Check out these fun toothpick puzzles that are easy to set up and will give your kid an opportunity to practice all-important spatial reasoning skills.

Here's how you and your teen can stage your own formal debateâbeyond arguing why chores are unethical! Formal debates improve teens' critical thinking skills.

Play with, explore, and describe everyday objects with your preschooler to get her ready to learn basic math skills and concepts.

Try these story starters - creativity and sequencing skills combine to create wild stories that will have the whole family in stitches!

Here's an easy activity that will help your preschooler improve his number recognition and math skills while satisfying his afternoon hunger.

In this activity your little one will throw a beanbag at a numbered target to help improve their number recognition skills.

Try this brand name phonics activity to help your child build up his language arts skills.

Start a kids' reading club in your neighborhood to enhance your child's literacy and social skills.

Help your preschooler create ice cube bead necklaces to cool off while practicing gross motor skills and sequencing, and discussing states of matter.

Try this patterned story activity with your kindergartener to help her build up her reading and writing skills using some of her favorite books from preschool.

This refreshing salad is tasty and chock full of fresh veggies! Your child will hone her slicing skills as she makes this delicious dish.

Your child can brush up on her math skills by charting the length of time that each candle on the menorah takes to burn.

While you are waiting for the real stuff, this activity lets your child play in pretend "snow" while practicing reading skills and learning about magnets.

Science fair project that studies how perfumes are made in order to determine how we can capture a scent.

Take a fun and simple look at the concept of parallel lines with your child. This art activity is great for fine motor skills and perfect for Valentine's Day!

Get your preschooler or kindergartener into the holiday spirit by making a holiday instrument that will improve his fine motor skills and sense of rhythm.

Make your own personalized set of letter flash cards to get him thinking about the alphabet while boosting his fine motor skills in the process.

Based on the popular "I Spy" game, this activity lets your kid practice important skills like number identification and place value.

This felt pie craft not only teaches sewing skills, but is a sneaky introduction to elementary math standards like geometry, measurement and estimation.

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.

This simple Veterans Day craft is a great way to have your kid work on her drawing skills and put her vocabulary to the test too!

How many steps long is the hallway? Kids put their graph-making skills to work as they make a step map of their own house.

In this game, your child and his friends will need to use their observational skills as they try to figure out who's got the peanut!

Help your first grader gain new reading skills in this fun, homemade phonics game that the whole family can enjoy!

Palindromes are a fun and silly way to practice writing skills. Challenge your child to come up with as many palindromes as she can in this crazy activity!

This goofy pasta clown sculpture will help your child develop his small muscle skills and think creatively while decking it out with a colorful circus outfit.

Watch your fifth grader hone his basic kitchen and measuring skills as he helps you whip up a batch of this soothing, savory soup.

In this activity, your first grader will practice calendar skills, observe the weather and learns to read calendar words. Here's how to get started:

Want to help your child develop stronger numeracy skills and make your dice games even more fun? Try creating some googly-eyed funny dice.

This hunting game is just as fun outdoors as it is inside. And while they'll never suspect they're learning, it helps kids develop listening skills, too!