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In this activity, your child will be challenged to use simple materials to create a catapult for a small, lightweight toy.

This third grade writing activity brings home the lesson: it's not only what you write that's important, but how you write it, too.

Along with being an interesting science activity, dehydrated strawberries are also tasty â and healthy!

Play this hidden number game with your preschooler that will give her a leg up in learning numbers.

Boost creativity and writing skills by having your child come up with his own Gourmet S'mores recipe!

Create some flying bats with your little one this Halloween season. This activity is a great way for your little one to learn about symmetry.

Get ready for leftovers with an adorable turkey lunch bag! This recycled craft is a great way to remind everyone how much fun they had on Thanksgiving.

Help your child explore this ancient art technique with the help of some tinfoil, black paint and the end of a paintbrush!

Help your child appreciate grandparents, history, and societal changes while making a poster handmade, heartfelt grandparent's day craft.

In this fun fall-themed activity, your child will design and decorate a pumpkin based on a picture book. After completing their pumpkin, they’ll write a short story about a new adventure related to their picture book.

Make “teal the new orange” this Halloween season! Help your child learn about the Teal Pumpkin Project and paint the color teal on a pumpkin to advertise that your family will offer non-food toys as a treat, or “trinket” option.

This activity will inspire adults and kids alike to take time to explore the beauty in their community and discover the colors of fall while developing their descriptive and creative writing skills!

Spice up a traditional watercolor painting project with magazine cutout letters that spell out your favorite poem.

This scavenger hunt game is simple, but it's fun, and it will arm your children with the directional vocabulary they should master in time for kindergarten.

Want to play publisher for a day? Become a book jacket illustrator for this creative and fun project.

Help your teen show Mom how much he loves her through song ... with her very own CD!

In this free science fair project idea, we learn about surface tension and how it can support mass—in this case, a floating paper clip.

Pizza for breakfast? Celebrate Father's Day with a fun filled cooking treat.

In this activity, children will let their imagination run wild as they design and build a new planet in the solar system.

Who says you have to buy your toys at the toy store? In this activity, you can plan and build a pretend play city entirely out of recycled materials.

Transform your uncomfortable wooden shoes into charming mini planters!

Help your kindergartener recognize the signs of the season with a winter scavenger hunt.

This butterfly costume comes together in under an hour and is perfect for your little trick-or-treater. Make this butterfly costume for Halloween or play time.

In this free science fair project, learn how to separate salt from water using heat. A great science project for elementary school kids.

Give your third grader a head start in language arts by teaching her an alliteration lesson with this Santa Claus-themed writing project.

What could be more fun than doing sidewalk art? How about making your own colored sidewalk chalk!

Did you know magnifying glasses are magic? This hands-on activity has kids using magnifying glasses to engage with the world around them and look close to examine what they find.

Tree rings can tell the age of the tree but also information about the world. This science experiment uses tree stumps to discover new facts.

This hands-on activity that involves arranging pieces of yarn will teach your pre-K child the concept of ordering items by length in an interesting way.

Let your child explore the concept of sculpture with marshmallows and pretzels to form an edible sculpture!