Activities : Page 131

Make a paper jack-o'-lantern treat bucket this Halloween! While crafting, your kid will learn about the process of creating self-standing sculptural objects.

Here's a delicious activity that lets your preschooler or pre-kindergartener prepare her own fun and healthy snack using cookie cutters.

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

Get your child cooking with this easy side dish from the Bahamas.

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

Turn an abstract lesson into a practical craft with the fun and colorful creation of dough earth layers!

With just a handful of ingredients and some leftover mashed potatoes from dinner the night before, your child can make this simple and healthy soup.

This engaging project encourages young children to practice and refine the important scientific skills of sorting and classification.

Check out this fun and easy-to-play guessing game that will build your child's geometry vocabulary.

Hone fine motor skills by having your kid create a jack-o'-lantern fiber arts project. They'll lace sheets of paper together to create a 3-D stuffed pumpkin.

Get into the Christmas spirit with this fun and messy finger painting activity. This fun activity will light up the day like holiday lights!

Conduct a simple experiment with your child to study how dirt tracks change as they age in this 1st grade science activity.

Here's a guide to starting a community clean-up project from scratch.

In this science fair experiment about recycling, demonstrate how the wax from a candle can be reused to make another candle.

Score a bull's eye with this cool science fair project on horizontal projectile motion. Guide a marble to its target and predict its trajectory using math!

This easy at-home experiment is a great way to "see" science.

In this activity, your child will develop her sensory awareness and build important math skills while having fun outdoors.

Want a fun way to teach your kid to tell time? Making a plate clock is a great way for him to learn how to tell time in a way he'll actually find exciting.

This yarn heart is a rustic Valentine's Day decoration that will bring some heartfelt cheer to your home. Make a yarn heart with your little Valentine.

In this preschool counting game, kids learn to count with their fingers, but without their eyes!

Give your child a chance to feel like important airport personnel and learn a whole host of skills while he's at it!

Science fair project that demonstrates the principle of conservation of mass by conducting a chemical reaction inside a sealed Ziploc bag.

Engage your preschool children's senses by discovering nature and geography on a walk through the neighborhood.

Let your third grader newscaster practice presentation skills with this video "card" to celebrate Dad this Father's Day!

If your child likes Creamsicles, he'll love this punch. With its bright orange hue, it's perfect for a Halloween party, or summer barbecue.

Even the most reluctant beginning writers love to experiment with the "cliffhanger."

This activity creatively guides students in reflecting on and understanding what's happening inside of themselves at any given point.

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

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

This simple way to help your child understand story problems begins as a quick activity and turns into a study tool for years to come!