Is your child learning to "sound it out"? This game will help him stretch his "decoding" skills so when he runs into new words, he's ready to take them on.

Try this patterned story activity with your kindergartener to help her build up her reading and writing skills using some of her favorite books from preschool.

Help your child construct and author a "sempuyo," a traditional Japanese book with accordion-style pages; she will develop her writing and fine motor skills.

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.

Research shows that when we focus on things we are grateful for, we literally rewire our brains to focus on the positive. Help kids experience the joy of gratitude by creating trees that give thanks.

Kids will love making sugar crystals in this sugar crystal science fair project which teaches important chemistry concepts like saturation and solubility.

People have favorite flavors, but what about ants? Which ant food is the most popular?

Students will investigate the thermal conductivity of metals by learning how to measure thermal conductivity with this fun and easy science fair project idea.

This cool and easy elementary school science fair project idea provides the basic information on the use of our senses to experience the world about us.

Spider cupcakes are creepy-crawly treats that are perfect for Halloween. These spider cupcakes make for a great Halloween party treat.

This science experiment examines the role of fat in food, especially in making bread rise and whipping cream.

Kids discover what a homogeneous mixture is by adding sugar to distilled water and identify the various factors affecting solubility.

In this fun project, use a memory game to test various age groups and determine whether aging directly affects short-term memory loss.

This brain teaser challenges your fifth grader to unscramble some specialized Winter Olympics language.

Follow this Colonial recipe for candied rose petals, and share the sweets with friends, family or classmates.

Is your child learning to write the alphabet correctly? In this "kinesthetic" activity, use movement and art to help your child with letter-writing.

This activity allows your kindergartener to translate what they observe into a beautiful poem.

This science fair project idea recreates the movement of planetary bodies in order to learn why they sometimes appear to move backwards.

Make practicing addition facts more fun and teach your child some helpful strategies with this spin off of the traditional "Go Fish" game.

Here's a way to bring young children into the process of preparing healthy school lunches, and build up early literacy skills while they're at it!

Here's a rainy day phonics craft project for you and your first grader. Reel in those double "ee" words on this do-it-yourself eel!

Teach kids about a fun way they can remember this more efficiently- the power of mnemonics. Kids will be amazed.

Try this simple 2nd grade science experiment to teach your child about the principles of luminosity and light reflection.

This homemade alphabet game will keep your kindergartener on his toes and help him practice letter, numbers, and taking turns. The whole family can participate!

Your third grader will love reliving his favorite holiday story as he creates a charming Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer sculpture!

In this simple and social activity, children use size comparison skills to find objects in nature that are bigger, smaller, longer, and shorter.

If you have a small family or just aren't into the idea of cooking this year, treat your family to this decadent, aromatic chicken recipe.

Use a basic tape recorder and some favorite books to help your first grader read smoothly--and make someone's day in the process!

Kids are acutely aware of what's "fair" and what's not. Here's a quirky way to teach your first grader the importance of voting and democracy.

This fun science project helps to investigate how much water can a plant take up and release in a certain period of time through the process of transpiration.