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Here is a fun at-home physical activity that encourages movement while also working on literacy or math skills!

Make an "I'm NOT Bored" book filled with your child's favorite activities, to reference the next time she has the urge to declare, "I'm bored."

This activity challenges students to use computational thinking as they create a sequence of commands that will make a robot move in a pattern related to the sound and rhythm of music.

In this activity, your child will discuss how to stand up for others, and they'll use pipe cleaners to design a symbol that reminds them to stand up for others.

In this activity, your child will learn how to make a drop spindle with a handy vegetable.

This holiday season, don't forget the many delights of "cookie science"! Here's a confection we especially like.

Celebrate the season of flowers with a homemade vase budding with blooms of the season. Filled with the warmth of a sunny day, it's just the thing for spring.

Want to help your child learn more about his community while boosting creativity? Set up a post office play station right in your very own home!

Celebrate Chinese New Year by teaching your child how to use chopsticks! She'll build her math and fine motor skills as she does this activity.

Your child can learn more about traditional Irish cooking this St. Patrickâs Day by making some apple barley pudding â a real tasty treat!

Here is a quick experiment you can conduct at the playground to introduce or reinforce the concept of Newton's First Law, The Law of Inertia.

Learn about the power of exponents. The objective of this science fair project is to explore and understand how exponents are used.

Use your kindergartener's handprint to create a sweet and personalized apple craft.

Introduce your child to the importance of preserving the world's biodiversity by turning a lesson on endangered species into a fun game for the whole family.

This Father's Day, give dad something he'll really appreciate: a book about him, written by his favorite author...his son or daughter!

Your child will love making this adorable clover clock that will help him learn how to tell time.

Show your child how to construct a homemade thermometer. It's hands-on fun and a great way to learn about this important instrument!

Play a phonics scavenger hunt no matter where you are. This game will have your child sounding out words and finding letter sounds in the objects around them.

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.

This unexpected art project is sure to result in a Picasso-esque jumble of imagination that will teach your kid about shapes, colors, and abstract form!

Have your child construct his own Christmas tree from construction paper while cutting, overlapping and measuring to create an adorable modern design.

Sharing can be a challenge, and division doubly so! Practice halving numbers in this competitive card game.

Here's a color matching game that is perfect for winter! Your child will race against the clock to assemble the name of a color with its matching parts.

Simplify fractions with your child in this fast-paced math card game.

Teach your fifth grader about the wonders of wind by making and observing this winter wind chime.

Instead of giving friends and family a store bought fruitcake you can make your own this year with your favorite ingredients!

Give your emerging writer a better feel for terminal punctuation with this activity that will have her mix up punctuation marks in a favorite childhood book.

Your kindergartener will improve his fine motor skills and learn beginning baking techniques as he helps you concoct this crumbly apple dessert!

Make scented sensory cloud dough. Add it to a sensory table, activity station, or put it in a baggie for extra at-the-park entertainment!

This activity encourages children to sculpt in free form. The only rule is that they have to build upwards.