Activities : Page 86

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.

Study how liquids separate into layers by creating a liquid gradient, different density liquids separate into layers in a graduated cylinder.

This pair of ice skates won't get you very far on ice, but they'll still dazzle during the coldest season of the year.

In this experiment we will be determining whether birds prefer certain colors of seed.

Here's a hands-on way to help your child understand how common fractions can be equivalent.

Rhyming helps kids better understand word structure. This silly game transforms rhymes into a mystery bag guessing game.

Recycle all those old puzzles with missing pieces into a cute and easy puzzle piece tree.

What's a crater, and how does it happen? Here's a kindergarten experiment with safe, nontoxic ingredients.

There's no need to hunt down a cactus for this rainstick craft. In fact, you can recycle items you probably already have on hand.

Every day will be a new experience as you explore and learn about the different colors.

Your child can make her own Mexican tin art mirror with cardboard, a mirror, and an aluminum pan.

Try this kindergarten arts and crafts activity: re-purpose an old t-shirt into a simple apron to use for your child's cooking and art projects.

Discover how to make fake snot with this cool science fair project idea to learn about polymers, enzymes, and more.

These festive red and blue drink umbrellas are the perfect DIY party idea. While you're making them you can even sneak in a little compass practice.

Let your young scientist explore a brave new world of sound with an experiment that just requires a handful of common household items.

Help your child understand surface tension by showing them how they can create a "skin" on top of water.

Work on simple addition and finding even numbers in this first grade math card game.

The Kindergarten Personal Record Book makes measurement fun & active! Kids record their vital statistics from head to toe using unusual tools like paper clips.

Looking for something to do with all those plastic 2-liter bottles that seem to accumulate endlessly? Turn them into a unique mini birdbath.

A mobile craft filled with beautiful flying birds will brighten up any child's room.

Help your child practice multiplication tables with this mental and physical multitasking game that uses a hula hoop to get into the swing of things.

Make this mason jar craft that looks like a glowing snowflake and works like a lantern!

Your child can celebrate Mexican culture by making his very own percussion instrument using simple materials such as paper plates and tissue paper.

If your second grader loves fruit snacks, but you're a little worried about the health aspect of those tasty store-bought treats, then this project is for you!

Examine the connection between temperature and chemiluminescence.

Don't despair if numerators and denominators seem like a bore to your child. This colorful collage is sure to show him the brighter side of fractions.

Ordinal numbers, or numbers that indicate order, are the focus of this fun math game for young learners.

In this unique 5th grade arts and crafts project, your budding artist can imitate ancient rock art by creating his own petroglyphs on sandpaper with crayons.

Measure the effectiveness of detergent containing a UV-absorbing compound in blocking UV-A radiation. Use black light and UV detecting beads.

The goal of this science fair project is to discover the science behind carbonated soft drinks and apply this knowledge to create a new one.