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With some cookie dough and ordinary household objects, let your kindergartener explore how fossil imprints are made.

Teach your kindergartener or first grader about the art of correspondence by guiding them to create their own postcards out of favorite family photographs.

Your child can use Styrofoam, green paint and toothpicks to create her own cactus plant sculpture.

Your child will create a textured mosaic by painting, then arranging 50 pumpkin seeds so they resemble a pumpkin.

This Valentine's Day, learn a little more about the organ that keeps everything in your body going--the heart!

To help your child turn a critical eye to his own school performance, and motivate him to take responsibility, make a progress portfolio!

Give your first grader reading and writing practice with this fun, practical postcard that will also help with spelling strategies.

Kids learn about pointillism as they make their own self-portrait in the style of famed American artist Chuck Close.

Science fair project that tests whether cats have a preference for organic food.

This activity helps your teen write his very own adventurous epic poem, featuring an imagined hero.

Have a kid who loves to bead, but can't seem to keep them all in one place? Use those loose beads to craft a decorative wind chime.

Turn any sunny summer day into a fun and special occasion by having a watermelon seed spitting contest!

In this activity, your child will be given images that portray different perspectives or emotions. Your child will practice empathy by coloring and drawing what each person may have been thinking or feeling.

In this activity, your child will explore the difference between boredom and curiosity in building greater attentiveness and happiness in the present moment.

Cultivating resilience is one of the most important ways we can overcome challenges and reach our goals. In this activity, children will explore the concept of resilience and then create a video to explain and teach resilience to others.

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

This uniquely cute Easter bunny craft will give your child practice tracing his handprint while repurposing a paper plate as the base for his bunny.

Hunt for natureâs treasure, the many different products made by trees!

This science fair project idea investigates emulsifiers that allow oil and vinegar to mix.

In this activity, students will create a peace treaty as a class and come up with guidelines for how they will manage conflict.

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

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

Help your child pick up spelling, alphabetical order, sight word practice, and reading fast with just simple clothespins and paint sticks.

Here's an activity that puts a new twist on a classic game. Help your first-grader create their own wooden word blocks and play sight word Jenga.

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day by painting the green Irish countryside in this 2nd grade arts and crafts activity.

Here's an arts and crafts activity for your preschool or pre-kindergarten child: make a tubescope out of a cardboard tube and colored and wax paper!

Repurpose those plastic shopping bags hiding in your house into a fun and exciting decoration your child can hang in her room!

Build up those kindergarten letter-sound reading skills...and create a whimsical, practical craft at the same time.

Kids practice their writing composition skills as they cut and paste nutsy headlines from old newspapers and write silly articles to go with them.

In this design challenge, your child will use building bricks to create a funny face. The activity instructions include question prompts thta can help guide your child through the creative process, and promote their problem-solving skills.