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Does your kid love crafts AND food? Teach him to paint with natural dyes from food! He'll be amazed that food can be made into art, just like in ancient times.

In this experiment you observe and determine how well your cat uses his whiskers to navigate through a maze.

Is your kid indecisive about what he wants to be when he grows up? Instead of concentrating on just one dream, encourage him to explore the possibilities.

To reach goals and gain accomplishments, you have to have a plan for success. This activity will help your child to create goals for the upcoming school year.

Help your child observe Veterans Day by having him create a paper chain American flag; it's a fun and crafty way to show your patriotism.

Inspire young anthropologists with this 5th grade art project: make patterned pottery in the Anasazi style! All you need are a paper plate and markers to start.

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with a rainbow card filled with three dimensional four leaf clovers!

Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

This heart print makes the perfect simple and sweet gift for Valentine's Day!

In this arts and crafts activity, boost your kindergartener's letter recognition and reading skills by helping her create a paper word quilt.

All you need is chalk and pavement to set up this silly, fun, and practical game that reinforces important vocabulary.

Help your second grader understand compound words by doing this fast, goofy three legged race.

The rock cycle will come alive for your child when he uses broken crayons to create the three basic rock types.

Encourage your child to practice skip counting by turning number patterns into this fun and interactive game of catch.

Here's an arts and crafts activity for preschoolers and pre-kindergarteners: build brick buildings with homemade mud bricks made from dirt and water.

Draw letter people with your child to help her take a closer look at the letters, and see the differences between them.

Work on measurement by sliding cards along a table with your second grader in this fun game. Use centimeters or inches, add up your totals, and see who's won!

This project examines what types of objects burn and which burn faster and cleaner.

This science fair project idea explores whether people have an innate feel for the passing of time from a few seconds to 20 minutes.

Celebrate your little one's move to big kid school by throwing a very special graduation party complete with friends, crafts, and lots of energetic fun.

In this project, build an insect model that shows how the head, thorax, and abdomen fit together! Learn insect anatomy by constructing a paper mache critter.

Collect a bag of treasures on a nature walk and use them to create a sensational tactile masterpiece!

Got a kid who loves fashion? Help her develop her own unique style with this tie-dye project using natural dyes.

Teach your child how butter is created by shaking up cream the old-fashioned way.

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

Brighten up your home with this fun activity! Make a summer sun print and teach your child the art of easy print making.

This copying game is like a hopped up version of Simon Says, but it lets kids use their bodies to practice patterning, a key skill in early math.

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.

Challenge your child with this exciting 2D to 3D project using a sheet of construction paper, oil pastels, and scissors.

This activity turns kids into word detectives - scouring their way through documents in search of their prey.