Try this experiment to give your curious kid a more "solid" understanding of how temperature affects the states of matter.

Make meringues with your first grader and see how states of matter can transform before your very eyes. Here's how:

In this sound experiment children listen for differences as they tap on a bag of air, a bag of water, and a wooden block held up to their ears.

Use the appeal of the common road sign to your advantage by creating a game with hidden learning opportunities.

Choose a destination and "race" your way there! This activity is a great for charting progress and motivation.

This simple Veterans Day craft is a great way to have your kid work on her drawing skills and put her vocabulary to the test too!

Teach your first grade scientist the difference between liquids and solids using maple syrup.

Pureed ripe peaches, vanilla yogurt, agave nectar, and juicy chunks of peach come together to form a refreshing pop that hits the spot on a hot summer day.

Are you looking for a fun craft for the next big American holiday? Make this hat with your kid and let him march around the room like a Revolutionary soldier!

Celebrate Veterans Day with your child by helping them create and send a well-deserving veteran a "thank you" card via the U.S. Veteran's Affairs Department.

Do this experiment to help your first grader understand how salt can be removed from salt water. All it takes are a few household materials.

This 4th of July, end the battle for independence in your house, and show your child just how much freedom she can enjoy.

Is it solid or liquid? Create oobleck and witness the amazingly weird oscillation between the two!

Give your second-grader insight into the Huichol culture of Mexico with this arts and craft activity by creating an ojo de Dios (eye of God), or yarn weaving.

No matter the occasion, this flag craft is the perfect way for you child to proudly display her love of the red, white and blue!

Introduce your first grader to our country's most famous leaders with an artsy info board full of facts, patriotic colors and coins!

This family project is a fun way to teach your child about her heritage and practice her geography.

Help to build your child's reading skills and get your point across with these homemade message magnets!

First grade science often covers solids, liquids, and gases. This silly science explores serious facts about the difference between all three.

In this cool engineering science fair project, kids learn how to build Hero's engine: an enlightening example of Newton's third law.

Create an American flag pinwheel in this Fourth of July craft activity!

Here's an authentic writing task that is perfect for Earth Day, or any day! In this activity, your child's pen becomes an instrument of planetary importance.

Even your first grader can get involved in the lighting of the Kwanzaa Kinara with this clever flameless Kinara project!

Inspire your learner to love poems like Sonia Sotomayor by reading some poetry aloud!

Teach your child about the importance and meaning behind bowing in Asian cultures and help her expand her cultural horizons with this fun activity.

Invite your second grader to help you measure and mix these fresh, cool concoctions!

This science project challenges students to study deer behavior in their natural habitat- the feeding patterns, social behaviors, male to female ratio, etc.

Kids will learn how to make a thermometer to to explore liquid density in this great science fair project. Which liquids are affected by temperature the most?

Learn about the layers of the Earth and make a model! Create a earth layer book, cake, or clay diagram.