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Cookie cutters aren't just for gingerbread men anymore. Here are 8 fun and creative projects to do with cookie-cutters!

Get your child outside to observe the clouds, and get a fun exercise in science, writing, and arts and crafts! Here's how.

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

Keep school day sniffles at bay with a simple felt tissue cozy that fits neatly in a 3-ring binder.

In this activity, your child will create a red envelope that can be filled with money to spread good will and ward off evil spirits in the New Year.

In kindergarten, your child spent lots of time counting things one by one. But in first grade, he'll need to be able to count in groups, especially by fives.

Here's a hands-on activity that first grade use to help kids get a feel for equations. It uses popsicle sticks to practice addition and subtraction!

Make sure your child is prepared for Halloween by having him create a stamp-printing that says: "Trick or treat? Smell my feet!"

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

Here is a way to help your first grader keep track of the books she has read, and also help her develop some critical thinking skills.

Bird watching is a fun way for kids to learn about Mother Nature. Make a bird feeder, a bird house, and binoculars and you can attract birds and watch them!

Here's a household scavenger hunt that shows kids the natural sources behind everyday objects...and builds reading skills, too!

Try this simple activity to stimulate some very complex thinking with your first grader to develop those all-important reading and comprehension skills.

Help your child be a word detective as he builds excellent reading and comprehension skills on his search for clues to decipher meanings of unfamiliar words.

Here's a silly game that uses nursery rhymes to introduce a big concept in first grade reading and writing: learning about nouns and verbs.

Conduct a simple experiment with your child to study how dirt tracks change as they age in this 1st grade science activity.

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.

In this activity, your child will learn about the different parts of the brain and how mindfulness can build connections of calm.

Make the abstract nature of time and money easier for your kid to understand with some fun ideas that focus on these concepts.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to make a tower using paper cups.

Try this creative art project with your second grader to help him build up his fine motor skills and artistic awareness as he makes a faux stained glass vase.

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!

Support your first grader's counting and reading skills while laughing and running in this fun playground game.

Create your very own Sleep Book filled with a menagerie of made-up nonsense creatures and discover how different animals catch some zzz's.

Make edible amber fossils with your second grader to explore the fascinating world of science!

The objective of this science project is to determine the length of time for different seeds to germinate.

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

Are you ready to be a detective for science? Then get out your magnifying glass and start studying fingerprints!

This balloon-powered car project is a great way for your kid to learn about energy and how it can be used efficiently.

The objective of this science project was to build a model of a volcano and observe reaction between different substances, including baking soda and vinegar.