Make practicing addition facts more fun and teach your child the helpful strategy of adding quickly to 10 in this fun and easy-to-make card game!

Improve your child's hand-eye coordination with these fun dribbling drills! Before you know it he'll be a ball-handling master.

Help your first grade child figure out contractions and their original two words by playing this simple game, Contraction Concentration!

Delight your budding scientist with this cool physics magic trick and teach her some basic physics concepts while you're at it!

These science fair experiments demonstrate the chemistry of rust and the oxidation process.

Do you think you can blow down a sand castle with a mighty wind? Find out which material stands up best to erosion in this erosion experiment.

Show your kindergartener how to count to 100 by tens, and he'll get an adorable cheerio necklace in the process!

Making Dad a comic book is a great gift for Father's Day, and one that helps them work on fine motor skills, storytelling and handwriting.

Teach your child measurement skills and some Mardi Gras history as you make this delectably delicious traditional treat known as King Cake.

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.

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

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

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!

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!

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

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.

Play hopscotch with numbers, but also with letters, to get kids ready for reading.

Help your child sharpen time skills by creating a special day and charting each part in a detailed schedule.

Is it a square or a circle? See if you can trick your friends with this zany science project!

Help your child celebrate your family's Thanksgiving cook with this first grade arts and crafts activity: make a "handy" painted apron!

If helping your child learn parts of speech makes you want to take a nap, try this exercise. It's a sure way to keep those creative juices flowing.