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Help your preschooler or preschooler with shape recognition, math, and matching by creating your own personal shapes cards, good for home or car.

This activity will help generate ideas for your child to write about...without the moans and groans!

If your kid likes to color, you probably know all too well that crayons go quickly. Put those crayon stubs to use by creating colorful ironed wax paper art!

Help your preschooler craft her very own announcement to celebrate the special transition to "big kids" school!

Here's a fun activity to show your child how to use prefixes and root words to "root out" the meaning of a word!

In kindergarten, your child spent lots of time counting things one by one. But in first grade, he'll need to be able to count in groups, especially by fives.

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.

This fun arts and crafts activity will help your child learn about the colors of the different seasons through the art of relief sculpture.

Learn how to make paper Christmas trees with this simple craft. See how to make paper Christmas trees and celebrate the holiday season.

Parts of speech can be a difficult and dreary concept for many kids, but you can quickly turn that feeling around with this fun game.

This delicious recipe is one that both kids with and without gluten sensitivity will love! A familiar classic is reworked into a healthy snack.

Looking for way to help Japan? Start by making paper cranes! Learn how you and your child can show your support for Japan through the art of origami.

Making personalized postcards out of meaningful photographs is a fun, rainy day project.

Help your child learn the language of mathematics through cupcakes with this fun counting activity.

Make grammar interesting for kinders, with this fun take on charades. They'll practice verbs and get in some giggles, too!

Show your child how to paint in true Georgia O'Keeffe style. He'll enjoy painting art inspired by a master, and boost his math skills, too.

Say vi-she-SWAH. It's time for some comfort food, French style. Cook this classic French soup with your child on a cool winter day.

Help your child practice multiplication tables with this mental and physical multitasking game that uses a hula hoop to get into the swing of things.

Kids get to play mad scientist in this wacky drawing game that's a great way to help kids to mellow out after the high-energy antics of recess.

Give your fourth grader a head start in poetry with a simile writing activity that guides him in crafting a cute poem about the beloved family pet.

Learn about how to write a couplet poem in this easy introduction to the classic poetry style.

Explore the positive and negative shapes of a piece of fruit or a vegetable by doing a contour cut-out drawing.

One of the most beautiful parts of every cathedral is the stained glass window above the entrance, called a Rose window. Your child can create his own!

Make a paper floral bouquet for Mother's Day that looks as beautiful as real flowers and will last much longer!

These decorative vampire bat baskets make for the perfect Halloween party favors, and they're fun for you and your child to make!

Baked rather than fried, these sweet potato fries are a healthier alternative to classic French fries.

Invite your kid to decorate your family's ordinary coffee mugs with brightly colored beaded rings!

You may have a future Van Gogh, Picasso, or Warhol on your hands! Challenge your teen to reproduce her favorite painting with a brand new medium.

Save money by having your tween rock these homemade jeggings, a good craft for a lazy afternoon.

Blend art and science in this hands-on activity that shows your kindergartener how primary colors combine to make secondary colors.