Let your child play with scissors! Put them to work, creating a book that will keep them busy, and help them practice their letters, too.

This experiment will investigate whether reward or punishment is more apt to motivate people.

Here's a fun activity to reinforce simple short and long vowel words for your first grader.

Teach your first grade scientist the difference between liquids and solids using maple syrup.

Mix up a batch of molasses cookies, and you'll have a delicious chance to teach your child some math and social studies in the process!

Children are imaginative story-builders. Create a shoebox habitat with your child to put those budding creative instincts to good use.

This goofy scramble book activity will bring laughs...but also some good, solid comprehension skills too!

Make quick sweet and salty walnuts, a delicious addition to fall salads and fruit and nut plates, or a simple afternoon snack.

Try this recipe with your child and explore Ethiopia through one of its dietary staples: injera, or flat bread!

Science fair project that determines which materials cause the most friction by sliding blocks of wood down a ramp.

Here's a fun activity you can do at the library to help your child learn the sequencing of numbers and letters.

Help your kindergartener practice letter strokes while experimenting with the painting style of the great artist Mondrian.

Edible holiday gifts are perfect for the foodie in your life. Learn how to make edible holiday gifts with this activity and tutorial.

This experiment explores how microwave radiation affects fungi, bacteria, and plant life.

Let your child catch you making deliberate errors in this silly game that promotes serious learning about punctuation.

In this science fair project on the relationship between distance and time, kids explore the behavior of gravitational acceleration through direct observation.

Are you tired of the same old Easter egg dying routine? Does your kid love to try new art techniques? If so, try making Easter eggs out of embroidery floss!

Science fair project which will teach you more about the foods that you eat, and learn which ones are healthier choices.

This chocolate covered matzo candy is easy enough for kids to make, with a little parental supervision. A real Passover treat!

Here's a math, science, and social studies activity: help your kindergartener become a "coin archaeologist" by examining how different coins look and feel.

Silent "e" words are a big part of first grade phonics. Help them turn words like "hop" to "hope" in this action-packed, practical game.

Introduce the idea of measuring weight to your preschooler or kindergartener by making a fun and easy-to-use bungee scale to weigh household objects.

Fly into some rainy day fun with a cardboard airplane project. Making paper airplanes is fun, but you can add a new twist by using recycled materials instead.

Kids often ask, "how tall am I?" This science fair project seeks to determine how well kids can guess their own heights.

This science fair project idea explores whether talking to a plant will help it grow.

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Help your little builder move up in the world with this recycled cardboard castle that's just the right size for a young king and his loyal stuffed subjects.

Here's a delicious and nutritious dish for St. Patrick's Day: make a NiÃoise-style salad bursting with a rainbow of colors!

Kids construct a single fixed pulley system to learn how pulleys can make work easier in this cool physics and engineering science fair project idea.

Every day can be Chinese New Year with a dancing dragon that your child can make at home.