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Movement activities are crucial for developing minds and bodies. Animal movements, in particular, encourage children to think about their own body mechanics in comparison with animals they may have observed.

How can you tell the difference between a spider and an insect? Your child will find out as he makes a tray of yummy creepy crawly snacks.

Give your child a taste of life in Civil War era America by mixing up a batch of old-fashioned cornbread, adapted from a 19th century recipe.

Here's a simple science activity that will help your child better understand how wells bring us water.

Make meringues with your first grader and see how states of matter can transform before your very eyes. Here's how:

Children will practice mindfulness through a short guided practice, reflect on the practices that support peace, and then will build a "peace garden."

Show your fourth grader how to see her heart in action. Make a simple device out of a drinking straw and clay to help her spot the movement of her pulse!

This homemade alphabet game will keep your kindergartener on his toes and help him practice letter, numbers, and taking turns. The whole family can participate!

Support your first grader's counting and reading skills while laughing and running in this fun playground game.

Use this interactive activity to help your third-grade child develop vocabulary skills and make a flipbook.

Help your child get the hang of reading with this fun activity. Here's how to make a spinning phonics wheel out of two paper plates.

This experiment uses a yeast solution, liquid detergent, and hydrogen peroxide to produce an exciting reaction like no other!

Teach your child the value of hard work with this adorable hen craft, based on the hardworking heroine from the classic folktale "The Little Red Hen."

Sure, your kid may already be a Picasso with a paintbrush, but even fancy artists need a new challenge.

This alphabet bottle is fun to make and a great activity to keep your child busy, while helping them recognize letters in a creative way.

Find out which type of sponge holds the most water.

Add a flourish of flowers to your dining table with simple and creative sponge art!

This imaginative art activity will help your child to better understand symmetry and explore color and shape.

Get your kids to give you a hand in the kitchen--literally!--by making fun grilled cheese sandwiches decorated with their handprints.

Try this kindergarten arts and crafts activity and sneak in a little extra nutrition this holiday season: make a mashed potato snowman sculpture!

Not all snowmen are made of ice. This popcorn snowman tastes like the holiday season and also makes a cute decoration on any dining table.

Does your child know that salt water conducts electricity? This simple experiment will show how salt water acts as a conductor to electrical currents.

Is it magic? No...it's the amazing, gravity-defying capillary action experiment! Kids will love this dramatic and enlightening science fair project.

Experiment with buoyancy to learn how a submarine rises and sinks in this classic science experiment.

Say thanks this Thanksgiving by surprising a friend, a teacher or a grandparent with this paper plate turkey which doubles as a festive wall hanging.

Make a phonics paper egg to help your child build up his reading and writing skills.

Free science fair project idea that measures change in flexibility with age, using a variety of flexibility tests like Sit & Reach.

Make math fun and easy with this activity that challenges your child to use their addition and multiplication skills to win a race!

Back-to-back breathing is a great way to practice self-calming while also creating connection and developing trust.

Collect 26 rocks and paint each one with a letter of the alphabet for your very own alphabet rock collection.