This project determines whether Styrofoam, paper, or plastic cups are best for preventing ice from melting.

Help your first grade scientist learn about metamorphosis by observing the life cycle of some interesting creepy crawlies.

Take the spookiness out of spiders with this web-making activity! Your child will practice talking about and creating shapes in this Halloween craft, and learn about spiders along the way.

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

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

Countries all around the world have been using the abacus for thousands of years to make math easier. Have your kid make his own abacus to practice arithmetic.

Teach your young academic about counting and clocks with a tasty treat!

Check out this simple version of a pairs game that's played all over the world. It's a great way to practice estimating and predicting mathematical outcomes.

What's my number? Go ahead and guess! This logic game focuses on number sense that suits all ability levels, as players' questions can be simple or complex.

Trying to find sums of groups of multiples is a great way to practice your addition. Be sure to double check your work. If you clear all of the cards, you win!

Get your child excited about measuring with this fun and easy household measurements activity.

Does your child love learning about dinosaurs? Does he like digging around in search of hidden treasures? In this fun activity he'll do both!

Celebrate Easter, or just about any day, with a candy necklace. Grab your favorite candies, a string of yarn and get ready to make a yummy, colorful treat!

For most second graders, a good secret code is just about irresistible. Here's one that builds math facts while you're at it!

Learn about coins and their value by making an animal piggy bank. Here's how to make a lion, pig, or sheep bank!

Learn about borrowing in subtraction using a deck of cards and a die! Your first grader will have fun playing this math game.

Making candles from old candles is easy. Recycle old candle stubs to make a "new" candle, and teach your child about recycling at the same time!

Combine art, history and food with this unique project! Your child will make her own butters, and learn a little about Colonial history at the same time

If your 2nd grade child asks for time often, encourage him to read time on his own by talking about time throughout the day.

Think you need a special dehydrator to make your own fruit leather? You can actually make a delicious version of this popular kid's snack in your own oven.

Get back into school with this exciting architecture exploration! In this craft activity your child will research, draw, and build his own school.

Try this fun and simple activity to help nurture your child's observation skills and nourish a growing love of science!

Transform your kitchen table into a winter wonderland with a cookie and cocoa party that looks freshly dusted with snow.

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.

Recycle old materials to create a fun, brain-teasing maze toy that also strengthens your child's math reasoning skills.

Simple and straightforward, this money math game helps kids practice counting, adding change, and working with decimals.

First graders spend lots of time learning double digit numbers. Here's a "green" way to build skills and have some old time family fun, too.

Kids will build a turtle habitat in order to observe the climate preferences of this cold-blooded reptile.

This hands-on activity practices skip counting, a key first grade math skill. But it's silly fun!

Ordinary drinking straws are fun for drinking juice and even for spitballs when you're not looking, but also fabulous for learning first grade math.