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In this activity students first send kindness to themselves and then they send it to others.

Think you need a special dehydrator to make your own fruit leather? You can actually make a delicious version of this popular kid's snack in your own oven.

Using lessons from Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life, help your child implement kindness and compassion into their interactions with others.

Learn how to make fairy wings with these easy instructions. See how to make fairy wings for Halloween or dress-up time.

Help your child "step up" to second grade math fact challenges with a fun addition and subtraction game in your very own kitchen.

Here's a fun, geometric puzzle activity that will capture your child's interest and strengthen his number awareness and graphing skills.

Use a deck of playing cards to practice place value and other math concepts with your upper elementary child!

This interdisciplinary card game will have your third grader working on math facts as he travels through the solar system!

In this activity, students will create a stop motion animation by creating a clay figure and taking a series of digital photographs.

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

This fun shape game is like Twister...with a twist!

Play loteria, a Mexican board game! Help your child make this fun and festive game to help her build her vocabulary and have a blast while she's at it.

Lots of everyday objects can be fun, whether it's buttons, beans, or Lego blocks. Here's an activity that uses coins to build problem-solving strategies.

Try this concrete, hands-on organization system and you can count on more efficient, less stressful evenings this school year.

Inspire a love for the written word by creating an illustrated nature poetry book with your kids.

Promote the well-being of your first or second grader's mind and body by teaching him some beginning yoga poses and techniques.

Help children understand the power of germs and the importance of hand washing with this visual activity that introduces the concept of scientific inquiry.

This DIY menorah will make a beautiful addition to your Hanukkah celebrations. Make a DIY menorah with your child this winter.

Celebrate the holidays by making sufganiyot, or fried jelly donuts. This Hanukkah recipe is great for kids learning about the Festival of Lights.

This art exercise is great way to help kids learn how to see just like a professional painter, while experimenting and having fun with monochromatic color!

Try making these hand-dipped candles with your child and help bring colonial history to life!

Inspired by Japanese woodcuts, this make your own stamps project will be a big hit with your fifth grade or middle school child.

The objective of this science fair project is to analyze the effects of salinity and temperature on water.

Learn how to make a trick-or-treat bag for Halloween. See how to make a decorative trick-or-treat bag with this Halloween craft tutorial.

Compound words get easier if kids can spot two smaller words that they already know inside. Add some fun to the process with this card game!

Kids will explore the corrosiveness of soda in this cool science fair project by leaving pennies submerged in soda overnight.

This science fair project idea explores whether there is a connection to the color a person wears and the way their emotional state is perceived by others.

Cookie cutters aren't just for gingerbread men anymore. Here are 8 fun and creative projects to do with cookie-cutters!

Filling out forms can be a great learning experience for kids. Here's how to give your child some FORMal training.

Ask your fourth grader to jazz up the family kitchen by creating this adorable clothespin giraffe to sit on the counter and hold recipe cards.