Help your child get to know the least-appreciated of the five senses, the sense of smell, with a smelling station.

Here's a science activity that lets a first grader use an empty dish detergent bottle to create his own fountain as he explores air pressure.

Demonstrate how tracks are formed by pressing your hand into a cornmeal mixture, then reverse the process and make prints of the track.

This sweet and tangy homemade barbecue sauce is a great way to introduce kids to the culinary arts.

Making gift bags for a Halloween party or tricker-treaters is a great way for your child to learn a bit about geometry and origami!

These adorable felt orange slices are cute as can be and couldn’t be easier to make.

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.

Let your child be a designer for the day with this first grade arts and crafts activity: make a felt pillow decorated with colorful felt cut-outs.

How goofy can your first grader get? Show her how to use balloons and yarn to craft a collection of silly faces!

Instead of painting a picture of a whale, let your preschooler make their own whale toy using a paper bag and some recycled art supplies.

Want to help your child recognize the recipe for a successful sentence? Here's a fun activity to get your child thinking about how sentences work.

As your child heads back to school this fall, dust off those elementary math skills with our creative calendar activity!

This writing activity will promote dialogue about racial segregation and its impact on African-Americans throughout history with your child.

Ordinary drinking straws are fun for drinking juice and even for spitballs when you're not looking, but also fabulous for learning first grade math.

Try turning the evening ritual of asking about your kid's school day into a challenging game that consists of twenty questions.

Spruce up some sneakers that have seen better days by turning them into a sparkly dress-up staple.

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.

Give your first grader reading and writing practice with this fun, practical postcard that will also help with spelling strategies.

In this science fair projects, students will grow out the bacteria that collect on air conditioner filters.

Throw a P.E. party in your own backyard that will make fitness fun!

Here's a St. Patrick's Day card your child can make, write, and give. Great learning and lots of fun--a "lucky" combination for a lucky holiday!

Make a big green alligator with household items and help your kindergartener practices letters and sounds!

Teach your child how butter is created by shaking up cream the old-fashioned way.

With a newspaper, highlighter, and some fun extra prizes, you can help your first grader start lifetime reading habits with print all around us.

Kids love making shapes with Play-Doh, so they'll love creating their own colorful playful clay!

Devise an argument for or against the possibility of resurrectin extinct species through DNA manipulation. Analyze data, report findings.

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

Make some easy homemade yogurt with your young scientist, and see what a few 'live' bacteria can do in the right conditions!

Make a fun refrigerator graph with your first grader in order to help her develop those crucial graphing skills, while engaging with the whole family.