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Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

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

Shake things up by introducing your child to charcoal pencils! These unique drawing tools make blending, shading, and smudging easy and fun.

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.

Here is a hands-on activity to help third graders understand the four points of a compass...and how we use them to get around.

Measuring and mixing is half the fun with these Irish oatmeal cookies, and it's a great way to introduce your second grader to cooking and kitchen tools.

Not only is homemade wrapping paper pretty, but by experimenting with decorative tools, kids are also doing science, art, and small-motor muscle building.

Our breath is supporting us all of the time, but sometimes we don't even know it! In this activity, your child will discuss how they feel when they focus on their breath and learn tools to help them feel calm and at ease.

In this activity, young learners will make a balance using a plastic hanger and weigh a variety of small objects using candy corn.

Make a shiny decorative Menorah using an egg carton and light bulbs.

Make going back to school a fun time! Let your child create her own pencil topper creatures using everyday materials and a Styrofoam ball.

Enjoy the beauty of winter from the comfort of your home with this first grade art activity: make sparkly snowflake sculptures using modeling clay and glitter.

Get your child math and science savvy with this fun outdoor classification game. Using chalk, your child will classify what she sees in the natural world.

Add a Hannukah twist to Chutes and Ladders by using a dreidel as the dice.

Your third grader will delight in making this creepy night-flying creature using a simple pom pom!

Play a game of "restaurant" to reinforce real-world applications of counting and using money.

Be adventurous this Cinco de Mayo and give this simple recipe using pickled nopalitos a try!

Using simple materials, children will create a movement card game that the whole family can play together.

Using scherenschnitte, your science-savvy second grader will be able to create and display each part of a vegetable!

This autumn science project magically turns green leaves into autumn leaves by using crayon shavings and heat.

Kids will love painting shapes of objects in a still life while using strong colors showing highlights and shadows.

Help your child discover the difference between his wants and needs using this poster.

In this easy and fun animal craft, make a cute pig nose using recycled egg cartons!

Practice measurement using centimeters in this fun math race designed for your second grade student!

Here's a fun activity that will help your child become familiar with both punctuation marks...by using pasta shapes!

Forget model kits! Promote creativity by having your child construct a dinosaur model using marshmallows and toothpicks.

Challenge your budding wordsmith to see how many words he can make out of his own name, using homemade flashcards.

Using hard boiled eggs, leaves and tempera paint, your child can create a delicate garden print decoration on Easter eggs.

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

Create a unique gift that is as useful as it is gorgeous by using eggshells, tempera paint and glue.