Representing the story in a visual way makes it easier for your child to compare the traits of various characters.

Have your little cowpoke design and decorate a vest that's perfect for combating the elements on the harsh Western plains.

Create your own version of an Aboriginal Australian dot painting in this fun activity!

Give your first grader reading and writing practice with this fun, practical postcard that will also help with spelling strategies.

Spark your childâs interest in epic fantasy tales with this ferocious dragon craft.

Merge the excitement of basketball tournaments with students’ excitement about books! This activity gives kids a chance to read and form opinions about the books.

Your first or second grader will delight in creating multi-colored confetti egg smashers, traditional in Mexico, called cascarones!

Here are three activities you can do at home and around town to bring algebra into your daily lives.

As your child heads back to school this fall, dust off those elementary math skills with our creative calendar activity!

Help your child to create a familiar favorite from a book or series he adores out of papier-mache. Exercise your child's imagination and language arts skills.

Banish your third grader's rainy day boredom by guiding his play group through a collaborative art project that leads up to the unveiling of a crazy creature!

What could be more fun than doing sidewalk art? How about making your own colored sidewalk chalk!

Here's an activity to help your child manage their nonfiction reading by focusing on the most important elements of what she's read.

What exactly went on in a typical dinosaur family? Travel back to the Mesozoic Era and bring out your kid's creative side with this sequencing activity.

This goofy scramble book activity will bring laughs...but also some good, solid comprehension skills too!

This simple and fun project introduces kids to the art of pottery and offers them a glimpse into how ancient peoples created the very first Neolithic pottery.

Children tap into their own imaginative storytelling skills by creating and writing a richly embellished folk tale about their favorite member of the animal kingdom.

Make this creative "story cartoon" tray to help your first grader build reading comprehension skills while having a hilarious time!

Here's a first grade arts and crafts activity: make pop-up puppets using a plastic cup, wooden dowel, and fabric. Put on a show once you're done!

Help your kids put together a travel journal for your family's next vacation to get them reading, writing, and thinking about what's happening on the trip.

Celebrate the new year by making a memory book with your child! You'll reinforce time and calendar concepts and you'll get to reminisce about the past year.

This lucky cake makes the perfect hideout for leprechaun treasure.

For most kids the fun is in the process, and making a dollhouse out of cardboard boxes is as creative as it gets! Here's how to make your own dollhouse.

Help your kindergartener use a map to find "leprechaun gold"--and build early social studies skills in the process!

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

Help your child to make a beautiful Africa mask to help her reinforce important spatial and compositional skills.

Take a nature walk in your backyard or local park to find one object for every letter of the alphabet. Then put them together in this handy nature book.

Help your fifth grader create an art card that celebrates the enduring values of Passover.

Honor the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by interviewing someone in your community who lived it.

This game will help build your child's word bank as she competes with family members for the "Word of the Day" champion title.