This project examines germs and their spread in households. The goal is to learn how to stop the spread of germs and other diseases.

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!

This fascinating science fair project explores eye color genotypes.

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.

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!

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

Civil War soldiers didn't take their wives with them to the battlefield, but they took along a piece of home: little sewing kits called "housewives".

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!

Here's an investigative activity in which your child will discover real-world names and uses for sugar and find out how it is hidden in many different foods.

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

Make a hand-decorated pillowcase to help ease the bedtime battle so that everyone can get a night of sweet dreams.

Struggling to memorize all those SAT words? How about challenging Mom or Dad to a crossword puzzle duel?

This science fair project idea examines eye color genetics and the role it plays in eye color inheritance.

Put those paper bowls to good use! Enjoy a preschool classic craft, great for passing the time on a rainy afternoon.

Oragami Christmas ornaments make a beautiful addition to your family's tree. Make origami Christmas ornaments out of old wrapping paper this holiday season.

Helping your child learn to read doesn't only have to mean using books from the library or from the store. You can make a book of your own - a nonsense book!

Here's an adorable kindergarten refrigerator magnet that celebrates the glories of the letter "B" and benefits your early reader.

Children take inspiration from Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai to write their own blog listicle on a topic of their choosing.

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