Here's an activity to help your first grader read and write, while staying in touch with a faraway friend or relative. Here's how:

Need help teaching your child to sequence and organize information? Creating this graphic organizer will help your child see what happened before and after.

Study the effect of music on random rote memory. Examine the practical application of music in learning and education.

This science fair project idea examines the reason boats are shaped and engineered.

This fun art activity will get your child's creative juices flowing and will teach her about shapes, pattern and texture along the way.

Here's a fun activity to help build thinking skills in young first grade scientists, and to encourage them to have a blast exploring the mass and volume.

In this fun project, use a memory game to test various age groups and determine whether aging directly affects short-term memory loss.

This project examines the vulnerability of fruit flies, Drosophila melanigaster, to irradiation. Will exposure result in mutations?

Kokeshi dolls have been around since the 17th century, and now your child can recreate a piece of Japanese history and culture right at home.

Assemble your own stylish spider ring this Halloween using pipe cleaners and googly eyes!

Ever wonder how those kooky kazoos work? Get to know the science behind this silly instrument by making your very own kazoo!

Bubble wrap is fun to pop, but it's also fun to paint with! Paint a pretty seascape using bubble wrap as your brush.

This project is a great way to explore variations in how to paint using watercolor.

In this science fair project, young children notice and track changes in trees throughout the year.

Help your child get a grasp on what it was like to build gigantic ancient structures with this easy engineering activity about science and physics.

Do this experiment to help your first grader understand how salt can be removed from salt water. All it takes are a few household materials.

Make an edible play dough with your child to help her develop her sensory and motor skills.

Try this preschool arts and crafts activity: make an over-sized stuffed plaything out of butcher paper and wadded-up newspaper.

Celebrate autumn by making a beautiful pastel art piece with corn as its theme.

It’s the season for falling leaves, fall colors, and corn! Use this easy activity to help your child make some amazing paintings. They can use their math skills to design patterns for cards, paper, presents and more!

Have your child make a giant red poppy out of tissue paper in remembrance of the brave soldiers who served, especially those who died serving their countries.

This experiment will explore if a randomly iterated algorithm will result in a pattern.

Help your budding artist construct this paper chain caterpillar craft, inspired by the intelligent bug from "Alice in Wonderland."

Bring the magic and mystery of the night sky to the light of day with this fun constellation art project!

Draw some inspiration from pop artist Roy Lichtenstein and create a bright, bold comic-style image.

Help middle schoolers use maps, math, and history for some Fourth of July fun.