Activities : Page 167

Make pickled carrots at home! Here's a fun activity to get your child in the kitchen and make something special with no fuss or muss.

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.

Design a hearing protection device to protect their ears from loud noises. Examine the properties of current protective hearing devices, materials.

Explore the great outdoors and make lasting memories with your child in this fun fall activity! Children will make a decorative piece with the leaves they collect and develop their fine and gross motor skills through cutting and coloring.

Encourage your future voter and current patriot to get in on election fever by making his very own voting button.

Most parents probably wouldn't mind subtracting 8-9 years off their age. Here's a fun third grade subtraction activity that may do just that.

Time to look at our faces! Are they symmetrical or asymmetrical? Find out in this science fair project idea.

Create a dazzling window display with cut stars with this fun first grade holiday activity.

Explore the belief in astrology as a predictive system.

Use these monster party ideas to throw a spooky monster bash. Try these monster party ideas when planning your next Halloween or birthday party.

Help motivate your child to become a more avid and consistent reader by creating a train-themed reading chart that can serve as a visual reminder of their progress.

People have identification cards, why not pets? Make an ID card for your family pet, a fun activity that also gives your child some writing practice.

Is your kid all bent out of shape? Try out some trendy dog yoga, or "doga," with your pet dog!

Research what is known about Alzheimer's disease and its treatment, and then prepare a script for television to educate the public.

In this activity, children learn about artistic portraiture by creating a life-sized painting of their favorite creature.

Hisss! Make a snake pet from a recycled cardboard tube! Transport your child into nature with this fun and easy craft.

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

Here's a great homemade card idea that supports fine motor skills and creativity in addition to introducing your child to the art of quilling.

Teach your little one to appreciate all the best things in life with a keepsake Thanksgiving plate.

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

Fix a yummy fruit and chocolate quesadilla. It'll give your kid a chance to boost his fine motor skills while making a snack the whole family will enjoy.

Help your child harness her feelings about a favorite city, by using her city knowledge to produce a poetic composition.

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

The next time your child decides he needs to press restart on his wardrobe, don't ship his clothes off to Goodwill so fast.

This science fair project idea determines whether volunteers remember more information presented orally or visually or kinesthetically.

Science fair project that determines whether windmills can be designed so that birds will not feed on them. Will they discriminate between different patterns?

Young chefs can whip up this simple stir fry featuring tender strips of rib eye in a savory oyster sauce faster than you can order take out.

Boost creativity with this simple activity where kids make up biographies of people they find in old magazines.

Children build a "Loving Kindness Garden" to represent what they have learned about love, mindfulness, and caring for others in community.