Help your child learn the language of mathematics through cupcakes with this fun counting activity.

This hands-on activity will introduce your third grader to the concepts of positive and negative space as she makes a shamrock!

Consult astronomers for opinions and advice. Devise a mathematical argument regarding the probability of other planets supporting extra-terrestrial life.

Use marbles and paint to explore the wild world of shapes and color...and build writing strength, too.

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

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.

Help your child learn the parts of speech! Start with adjectives and have your child describe Santa Claus to someone who has never heard of him.

Research fruits and their ripening stages, follow and document the different stages. Analyze what causes fruit to continue ripening after being picked.

Determine the effect of homework on academic performance. Collect grade info at the end of a semester, determine correlation between grades, amount of homework

Ordinary drinking straws are fun for drinking juice and even for spitballs when you're not looking, but also fabulous for learning first grade math.

Invite your fourth grader--and her friends--to channel their inner rock stars as they make their own choreographed music video.

In this science fair project, apply the principles of leverage and force by building six simple machines designed to set weights in motion.

Bring back the groovy memories by making shrinky dinks using household materials, while learning about the science of plastics. Here's how to get started:

The goal of this science fair project is to demonstrate current methods of detecting counterfeit money, in particular counterfeit detection pens.

The aim of this science fair project is to examine the differences between brands of bottled water and analyze consumer preferences through a taste test.

Here's a delightful kindergarten project that will boost your child's reading and writing skills--and make for a happy time on a rainy day, too.

Have a bookworm on your hands? They'll boost their spelling and problem solving skills with this Oulipo activity re-writing lyrics to beloved Christmas songs!

On Father's Day, delight Dad--and stretch your early reader, too!--with this adorable ABC book of "Fun with Dad."

Take a trip to the pet store and then make a scrapbook to help your kindergartener learn the difference between living and non living things!

This very physical game gets math off the page and into the real world-- and it works on number sense and estimation, key skills for kindergarten readiness.

Here's an activity to help your first grader read and write, while staying in touch with a faraway friend or relative. Here's how:

Store seeds under three different environmental conditions. Plant seeds in carefully marked groups, watch them grow. Compare results.

Learn all about colors with the best teachers of all -- cupcakes!

Research historic methods of food preservation. Analyze alternative recipes and techniques of food preservation. Document success with photographs.

In this activity, your child will learn how to spruce up her bike with an original license plate!

Pasta makes a good dinner, but it can also be used to teach proper letter formation! In this easy crafts activity, you'll use pasta and glue to form letters.

Help your student memorize the vocabulary needed to excel in geometry. This fun Tic-Tac-Toe game focuses on terms used when working with circles.

Identifying angles may sound intimidating, but with this exercise, you can turn your child into an expert angler in no time!

Research optical illusions and human auras. Understand why the probable cause of perception is mach bands.

Riddles about two trains passing in the night are often featured on SAT tests. Help break these problems down into five easy steps.