Help your fifth grader or middle school teenager transform spice tins into fridge magnets and pencil holders in this arts and crafts activity.

Inspire young anthropologists with this 5th grade art project: make patterned pottery in the Anasazi style! All you need are a paper plate and markers to start.

This alphabet hunt is pure pirate-loving fun. And it gives kids practice in learning to recognize letters and sounds-- a key skill for reading readiness.

Challenge your child to an exciting race across the pool and engage them in a game of Cruise Ship. Grab some plastic figures, hop in the pool, and you're set.

This science fair project challenges students to research vortices occurring in nature and then create their own vortex.

Teach your child about jesters as she makes her very own jester hat.

Examine the presence of seeds in open fields. Collect seeds on socks by walking through open fields of grass or other growth. Germinate seeds on socks

An ancient form of writing gets new life in an activity designed to help your child read understand what life was like for early Native Americans.

Spark your child's interest in current events by encouraging them to write a letter to the U.S. president.

Use popcorn in this tasty experiment to explore the five senses at home with your kindergartener!

This science fair project idea investigates if webbed feet help a duck (and others) swim.

Teach your child how to create lots and lots of line designs by wrapping string around wooden blocks, and using them to create line-filled prints.

Learn about the ancient art of Japanese calligraphy with this New Year's activity about kakizome.

Have a lot of loose buttons lying around the house? Here are four ways to turn those loose buttons into an easy and positive learning experience. Button up!

This fudge cookie recipe is incredibly easy for even the youngest kids to follow. Plus, it makes a great gift when you're looking to wrap up something sweet.

Our heart card is a little piece of modern art that makes a great Valentine's Day gift for a creative friend. Make a heart card using paper, paint, and marbles.

In this triptych, 3 piece panel artwork, your child will represent an apple in three different ways. What will he discover about how he looks at the world?

St. Patrick's Day may be all about the 'luck" of the Irish, but this project encourages your child to share her personal experience with luck.

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

Has your kid noticed how much bigger the moon looks when it's low in the sky? Here's an activity you can do to show them that it's just an optical illusion.

Make these homemade friendship pencils for a party or the beginning of school and have a stylish writing utensil that kids will love trading.

Guessing is more than pure fun, it's also a key part of kindergarten math. Here's a fun way to bring estimation to the breakfast table.

Encourage your child to take in the tastes, smells, sights, sounds and textures of the year's spookiest holiday with a sensory poem!

Fireworks are such an exciting part of part of summer festivities, but it's sad when the show is over. Keep them alive all year long with watercolor fireworks.

Button art gets your child to make a pretty silhouette out of buttons. Make button art on Valentine's Day and any craft-filled day you'd like.

Enjoy the beauty of winter from the comfort of your home with this first grade art activity: make sparkly snowflake sculptures using modeling clay and glitter.

Classic meatloaf gets a healthy update with quinoa in place of breadcrumbs.

Give an old tin can a new life by transforming it into an organizer for your child's room in this middle school arts and crafts activity.

In this activity, your kid will cut rectangles, circles and triangles to create a portrait of the jolliest man of them all: Santa Claus!

This St. Patrick's-themed color game reinforces your kindergartener's recognition of green objects, and also gives her reading and listening skills a work out.