To help your child turn a critical eye to his own school performance, and motivate him to take responsibility, make a progress portfolio!

In these three games, children work on letter recognition skills with the help of some tape, music, and a few stuffed animal friends.

This science fair project discovers the causes, effects and practical applications of buoyancy and encourages technological advances.

Satisfy your kindergartener's fascination of different sounds with this easy science project, where they'll use their ears instead of their eyes to identify sounds!

Delight your first grader by combining a reading activity with a fun "tea party" as she unscrambles cut-up words in a tea bag to form sentences and stories.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to create a device that protects an egg when it is dropped from a height of about 10 feet.

The project determines which laundry detergent is best for cleaning clothes.

This science fair project idea determines which flower lasts the longest.

Can you dig it? This science experiment isn't for kids who like to keep their hands clean.

Start thinking about how the internet works by assembling an Ethernet cable of your own!

Follow this Colonial recipe for candied rose petals, and share the sweets with friends, family or classmates.

Hanukkah stamps help you decorate anything from cards to gifts to wrapping paper. Make your own Hanukkah stamps out of potatoes.

Plants and light seem to be good buddies, but how far does the friendship really go?

In this classic Ivory soap experiment, kids learn what happens to different types of soap in the microwave, and why!

Make your own wrapping paper with some materials from around the house. Try to make your own wrapping paper this year for a unique presentation for your gifts.

Understanding what forgiveness is and why it is important for friendships is a critical life skill. In this home activity, your child will learn about forgiveness and write a forgiveness letter to someone.

Study the impact of environment on seed germination among three materials: soil, paper towel, and cloth. Note when seeds germinate and how well they germinate

Learn about this simple machine and make a pulley of your own to use for fun science trials.

Do you think you could walk around upside down -- with your feet in the air and your head on the ground?

What exactly went on in a typical dinosaur family? Travel back to the Mesozoic Era and bring out your kid's creative side with this sequencing activity.

Create groups of volunteers based on frequency of playing video games. Compare driving records. Analyze data, interpret findings.

Learn about the factors that influence group conformity.

Celebrate Dia de los Muertos by baking pan de muerto. In this 5th-6th grade activity, your child will explore another culture while learning about baking.

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

The objective of this science fair project idea is to examine light refraction as it passes through liquid crystals.

Are you ready to pilot your own airplane? Well, then take to the skies with this high-flying project!

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

Learn how the focal length of a lens affects a magnifying glass's magnifying power in this cool science fair project idea for 8th grade.

In this science fair project, learn how a mineral streak is made and how it can help identify an unknown mineral.

If you have a small family or just aren't into the idea of cooking this year, treat your family to this decadent, aromatic chicken recipe.