Activities : Page 72

This imaginative shape activity will introduce your kindergartener to the world of shape and color while building basic math skills.

This family project is a fun way to teach your child about her heritage and practice her geography.

When the wind starts blowing, you and your child can plant a sponge garden in the comfort of your own kitchen. Here's how:

Find out whether we can create motion in a dish and as a result, create a wonderful and colorful show.

Learn about our cognitive capacity of attention and to learn about factors that influence attention.

With a clear bottle and a few plastic straws, you can easily make a hummingbird feeder and demonstrate the effects of atmospheric pressure at the same time!

Here's an interactive, fast-paced game that will make your fifth grader feel more comfortable with simple equations.

The goal of this science fair project is to demonstrate the effects of oxidation by writing a message in invisible ink made from lemon juice.

Play this game to help froggie hop home...and teach the number line to your kindergartener while you're at it!

Introduce your fifth grader to the Kinara, part of the Kwanzaa tradition, by playing this fast-paced, two player game!

In this fun math activity, second graders will learn to estimate items in a jar! 

This project examines the amount of saltwater required to affect the growth of plants and subsequent effects on growth and development.

Determine the growth rates of different types of human hair. Ask volunteers to not cut their hair until the end of experiment. Measure hair length.

Get a leg up on counting concepts with this project where art and math collide.

This spider hat activity challenges your child to learn about spiders and improve fine motor skills. Make a spider hat with your child on Halloween or any time.

Build second and third grade writing skills by using pictures to help kids "see" how to use details in their stories.

Create your own jigsaw puzzle using a blown-up family photo, and reconstruct the image as many times as you like. Here's how kids can make this gift.

This experiment explores how microwave radiation affects fungi, bacteria, and plant life.

Learn about borrowing in subtraction using a deck of cards and a die! Your first grader will have fun playing this math game.

For most kids the fun is in the process, and making a dollhouse out of cardboard boxes is as creative as it gets! Here's how to make your own dollhouse.

Nothing says fall like pumpkin soup, but it's also really good for you, with high amounts of fiber, iron, zinc and free radical busting antioxidants.

A valentine wreath brightens up any home on Valentine's Day. Craft a pretty valentine wreath out of colorful chocolate kisses.

Become familiar with ratios and learn how to measure the diameter of the Sun and the Moon in this fun science fair project idea.

Help your kid get in touch with their wild side with this Big Bad Wolf mask! Bring this fairy tale villain to life with simple crafting supplies.

Start a unique tradition with your fourth grader; bake and paint one-of-a-kind Olympic pins--out of salt dough!

In this arts and crafts activity, encourage your preschooler to create these shape-stick puppets which can be used to put on plays or act out stories with.

These homemade thumbprint cards are as personalized as it gets, and your child will love using his prints to make holiday magic!

Make your own recycling game that helps teach your child what can and should be recycled.

Have your kid create his own service ribbons and then write a fictional story about someone in the military who was awarded the service ribbons.

Turn ordinary cookies into puppets and create edible performance art!