These cute holly-shaped hair clips are a breeze to make for holiday celebrations. They make a great party activity, too!

Here's an activity to help your first grader read and write, while staying in touch with a faraway friend or relative. Here's how:

This seashell necklace lets you keep a piece of the beach with you. Help your crafty kid create this seashell necklace, the perfect summer keepsake.

Help your child make a beautiful homemade sandcastle that will last!

Inspire your child to learn about an amazing animal as she creates her very own polar bear habitat.

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

Help your second grader grasp the concept of verb tenses with this silly card game!

Gather the neighborhood children together and practice graphing with this backyard tournament!

Make your own dreidel from modeling clay with this Hannukah craft activity!

This is a simple, nutritious food kids love for snacks and lunches all year.

Help your first grade reader master those letter blends like "ch" and "sh" with this memorable and hilarious beanbag toss game.

Play this homophone game with your child the next time you sit down with them to read a story and help them build some valuable reading skills.

Homophones are those tricky little words that tend to confound early learners. Help your second grader ace the challenge with this outdoor game.

Build good first grade reading and writing skills, as well as family peace and quiet, with this hand made story book about mornings in your home.

Whether it's a bag lunch, goody bag, or used to decorate a table, this cute little fox bag is sure to make your kid smile.

Here's a classic celery science experiment that uses celery and food coloring to demonstrate how plants absorb water.

Give your second grader a chance to get his feet wet with measurement before he moves onto the more complicated stuff by trying this activity with him at home.

This bookmark is a helpful tool to use during and after reading to remind your child of "good reader" strategies that she can use on her own.

Help your child celebrate the summer and the sun by making a sandy seascape.

Plants and light seem to be good buddies, but how far does the friendship really go?

Put an oatmeal box, a flashlight, and some construction paper together and you have the makings of an incredibly cool bedroom planetarium!

Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.

What's the first letter? Play this game with your first grader the next time you read together, and watch her reading skills grow as she climbs the levels.

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

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

Let your child catch you making deliberate errors in this silly game that promotes serious learning about punctuation.

Declare a "Pocket Day" in your house and help your child practice his addition skills as he counts how many pockets the family is wearing that day!

Make a creative Father's Day art card to celebrate your family's beloved guy!

This chore obstacle course will keep your child entertained and engaged, while also helping them improve their efficiency at everyday tasks.

Be a chemist for a day and study the simple reaction between sugar and heat. Try heating sugar and see what happens!