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.

In this hands-on craft project, kids will make an analog clock of their own, and then use it to learn how to tell time.

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!

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.

In this insulation experiment, you'll learn which clothes keep you warm in the cold, and which make you shiver.

Make a fun refrigerator graph with your first grader in order to help her develop those crucial graphing skills, while engaging with the whole family.

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

Draw some educational value out of a summer stocked full of adventures!

How many steps long is the hallway? Kids put their graph-making skills to work as they make a step map of their own house.

Use empty soda bottles to create a fun bowling set that helps your first grader practice addition skills!

Encourage your kindergartener to investigate and chronicle the weather she observes during the coldest months of the year.

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

Do plants breathe? Not exactly. They do respire though! This activity will help your child with see that plants are producing the oxygen we need to survive.