Activities : Page 147

This game will help build your child's word bank as she competes with family members for the "Word of the Day" champion title.

This gooey, squishy recipe will introduce your second grader to the world of measurements without seeming like a lesson or a chore.

This handprint angel adds some sparkle to Christmas. Watch as your child's handprints turn into beautiful angel wings.

Feed your preschoolerâs love for all things transportation-related with this tasty and educational snack.

In this science fair project, students evaluate test subjects to determine if certain personality traits are more common in frequent users of social media.

Invite your child and a few friends to get crabby in this game of soccer with a twist: Instead of running, players "crab crawl" around the playing field.

Use the holiday gift giving season as an excuse to give your fourth grader a valuable lesson in making and keeping a budget!

This simple bookmaking activity will introduce and reinforce alphabet and number recognition skills that have been taught at home or learned in preschool.

Compare ability of selected materials to block UV-A radiation. Shine black light though glass at detecting beads underneath. Note color intensity.

Kids are acutely aware of what's "fair" and what's not. Here's a quirky way to teach your first grader the importance of voting and democracy.

This science fair project idea explores whether color affects a person's emotional state.

Help your child compose an alphabet poem about the season, and have them practice letters while awakening their creative writing skills, too!

Combine the science of physics with the fun of playing spy. Your young detective can make his own tiny looking glass. It's simple to make!

Grow potatoes in a plastic bag—easy to grow and harvest, and yummy to eat!

Give your child some hands-on experience mixing autumn colors. All you need is a large piece of white paper and tempera paint.

This fun outdoor game will help your child develop her addition and subtraction skills and teach her basic arithmetic while keeping her active.

Find out which kind of bubble wrap fares best when put in impact.

Show your fourth grader how to make a delicate, dried flower bookmark with flowers native to their neighborhood.

Help your child create a gift set perfect for all the tea drinkers in their life.

This science fair project idea provides evidence that air is everywhere and takes up space.

What chromosome combinations determine a fetus gender? Use probability to think about whether a sperm and ovum will create a male or female in this project.

Next time you're headed out on the road with your fourth grader, try this alphabet-geography game that the whole family can play.

Here's a review of some common (and commonly confused) grammar terms, as well as a quick activity to apply them to reading and writing.

Science fair project that demonstrates the process known as refraction, which allows glasses and contact lenses to help people with poor vision.

Determine which environment keeps an ice cube frozen for the longest duration. Inspect and record your observations when cubes melt.

This middle school project examines the strength of horizontal versus vertical pointing eggshells.

Young scientists will investigate people's preferences for saltiness, and make some inferences about genetics and diet.

Transform a paper coffee cup into an adorable Easter bunny gift basket in this second grade arts and crafts activity.

Science fair project that determines whether brain size is correlated with intelligence.

Is your precocious third grader a Shakespeare in the making? Challenge her growing vocabulary with a group game that rewards her wordy ways