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Your child can commemorate the best Halloween candy of all time using foam sheets to give your little monster a little practice tracing triangular shapes.

This turkey hand activity will help your child practice patterns and number recognition, key concepts that she'll encounter throughout your child's academic career.

Make candy hearts this Valentine's Day. This heart-y project helps your little one practice handwriting skills and encourages creativity.

Any St. Patrick's Day celebration is sure to involve mischief, treats, and a whole lot of green. This leprechaun game will add a little learning to the mix.

Practice rhythm and rhyme with these step-by-step instructions for a pantoum poem!

During the Passover Seder, many Jewish families pour a cup of red wine for Elijah. This year, help your child create his own welcoming glass for Elijah.

This year, have your child can help you with your Passover food list. It's great handwriting practice, and she'll learn a lot in the process.

Beetles come in many shapes and colors. Here's how your second grade child can create his own beetles to paint and play with!

Teach your 2nd grader the value of recycling with this fun arts and crafts activity: make a DIY painted bookcase or set of shelves!

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!

Make this paper mache gargoyle for a lesson in Medieval architecture and sculpture.

This activity is a fun challenge for students who have just started learning to program educational robots.

Everyone loves homemade cookies, but have you ever thought about making the cookie cutters at home? Here's some instructions for making homemade cookie cutters.

Beginning poets can be overwhelmed keeping track of rhyme and rhythm. Have your little writer try a skeltonic poem, which focuses on end rhyme.

This science project teaches students the relationship between compost and plant growth. Students conduct an experiment with different types of compost.

How does rust form? Kids will learn about the roles oxygen, water, and electrons play in rust chemistry in this cool science fair project idea.

Creating a book is one thing, but creating a codex is a whole different ball game.

Encourage your child to make a Chinese scroll painting as part of his world history or art studies, or just to pass the time on a weekend.

Here's a math game for your preschooler or kindergartener that'll make number recognition as easy as a pizza pie!

In this science experiment, do tensile strength test on fishing line, a strand of hair, a rubber band, and any other materials you're curious about!

A serape is a long, blanket-like shawl worn over the shoulders. With a few simple materials, your child can fashion his very own serape!

Teaching your child some basic words in Spanish is a breeze at home, with this simple and fun activity that doesn't require special educational materials.

Make ancient Egypt come alive by showing kids how to make their own mini sarcophagus out of a shoe box.

Build second and third grade writing skills by using pictures to help kids "see" how to use details in their stories.

Looking for an enjoyable evening activity you can do with your kids? Study the stars: help them learn about constellations by making one of their own.

Show your fourth grader how to design and print his own chop, a Chinese "signature" of sorts that uses calligraphic characters or motifs.

Help your fourth or fifth grader design and write their own innovative greeting card by formulating a poem in the shape of their favorite object of choice.

Help your child make his very own stationery, then take the opportunity to teach him how to write a letter!

Support your first grader's interest in reading with this decorative bookmark that illustrates a favorite scene from a loved book.

Create some commotion on your table this Halloween with some flying bats that'll be cute enough to cause a ruckus among your little party monsters.