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

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

Playing a tactile game with multiplication will help your child get a better grasp of basic math concepts and transform your kid into a master multiplier.

Here's a simple math activity that has your child using her basic addition facts to solve a secret code.

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

This project is a vivid, concrete introduction to the basic but important idea that plants need sunlight and water to grow.

This project leads to an understanding that a whole may be built of smaller parts that fit and work together and provides an introduction to basic tools.

First graders are learning basic addition and subtraction math facts. Practice in the sandbox with this fun outdoor math activity!

With a few basic art supplies and a little imagination, you can repurpose empty oatmeal containers into a one-of-a-kind Father's Day cookie jar.

Enjoy those warm spring and summer nights with your child while teaching some basic astronomy at the same time.

Try this fall-inspired art activity with your child to teach some basic art principles about color, pattern and texture.

Use a basic tape recorder and some favorite books to help your first grader read smoothly--and make someone's day in the process!

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.

Your child can easily create a ghoulishy adorable bat treat keeper. Crafting this funny fella is a great way to introduce the basic components of sculpture.

The rock cycle will come alive for your child when he uses broken crayons to create the three basic rock types.

Weave a unique ribbon pattern! This fun arts and crafts activity is a great way to make colorful projects and learn basic math and art skills.

Get a leg up on counting concepts with this project where art and math collide.

This crafty activity will help your child develop an understanding of important math concepts like patterning and spatial awareness.

Create your own cloud with an activity that will explain how important concepts such as evaporation, condensation, and precipitation work.

Send your child on a table of contents treasure hunt to help build basic research skills! Navigating a book is a skill that is sure to come in handy later on.

Give mom a thoughtful gift this Mother's Day by making a photo collage of her life! This is a great way for your child to practice some basic math skills too!

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

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.

This game is the perfect way to prepare your child for any shopping adventures you may embark upon, all while practicing important math concepts.

This simple heat transfer experiment is a great introduction to the concepts of heat transfer and conduction.

This activity is based on the popular card game, Slapjack. It's rip-roaring fun, and it reinforces the concepts of odd and even.

With nothing more than a flat open space and some lively kids, you can reinforce key concepts of punctuation while having lots of healthy laughs.

Practice subtraction with your second grader in this fun dice game. Math concepts have never been more fun!

Your child will do a fun science experiment using soap and pepper flakes to help understand the concepts of water molecules and the surface tension of water.

Use a deck of playing cards to practice place value and other math concepts with your upper elementary child!