Got the pre-writing blues? Try this simple five-finger technique to help your second grader develop a sequenced plan for her early compositions.

Make a Santa-shaped "wish card" holder for your child...and sneak in some solid practice in reading and writing, too!

Maracas are most commonly found in music around the world. Introduce your child to percussion and rhythm with this easy-to-make instrument.

Here's a fun activity to reinforce simple short and long vowel words for your first grader.

A fun, life science sxperiment idea idea involving strategies for keeping birds away from crops using a distress call. What kind of distress call works best?

Meant to be fun and inspiring, Oulipo N+7 challenges writers to create new writing, use language and enriches vocabulary, spelling and critical thinking.

Use a basic tape recorder and some favorite books to help your first grader read smoothly--and make someone's day in the process!

Create your own set of alphabet blocks: you can make just a few or all 26.

Here's a quick look at the Hamlet, the classic Shakespearean tragedy, as well as useful SAT vocabulary to give your teen a leg up in English class and beyond.

Here's a fun activity that will help your child become familiar with both punctuation marks...by using pasta shapes!

In this experiment, your middle schooler will chart the effects of oil on a feather in order to grasp the tragic effects of oil spills on wildlife.

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

Teach your child the art of the status update with this cutting-edge take on the old-fashioned book report: the social media book review!

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.

This science fair project idea determines whether eating before or after exercise is more beneficial to health and performance.

Your child helps the environment while saving your family money in this fun and rewarding "Gas Guzzlers" competition.

This activity will put those Halloween treats to good use by using candy corn to help your child with her subtraction skills.

Get your kindergartener storytelling in this arts and crafts activity by making Character Cubes that'll help improve your child's reading and writing skills.

In this sound experiment children listen for differences as they tap on a bag of air, a bag of water, and a wooden block held up to their ears.

Combine kids' love of scavenger hunts with consonant blends to create a fun game that's perfect for everything from birthday parties to rainy days at home.

Are you able to endure long periods of exercise? Find out if snorers can exercise longer than non-snorers.

Whatever the season, celebrate greenery and growth by helping your child study some delightful spring words.

This project examines whether playing music during class helps students learn or if it distracts students from learning.

This fun game helps to strengthen your kindergartener's speaking skills, by teaching him to answer questions with complete sentences.

In this activity, your child will reference Matisse and also learn about patterns.

Check out this fun science fair project idea to explore the process of diffusion in a cell and learn the difference between osmosis and diffusion.

Making Dad a comic book is a great gift for Father's Day, and one that helps them work on fine motor skills, storytelling and handwriting.

Start by writing an acrostic poem, but then get ready for a writing challenge that makes an acrostic trickier to write.

Strong writing engages all five senses, and this fabulous fall-themed simile activity is the perfect way to celebrate sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch.

In the mood for a silly treat full of sweet goodness and winter-themed fun?