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This holiday season, don't forget the many delights of "cookie science"! Here's a confection we especially like.

The goal of this science fair project is to identify the galactic center of the milky way using globular clusters, as found through Google Earth.

With just a handful of ingredients and some leftover mashed potatoes from dinner the night before, your child can make this simple and healthy soup.

Celebrate the season of flowers with a homemade vase budding with blooms of the season. Filled with the warmth of a sunny day, it's just the thing for spring.

Want to help your child learn more about his community while boosting creativity? Set up a post office play station right in your very own home!

Celebrate Chinese New Year by teaching your child how to use chopsticks! She'll build her math and fine motor skills as she does this activity.

Help your preschooler to create this artful reminder of home for the first days of school. Using family photos your child can collage a memento of home.

Your child can learn more about traditional Irish cooking this St. Patrickâs Day by making some apple barley pudding â a real tasty treat!

Here is a quick experiment you can conduct at the playground to introduce or reinforce the concept of Newton's First Law, The Law of Inertia.

In this activity your little one will throw a beanbag at a numbered target to help improve her number recognition skills.

Learn about the power of exponents. The objective of this science fair project is to explore and understand how exponents are used.

Use your kindergartener's handprint to create a sweet and personalized apple craft.

Try this arts and crafts activity with your preschooler: make bread from yeast dough to teach her about the science behind bread baking.

Introduce your child to the importance of preserving the world's biodiversity by turning a lesson on endangered species into a fun game for the whole family.

Help your preschooler practice observing and experimenting with this exciting activity where they'll get to examine objects below the water's surface!

This Father's Day, give dad something he'll really appreciate: a book about him, written by his favorite author...his son or daughter!

Spark your child's interest in ancient history by making a round shield like the ones carried by hoplites, Ancient Greek citizen-soldiers.

Help your child learn about the science of color mixing and primary and secondary colors with this experimental art activity.

Your child will love making this adorable clover clock that will help him learn how to tell time.

Looking for a way to engage your child with an interest in family history, or boost his writing? This is a great writing and storytelling activity.

Show your child how to construct a homemade thermometer. It's hands-on fun and a great way to learn about this important instrument!

Play a phonics scavenger hunt no matter where you are. This game will have your child sounding out words and finding letter sounds in the objects around them.

Invite your kindergartener to explore the bright new world of measurement by starting out with nonstandard (and tasty!) units, such as gummy bears or worms.

This unexpected art project is sure to result in a Picasso-esque jumble of imagination that will teach your kid about shapes, colors, and abstract form!

Have your child construct his own Christmas tree from construction paper while cutting, overlapping and measuring to create an adorable modern design.

Your child will create an adorable Christmas tree from their footprint and practice counting while decorating their tree with objects of a variety of textures.

Sharing can be a challenge, and division doubly so! Practice halving numbers in this competitive card game.

Bring the classic game of "Red Rover" up to date with color and shape recognition skills for your child.

Here's a color matching game that is perfect for winter! Your child will race against the clock to assemble the name of a color with its matching parts.

Simplify fractions with your child in this fast-paced math card game.