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Here's a sweet holiday recipe to make with your fifth grader: bake scrumptious sugar-dusted chocolate snowballs! Serve them at your next Christmas party.

With so many high fat snacks on the market, eating healthy can be tricky. Help your child make a low fat snack with little more than a can of chick peas!

How many steps long is the hallway? Kids put their graph-making skills to work as they make a step map of their own house.

Instead of loading up on mayonnaise based potato salad, your child can whip up something healthier: German potato salad!

Eating a healthy breakfast starts the day out right, and your child can make something tasty and nutritious while honing her culinary skills!

An easy afternoon craft, this reusable heating compress is just the thing for warming cold limbs on chilly winter days.

Has your kid noticed how much bigger the moon looks when it's low in the sky? Here's an activity you can do to show them that it's just an optical illusion.

This easy-to-make perfume powder will keep your kid smelling fresh and clean. Got a birthday or special occasion coming up? It also makes a great gift!

Make a poodle skirt for a creative sewing project with your child that will also be a blast from the past!

Looking for an elegant cookie that won't give you a sugar rush? This traditional Italian biscotti cookie is twice baked, making it twice as good!

Using an empty tennis ball can and a swimming pool, you will determine if it's possible to have a conversation under water.

Frog cupcakes make the perfect treat for kids who love their amphibians.

This science fair project idea explores whether factors such as temperature and concentration affect the pH of a solution.

Kids conduct a simple birdseed experiment to figure out what kinds of birds live nearby in this fun science activity.

Here's an arts and crafts activity that has your first-grader experimenting with math concept of multiples and patterns with her own printing plate.

Being sick stinks! Help make being achy a little easier by helping your child craft a comforting hot water bottle doll out of fabric, googly eyes, and ribbon.

Spiders don't go to grocery stores or fast food chains to get their food -- they set up traps and wait for their food to come to them!

Sink or swim? Calculate the density of various fruits and vegetables using water and a kitchen scale.

Crayons aren't just good for creating colorful masterpieces -- they're also great for science!

Put a flavorful twist on a classic dish, and make tortilla lasagna! All your favorite ingredients from traditional Mexican food will go into this creation.

Problem-solving skills can be practiced and strengthened over time with puzzles such as Tangrams! In this activity, your child will discuss problem-solving strategies and practice using these strategies with Tangram puzzles.

Taking a moment to pause, feel our breath, and to notice the things around us can support a heightened sense of focus and can bring kind attention to the present moment and to tasks at-hand. In this activity, your child will practice the STOP method and

Help your child make her very own clock with a recycled, thrift store find to give as a gift or keep for yourself!

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!

Give your third grader a head start in language arts by teaching her an alliteration lesson with this Santa Claus-themed writing project.

Chemistry is a blast with this backyard bomb made from a sandwich bag. All you need are ingredients from the pantry to create a satisfying, and safe, explosion.