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Save some money this Halloween and work out fine motor skills by helping your child make his very own computer costume.

Here's a TV you won't mind your kids staring at for hours. When kids are in charge of the programming, it's hard to see it as anything but educational!

This hands-on activity that involves arranging pieces of yarn will teach your pre-K child the concept of ordering items by length in an interesting way.

Rewriting this classic Christmas carol will spark your child's creativity while strengthening his familiarity with grammar and style elements.

In this activity, students build a house of sticks, just like the second little pig in the classic story, The Three Little Pigs. Then, they program an educational robot to push down the house, much like the wolf who “blows the house down.”

Strengthen your child's number recognition skills with this fun game using an old, empty egg carton!

Play the fridge magnet name game with your preschooler to help prepare her for kindergarten reading and writing.

Hold a magnet marathon! Explore the power of magnets with your kindergartener in this entertaining and simple science game.

Roasting pumpkin seeds makes for a great Halloween activity, and a healthy snack!

Help your child learn about the science of color mixing and primary and secondary colors with this experimental art activity.

This craft activity encourages kindergarteners to explore measuring. Get ready to measure the fun that your child will have creating his own ruler!

In this activity, your child will be challenged to use simple materials to create a catapult for a small, lightweight toy.

In this fun design challenge, your child will get creative with making structures out of toothpicks and gumdrop candies.

Introduce your child to the symbols of fall with this easy-to-make matching game that will hone observational skills and increase your kid's attention span.

This project explores whether plants can live and grow when "watered" with juice, soda, or milk.

Tell your child you want to work on kindergarten readiness skills and she's not likely to jump up and clap. But turn it into a game and it's a different story.

In this exciting and empowering challenge, your child will construct a bridge using marshmallows and toothpicks!

This is a fun and inexpensive project and it's a great way for your child to build basic geometry skills, like shape recognition and pattern/angle familiarity.

Help your kids fall in love with nature by making a simple clay bird bath. Set it up in your yard and watch the animals venture in for a sip of water.

Your kindergartener can contribute these beaded napkin rings to your Thanksgiving table...and sneak in some good math patterning practice, too.

Make sweet personalized invitations for a laid-back pumpkin carving party.

New Year's Eve hats let you wear your celebratory spirit on your head. Make New Year's Eve hats with year child to ring in the New Year in style.

In this activity, your child will be asked to create a boat that can successfully float while holding 25 pennies.

Here's a delightful kindergarten project that will boost your child's reading and writing skills--and make for a happy time on a rainy day, too.

In this science fair project, young children will become aware of and have the opportunity to experience the four basic tastes: sweet, sour, salty, and bitter.

This silly game is a fun way to introduce and reinforce sight words--by fishing for them!

This project is a vivid, concrete introduction to the basic but important idea that plants need sunlight and water to grow.

Help your preschooler celebrate his big day by crafting a special, sparkly diploma frame to celebrate his achievement!

In kindergarten, kids work with patterns. Try making this practical but decorative piece of clothing together for fun and math practice.

Craft a patriotic placemat from red, white, and blue construction paper in this festive craft project!