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This felt pie craft not only teaches sewing skills, but is a sneaky introduction to elementary math standards like geometry, measurement and estimation.

This Mother's Day, help your child practice math measurement skills with this "mom" recipe card.

Invite your kindergartener to explore the bright new world of measurement by starting out with nonstandard (and tasty!) units, such as gummy bears or worms.

Sure, angles can be confusing. Here's a fun activity to brush up your child's knowledge of these geometry essentials.

Thanksgiving is a time to be with loved ones. It's also a time to chow down! Need help in the kitchen? There's no better helper than an avid fourth grader.

This fun activity encourages your child to develop their skills in not only taking measurements, but also in working with the measurements themselves.

Design a survival kit. Brainstorm various survival scenarios. Address basic human requirements and natural resources. Describe each tool as well uses.

Take a stab at 18th century American cooking with your kids by following this tasty recipe from one of the first colonial cookbooks.

This is a fantastic and easy science experiment where kids will learn about elasticity by testing how high bouncy balls of different materials can bounce.

Make a knight using metal washers, screws, bolts and aluminum foil, creating the most resistant armor anyone has ever seen.

Use familiar household items and decorations to turn estimation into a fun game!

Enjoy the season of crunchy leaves and crisp harvest scents with a tall glass of pumpkin juice.

Find out which kind of bubble wrap fares best when put in impact.

In this project children discover, identify, and sort seeds from a variety of fruits and vegetables

Play tic-tac-toe and help your kid memorize multiplication facts!

Help your third grader learn time zones with this fun map activity!

Bake these delicious Crisco Cookies with your child this holiday season to give as gifts to friends and family.

Show your child how to spell their name in a whole new way with this sculptural 3-D art project.

Develop your kindergartener's fine motor skills while tracing shadows on a sunny day with this fun kindergarten activity.

Here's a hands-on activity you can do with your fourth-grader to practice measurement and directly apply the concept of area.

Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.

Challenge your young dinosaur lover to examine dinosaur footprints and then create their own dinosaur fossil in this hands-on activity.

This project determines whether Styrofoam, paper, or plastic cups are best for preventing ice from melting.

These sparkling earrings look fancy but they're super simple to make using inexpensive craft items.

Based on the concept of water's "freezing point," this activity entails the lowering of water's freezing point to chill ice cream!

Kindergarten algebra is a lot different than high school. In kindergarten math, algebra means grouping like things, or noticing what doesn't belong in a set.

Science fair project that examines how yeast grows, and which conditions allow for optimal growth. What types of nutrients does yeast prefer?

This science fair project idea explores how much force is needed to move a lever at different distances from the fulcrum.

This fudge cookie recipe is incredibly easy for even the youngest kids to follow. Plus, it makes a great gift when you're looking to wrap up something sweet.

Enjoy the beauty of winter from the comfort of your home with this first grade art activity: make sparkly snowflake sculptures using modeling clay and glitter.