With a newspaper, highlighter, and some fun extra prizes, you can help your first grader start lifetime reading habits with print all around us.

Even the birds need to get out of the rain during the winter months. Help your child help nature and fill a lazy afternoon with this easy, cute craft.

Breathe new life into a battered old paperback with this creative book art craft that revolves around reading!

Here's a writing activity that helps young learners explore an ant's perspective...and practice writing, too!

Future whistleblowers can learn about product safety standards with this exercise in writing and researching.

Make environmentally friendly, chemical-free toothpaste using one of the most common, inexpensive pantry staples in the American kitchen: baking soda.

These finger puppets are easy to make, and they're a great way to encourage story-telling and imaginative play.

Take the plunge into handcrafting with this neat and tidy soap recipe. Here's how to create your own personalized soap.

Learn about lateral earthquake motion and its effect on high rise buildings in this simple 4th grade earth science experiment.

This hands-on activity practices skip counting, a key first grade math skill. But it's silly fun!

This activity helps your teen write his very own adventurous epic poem, featuring an imagined hero.

Build your kindergartener's reading comprehension by making a classic box of objects that invite them into the books you're reading together.

Help your kindergartener review shapes - and build early reading skills - with this creative book project.

In kindergarten, your child spent lots of time counting things one by one. But in first grade, he'll need to be able to count in groups, especially by fives.

Help your kid feel like a superhero with this safe and fun science experiment that creates an electrical charge that's like a mini lightning bolt!

This Earth Day, create an adorable litter bug while learning about the importance of recycling.

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

Here's a homemade bulletin board project to help your fourth grader's school year start off right.

Combine science with reading and art to help your first grader create an attractive holiday gift for a beloved friend or relative.

Learn how to make vampire fangs for Halloween costumes and for scary playtime. See how to make vampire fangs with this great upcycled tutorial.

Take a trip to the pet store and then make a scrapbook to help your kindergartener learn the difference between living and non living things!

DIY gift tags make any holiday gift more special. Make these DIY gift tags with your child.

While building his own croquet set, your kindergartener will use both his math an fine motor skills and as he plays he'll improve his hand-eye coordination.

Teach your kindergartener a little about Mexican culture by giving him a festive, no-cook lesson in how to make "aguas frescas," or seasonal fruit drinks.

Store seeds under three different environmental conditions. Plant seeds in carefully marked groups, watch them grow. Compare results.

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

Research historic methods of food preservation. Analyze alternative recipes and techniques of food preservation. Document success with photographs.

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

Help your kids map the "global footprint" of your family's grocery cart by investigating how far your food travels before landing on your dinner table.

In this activity, your child will learn to name the numbers from 1 through 5 and they'll practice their counting skills.