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Does the idea of taking your child to an art museum sound daunting? Create your own museum and give your child some practice with shapes!

Get your child outside to observe the clouds, and get a fun exercise in science, writing, and arts and crafts! Here's how.

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

Want to reuse materials that would otherwise get tossed in the trash? Show your third grader how to get crafty with old newspaper and fabric.

Keep school day sniffles at bay with a simple felt tissue cozy that fits neatly in a 3-ring binder.

In this activity, your child will create a red envelope that can be filled with money to spread good will and ward off evil spirits in the New Year.

Have your kid determine if a goldfish can be conditioned to expect food the same way Pavlov's dogs did with this fascinating science fair project.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to create a device that protects an egg when it is dropped from a height of about 10 feet.

Here's a fun at-home activity that will help your child strengthen his ability to work with and interpret data in various forms.

Learn with makes water molecules work with this fun and easy science activity!

In kindergarten, your child spent lots of time counting things one by one. But in first grade, he'll need to be able to count in groups, especially by fives.

Here's a hands-on activity that first grade use to help kids get a feel for equations. It uses popsicle sticks to practice addition and subtraction!

What are the rules of your home? Help your fifth grader draft a Family Constitution and even give it an aged look using soaked tea bags.

Make sure your child is prepared for Halloween by having him create a stamp-printing that says: "Trick or treat? Smell my feet!"

This family photo calendar can be made by your second grader. Make a family photo calendar with your child to celebrate another year together.

This science fair project idea determines what household items are good conductors of electricity.

Here is a way to help your first grader keep track of the books she has read, and also help her develop some critical thinking skills.

Bird watching is a fun way for kids to learn about Mother Nature. Make a bird feeder, a bird house, and binoculars and you can attract birds and watch them!

Help your child understand that letters, put in a certain order, make words. In this fun activity they'll get to make their own puzzle, and practice letters, too!

This activity will further your child's ability to interpret graphs and apply math skills in a real-world situation.

Help your child make an imaginative, inexpensive spaceship from recycled materials. When the spaceship is ready, count backwards from ten and then BLAST-OFF!

This activity is a fun way for your first grader to learn about how veggies help your body while being creative with art and drama. Here's how to get started.

Here's a household scavenger hunt that shows kids the natural sources behind everyday objects...and builds reading skills, too!

Use the holiday gift giving season as an excuse to give your fourth grader a valuable lesson in making and keeping a budget!

Try this simple activity to stimulate some very complex thinking with your first grader to develop those all-important reading and comprehension skills.

Try this recipe with your child and explore Ethiopia through one of its dietary staples: injera, or flat bread!

Help your child be a word detective as he builds excellent reading and comprehension skills on his search for clues to decipher meanings of unfamiliar words.

Have you ever noticed the way a dropped stone makes a fun pattern in a pond or lake? What's the science behind these splashy occurrences?

All you need are pencils, paper and some scissors to get started on this easy and fun game to review astronomy information, or other types of study concepts.

Science fair project which compares the rate of temperature change and the maximum temperature as a result of the angle of light radiation.