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

Help your child "step up" to second grade math fact challenges with a fun addition and subtraction game in your very own kitchen.

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

Forget store-bought dyes this Easter: color your Easter eggs with natural dyes made with ingredients from your own kitchen in this 1st grade activity.

This recipes is so easy your child gets to be master chef for this kitchen activity. He'll bake peanut butter banana oatmeal cookies that happen to be vegan!

Help your child practice symmetry with this fun activity that will leave your child with a sweet symmetrical treat!

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

Here's a hands-on activity that first grade use to help kids get a feel for equations. It uses popsicle sticks to practice addition and subtraction!

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.

This measurement activity uses feet to compare objects, but not the ones found on rulers and measuring sticks...the feet on your child's own body!

Here's a fun activity to help build thinking skills in young first grade scientists, and to encourage them to have a blast exploring the mass and volume.

Make fractions easy for your child to understand by incorporating their discussion and practice into meals and cooking that you two participate in together.

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

In this activity, have your second grader practice measuring by finding the height, weight, and length of their most treasured toy!

Pfeffernusse are spicy and sweet Christmas cookies from Germany. Make a batch of traditional pfeffernusse this holiday season.

Play this "subtraction war" card game with your second grader and watch his math facts mastery leap forward!

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!

Pumpkin carving party activities are great for a pre-Halloween party. Try pumpkin carving party activities, including jack-o'-lantern ideas and fall recipes.