read together, and watch her reading skills grow as she climbs the levels.

For most second graders, a good secret code is just about irresistible. Here's one that builds math facts while you're at it!

Celebrate your child's first day of kindergarten with this arts and crafts activity: make a SchultÃte, a cardboard cone filled with candy and other goodies!

Get your kindergartener involved in the kitchen by making healthy cupcakes loaded with veggies and protein in this fun cooking activity.

Use this fun spin-off of Bingo to help your child practice number recognition and listening skills!

When you're studying the Mayflower, numbers can be an important part of the history...and a great chance to practice elementary math!