Is your child learning to "sound it out"? This game will help him stretch his "decoding" skills so when he runs into new words, he's ready to take them on.

Your fifth grader will love dreaming up special fortunes and embedding them in mouthwatering cupcakes for friends and family.

This costume wig is a simple craft that will result in a great item for Halloween, dress up, or pretend play. Make a yarn costume wig with your child.

In this arts and crafts activity, encourage your preschooler to create these shape-stick puppets which can be used to put on plays or act out stories with.

Kids entranced by Little House on the Prairie? This popsicle stick "log cabin" is a great introduction to pioneer history.

In this project, the fingerprints of family members are compared to determine if people from the same family have similar fingerprints.

This science fair project idea teaches what wildlife rehabilitators do and about the process of wildlife rehabilitation.

Learn how to make vampire fangs for Halloween costumes and for scary playtime. See how to make vampire fangs with this great upcycled tutorial.

In this activity, your child will learn how to spruce up her bike with an original license plate!

This science fair project idea examines which type of insulation holds in the most heat.

This science fair project idea explores the different properties of matter.

Everyone's heard of taking a dog for a walk. But how about an illustration? This activity teaches emerging readers to use pictures as context clues.

Here is a hands-on activity to help third graders understand the four points of a compass...and how we use them to get around.

The project idea is to establish whether it is easier to memorize words with fewer syllables and to understand how memory works.

Labor Day is the perfect time to celebrate our postal workers. Have your kid write a thank you note to your local post office to show his appreciation.

Help your kids map the "global footprint" of your family's grocery cart by investigating how far your food travels before landing on your dinner table.

On Father's Day, delight Dad--and stretch your early reader, too!--with this adorable ABC book of "Fun with Dad."

Demonstrate the principle of jet propulsion in this science fair project by building a rocket from household materials.

Candy cane cookies are a great alternative to traditional candy canes, and your family will have a blast making them over the holidays!

Create a compass rose from sidewalk chalk in this summer geography project!

This sunshiny art project is perfect for a rainy day and it helps preschoolers with fine motor skills.

Upcycle an old dress shirt into artsy bow with just a few simple sewing techniques.

Help your child construct and author a "sempuyo," a traditional Japanese book with accordion-style pages; she will develop her writing and fine motor skills.

Once readers know the individual sounds letters make, they need to learn how to blend them and how to break them apart. This activity will help them practice.

In this science fair project, students will create a model of a shoreline, observe erosion and examine how jetties prevent erosion.

Enchant your garden with flower fairies and let their beauty bloom with this charming fairy craft.

Your child will boost her gross motor skills as she has fun playing with your easy-to-make and totally safe dart board and dart balls.

Thermometers are how we measure temperature, and we've all heard the terms "centigrade" and "Fahrenheit" tossed around, but what do they really mean?

How do we know that air exists when we can't see it, taste it, or touch it? Here's a classic experiment that will teach your kid some basics of aerodynamics!

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.