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A hands-on guessing game that teaches kids to recognize different coins. First graders will learn their money and their math at the same time!

This cool science fair project teaches kids about temperature, density and buoyancy using balloons that float with normal air. No helium required!

This potato cannon activity teaches your middle schooler about the principle of Boyle's Law. Make a potato cannon and have a blast learning about science.

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

Pump up the learning level of your kindergartener's summer break by playing patriotic bingo when July 4th rolls around.

Tangrams are a kindergarten staple, but now it's time to take them to the next level! Get your child started on geometry with this tangram puzzle.

A project to reinforce learning about the layers of the rainforest, rain forest ecosystem, and the greenhouse effect.

Your child can create his own texture tree, experimenting with design during the process. The result will be a beautiful addition to your holiday decorations

Try this fun and simple activity to help nurture your child's observation skills and nourish a growing love of science!

The purpose of this science project is to determine which chemical best lowers the temperature of water in a cold pack and if the amount affects its use.

Check out this simple version of a pairs game that's played all over the world. It's a great way to practice estimating and predicting mathematical outcomes.

Does your second grader want to learn a magic trick? Here is a simple trick using only 3 dice and a little bit of addition and subtraction.

Help your preschooler chart her good eating habits with this arts and crafts activity that has her making a healthy fruits and vegetables rainbow and graph!

Ordinary drinking straws are fun for drinking juice and even for spitballs when you're not looking, but also fabulous for learning first grade math.

This science fair project idea determines effective strategies to help students stay awake and attentive.

These cute holly-shaped hair clips are a breeze to make for holiday celebrations. They make a great party activity, too!

The objective of this science fair project is to examine the effects of temperature on salt and water solutions, as they form crystals over time.

In this simple and social activity, children use size comparison skills to find objects in nature that are bigger, smaller, longer, and shorter.

Declare a "Pocket Day" in your house and help your child practice his addition skills as he counts how many pockets the family is wearing that day!

Need help encouraging your preschool child to organize her toys? Start with this activity, and turn sorting and categorizing into a fun game.

This science project challenges students to take learned information about weather and climate control and apply it to come up with creative ideas of their own.

Familiarize your preschooler with the concept of numbers one through five and counting with this hands-on activity.

The objective of this science project is to determine the relationship between carbon dioxide gas and the temperature of the atmosphere.

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.

Instead of drilling facts, grab sidewalk chalk and head outside for a rousing game of this Math Run game. Play the Math Run game with your child.

This experiment works due to a simple principle: plants need light. Build a shoebox maze and watch the plant work though the obstacle course, searching for sun.

Help your kindergartener learn to manage a telephone with this homemade keyboard that also helps kids practice letters and numbers.

Use Henri Matisse as inspiration for your preschooler or kindergartener to create a unique and funky paper shapes collage in this arts and crafts activity.

Practice conversions within the metric system in this fun math card game for third graders.