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

Help your child get to know the least-appreciated of the five senses, the sense of smell, with a smelling station.

This science fair project demonstrates the principles of reflection through simple experiments involving mirrors and light.

Lacing is a great way to practice hand-eye coordination, which helps with writing. Turn it into a fun preschool art project, by stringing up some ABCs!

Most kids love to play spy. Here's a way to have fun with mysterious codes while mastering an ordinary, necessary skill: first grade spelling.

Run, jump, and skip your way to physical fitness as your exercise with dice! It's a perfect party or family game.

Using homemade felt alphabet letters and 26 colorful pictures, your preschooler will have a great time as they practice recognizing letters and their sounds.

Representing the story in a visual way makes it easier for your child to compare the traits of various characters.

Help your child measure breezy weather in her environment by making a wind vane for kids, a simple version of the classic scientific measurement tool.

With a handful of craft supplies, your fourth grader can capture some of the artistic magic of the ancient Maya.

Test for a correlation between perceived color and heart rate. Using a stethoscope and stop watch, measure the heart rate (beats per minute) of volunteers.

Test ability to distinguish between natural and artificial aromatherapy oils. Select fragrance, natural and synthetic sample. Volunteers state preference.

This science project has students study the idea of human beauty.

Your child can create his very own pine forest covered in snow and learn some forest vocabulary too!

Here's a fun activity that will help your child become familiar with both punctuation marks...by using pasta shapes!

Boost your preschooler's math and verbal skills by having her participate in simple, fun activities that teach her how to sort, count, and categorize objects.

Give your first grader reading and writing practice with this fun, practical postcard that will also help with spelling strategies.

In this activity, you will create a magical box to help your child learn her letter sounds. Here's how to play the Abracadabra learning game!

Here's a review of simile, metaphor, and personification, and a fun, creative writing activity to make things like metaphor a piece of cake!

Test the effects of left and right handedness on writing speed and penmanship. Volunteers hand-copy the same paragraph of text, which samples look neater?

In this real-world exercise about the Teal Pumpkin Project, your child will create a persuasive poster to spread the word about the project in the hopes of convincing people to offer non-food trinkets this Halloween season.

Research history of programming language. Design a new or improved programming language. Create a display that illustrates the features and improvements.

Create a colorful, informative display that illustrates the properties of blood cells. Prepare slides using samples of fresh raw beef or chicken bone marrow.

Study the effect of music on blood pressure. Compare blood pressure readings before and after the listening session. Analyze results, write a detailed report.

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

This activity will put those Halloween treats to good use by using candy corn to help your child with her subtraction skills.

Make a hand-decorated pillowcase to help ease the bedtime battle so that everyone can get a night of sweet dreams.

Use Wallace Steven's "13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird" to inspire your middle school teen to sketch and free-write a poem with shifting perspective.

Encourage your third-grader to create a reverse glass painting. This will help him learn art concepts and improve his critical thinking skills.

Celebrate Read Across America Day with your first grader by playing a pink crepe paper racing game inspired by Dr. Seuss's book "The Cat in the Hat Come Back."