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Science fair project idea which teaches you how to make butter by separating cream into butter and buttermilk.

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!

Here's a fun activity to help build thinking skills in young first grade scientists, and to encourage them to have a blast exploring the mass and volume.

Step into the fantastic world of colors with a project that explores what shade you -- and your friends -- like best.

Help your child use recycled materials, a little imagination and some writing skills to build his very own recycled creature.

A Christmas tree advent calendar will help your child count down the days until the holiday. This craft is a great way to keep your child busy this winter.

Create a DIY Electromagnet! Using a 9v battery to create an electrical field around a nail, students explore electromagnetism in this cool science project idea.

In this hands-on design challenge your child will make their very own Rube Goldberg Machine.

In this activity, your child will consider the meaning of "culture" and what comprises their family's culture. They will draw pictures of aspects of their family's culture, then choose an aspect of it to explore further.

Liven up your Christmas decor with vibrant reindeer created from cardboard. This decoration can hang above a fireplace, over a door, or across a wall.

Bend, twist, squish and press a paper bag into a tree! Once it's finished, your child's Halloween tree will look like it came right out of a scary fairy tale.

Try turning the evening ritual of asking about your kid's school day into a challenging game that consists of twenty questions.

In this activity, children create rising foam as they reflect on the many ways they have grown over the past months and learn how a "beginner's mind" is helpful.

With school, home, and activities in between, life can sometimes feel chaotic to kids. Help your child learn how to stop and relax with handmade peace rocks.

Children will deepen their understanding of global citizenship and create a collage that illustrates all of the ways many communities are connected.

Make counting coins make "cents" to your second grader while giving her the chance to practice her math skills by playing this fun game with her.

Combine rhymes, riddles and poetry with a terse verse! What do you call floral electricity? Flower Power!

Looking for a funky new way to paint? Try paint dough, a sparkling pasty paint made from just three kitchen ingredients!

Add a flourish of flowers to your dining table with simple and creative sponge art!

Explore how sound waves are reflected and absorbed by producing echoes. Analyze which locations produce echoes.

Help your child explore chromatography, which is the process of separating colors or pigments, and create a neat art project in the process!

Get active at home by pretending to be different animals! Use this fun and engaging activity to move your body, get silly, and practice gross motor skills.

Here's an activity to help your child create her very own time capsule to unearth and open in one, five, or even ten years later!

Children reflect on ways they have cared for themselves, others, and the Earth before building a garden to share beauty with others in their community.

Science fair project which determines whether plants are able to get enough nutrients from different types of garbage.

Encourage your fourth grader to develop their critical thinking and critical writing skills with this Critics' Choice movie booklet for your family.

Serve this seasonal carrot salad at Easter brunch this year, and it just might hop onto your family's list of healthy favorites.

These Halloween sandwiches are a creepy-crawly treat for a holiday party or an especially scary school lunch. Make these Halloween sandwiches for your child.

This baking activity lets kids play with frosting, while experimenting with colors, and how they mix.

Make flavored popcorn with your kids and explore the tastes of herbs. They'll learn more about their palate as well as how to make perfectly popped popcorn!