Try these story starters - creativity and sequencing skills combine to create wild stories that will have the whole family in stitches!

As your middle schooler writes a version of "The Gift of the Magi," he will practice creative writing as he reflects on image, sacrifice, love, and family.

This simple game isn't just a diversion, it teaches your child to identify the incorrect word within a familiar verse.

Why would you pay for pricey dolls at the store when your second grader can create and play with her own personalized set?

Get your hands on a concoction that breaks the rules about what's a solid and what's a liquid.

Your preschooler is familiar with the colors in their crayon box, but can they find these colors in the world? Take them on a scavenger hunt to find out!

Forget the measuring stick! This fun math activity uses a body part, your child's hand, as a ruler.

Decorate your porch or backyard with this unique fall craft!

An ancient form of writing gets new life in an activity designed to help your child read understand what life was like for early Native Americans.

Show your teen how to create silly limericks--cheery comic verses that probably originated in Limerick, Ireland--of her own.

Use real elastic to help your kindergartener learn to "stretch" and blend letters to read words.

Based upon traditional Indonesian Wayang puppets; kids will make their very own puppet in this activity, with movable arms that can be operated with sticks.

Who remembers their ancient Greek history? Here's a teen-friendly refresher course in the epic poem The Odyssey, as well as SAT vocabulary your teen can use.

During this chilly winter season, try this fun indoor craft with your preschooler to help him explore art concepts like shape, form and texture.

You've heard the expression "burn rubber" but do you know how heat affects rubber? Examine the impact of temperature on rubber in this fun science experiment.

Build your kindergartener's reading comprehension by making a classic box of objects that invite them into the books you're reading together.

Kids paint a still life of a vase of flowers using colors found side by side on the color wheel, just like Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers.

This science fair project investigates why the number of visible stars changes from place to place.

This science project has students study a group of volunteer liars actively lying to study the behavior of a lie. Students see if they can figure out the truth.

Get your child math and science savvy with this fun outdoor classification game. Using chalk, your child will classify what she sees in the natural world.

Create a graph based on the interests of family member's to see who has what in common. Your child will practice her math skills and get to know the family!

Your preschooler will not realize she's practicing her counting skills while playing with this interactive cereal abacus!

Rhyming helps kids better understand word structure. This silly game transforms rhymes into a mystery bag guessing game.

In this activity you and your child will learn about the African Americans that changed history in a fun quiz format.

Make water and clay play a little more scientific with this hands-on experiment that teaches displacement and shows how an object's shape affects its buoyancy.

Here's a fun way to learn about rhyme in songs and poetry, and to get your middle schooler writing some poetry of his own!

Silent "e" words are a big part of first grade phonics. Help them turn words like "hop" to "hope" in this action-packed, practical game.

Help your third grader author a lovely limerick in honor of Valentine's Day! He'll be delighted to compose and recite this nonsensical poem.

Here's a fun writing activity that will turn a Saturday trip to the local zoo into an all-out creativity bonanza.

Here's a household scavenger hunt that shows kids the natural sources behind everyday objects...and builds reading skills, too!