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In this colorful craft, make an enchanting star card for a birthday, holiday, or just for fun with construction paper and foam sheets!

Hisss! Make a snake pet from a recycled cardboard tube! Transport your child into nature with this fun and easy craft.

Let the world be your canvas by transforming an ordinary household window into a snowy holiday scene.

Explore measurement with your second grader and make this terrific holiday craft.

Practice addition with your child in a whole new way when you battle to defend your cards in this competitive game. Math has never been so fun!

This adorable activity is a great way to share the Gingerbread Man story with your kid while she practices assemblage.

In this activity, your second grader will design her very own heart map to show what she's really made of.

Review fractions with your budding mathematician when you play this fun, educational math board game.

Use the textures found in nature to create your own stationery! This fun, outdoor activity will no doubt inspire your child's creative side.

This Labor Day, help your child explore various occupations by discussing the tools workers use on a daily basis at their jobs.

Here's a hilarious alternative to those sugary conversation hearts...and a way to keep building first grade literacy skills while you're at it!

It's important to be able to add and subtract quickly and accurately, and this activity is the perfect way to practice.

Contrary to popular belief, peanut butter and jelly can be served any time of day. Promote PB&J to breakfast with these tasty pancakes.

Learn all about cause and effect as your child experiments with an exploding pumpkin in this engaging fall activity! Get the whole family involved with this simple science experiment that is a fun and exciting way to combine Halloween and science.

This easy strawberry banana smoothie is a healthy treat for kids. Make an easy strawberry banana smoothie for your child for a heart-healthy Valentine's Day.

What makes your shadow dance around all day? Let's play detective and find out why that sneaky shadow never stays in one place for long.

What's the science behind those out-of-sight roots? Find out if you can trick roots into growing in different directions.

What is surface tension? Kids will discover how water-skating insects use surface tension to keep from sinking by making a model water walker.

This family photo calendar can be made by your second grader. Make a family photo calendar with your child to celebrate another year together.

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.

Give your local birds a treat — and your young birdwatcher some fun — with this simple DIY bird feeder.

This activity will inspire adults and kids alike to take time to explore the beauty in their community and discover the colors of fall while developing their descriptive and creative writing skills!

Here are three healthy burger recipes your second grader can help you whip up for a summer barbecue!

Take the art making outside: have your first grader make a clay relief sculpture of the natural world. This is a great activity for summer.

Take a closer look at the soil that surrounds us, and give your child a lesson in Geology 101!

This fun game helps children learn to estimate the most basic unit of time--a minute--without a clock.

Understanding how a map works is tricky for kids, so why not make it into a fun activity for the whole family?

Build this game, and give your kid some hands-on practice ordering numbers. Soon your first grade kid will be Master of the number line!

Encourage your child's inner architect with a shoebox creation that he can craft into his dream house, mansion or palace.

Take a page from Art Nouveau master Gustav Klimt and compose a shining collage.