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Spark your childâs interest in epic fantasy tales with this ferocious dragon craft.

I scream, you scream, we all scream for homemade spearmint ice cream!

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

Many ancient cultures used the rising or setting sun to create calendars. Observe the setting sun once a week to come up with your own solar calendar!

The objective of this science fair project is to observe the differences in heat absorption for darker colors vs. lighter colors.

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.

If it's Easter, it must be time for egg hunts. But we have to admit, most kids would rather take a bite out of a yummy cupcake than a hard-boiled egg.

Help your child "step up" to second grade math fact challenges with a fun addition and subtraction game in your very own kitchen.

Send your child on a hunt throughout the house for numbers to help develop her number recognition and ordering skills.

Show your child how to spell their name in a whole new way with this sculptural 3-D art project.

Young artists will combine two animals into one in this imaginative art-project-slash-game!

Here's a super fun game to get in some place value practice with your child!

Help your fifth grader embrace the roots--literally--of Mother's Day by growing carnations to honor mothers in you family's history.

Play this game that lets you create your own silly monster drawing and helps your child practice her counting skills!

Struggling to memorize all those SAT words? How about challenging Mom or Dad to a crossword puzzle duel?

This hunting game is just as fun outdoors as it is inside. And while they'll never suspect they're learning, it helps kids develop listening skills, too!

Using dried beans and corn, foods that are prevalent in Mexican cuisine, your child will create three-dimensional sombrero art.

This game will help your child write with more attention to detail.

If you're looking for a fun and easy way to remember your friends, a themed photo shoot is the way to go.

Make unique jewelry and accessories using photos and shrinkable plastic sheets! It's like Shrinky Dinks, but better.

This homemade barometer allows your little scientist to contemplate and compare different air and weather conditions.

Jump into Japanese culture with your child by making your own calligraphy scroll. Try your hand at painting kanji on paper just like Zen masters of old!

How do mirrors work? What is light, and how does it travel? Explore light and reflection with your preschooler with these simple hands-on experiments.

The next time your kids are pent up inside because of bad weather, try hosting a Balloon Olympics!

Baking these fun cookies will introduce your child to the concept of cross-sections.

This is a simple, fast game that you and your child can make together to help him master rounding with decimals.

Regale your kindergartener with the beloved story of Rudolph, and then segue into a Christmas craft project in which he makes his own reindeer creation!

Here's a fun way for your child to exercise his writing chops...and prove a point! A great way to practice persuasive writing.

Help your child rocket off for some high-flying fun with a jet pack you make from recycled materials and a few odds and ends.

Help your child plant a âtea garden": a garden made of herbs for making teas.