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This Thanksgiving table runner craft isn't just fun and festive, it also helps your child build muscles for hand strength, fine motor skills, and handwriting.

Take the art making outside: have your first grader make a clay relief sculpture of the natural world. This is a great activity for summer.

Have your child kick off their summer vacation by making a miniature water slide!

Hanukkah stamps help you decorate anything from cards to gifts to wrapping paper. Make your own Hanukkah stamps out of potatoes.

Science fair project that determines whether cooling eggs helps them be peeled more easily. Compare the time it took to peel each egg.

Can you dig it? This science experiment isn't for kids who like to keep their hands clean.

Plants and light seem to be good buddies, but how far does the friendship really go?

In this classic Ivory soap experiment, kids learn what happens to different types of soap in the microwave, and why!

Young scientists will investigate people's preferences for saltiness, and make some inferences about genetics and diet.

Delight your first grader by combining a reading activity with a fun "tea party" as she unscrambles cut-up words in a tea bag to form sentences and stories.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to create a device that protects an egg when it is dropped from a height of about 10 feet.

In first grade, children are introduced to fractions. Here's a recipe that combines fraction practice with winter fun and lets kids actually paint the snow!

Learn about this simple machine and make a pulley of your own to use for fun science trials.

Do you think you could walk around upside down -- with your feet in the air and your head on the ground?

Be a chemist for a day and study the simple reaction between sugar and heat. Try heating sugar and see what happens!

Here's a first grade arts and crafts activity: make pop-up puppets using a plastic cup, wooden dowel, and fabric. Put on a show once you're done!

What exactly went on in a typical dinosaur family? Travel back to the Mesozoic Era and bring out your kid's creative side with this sequencing activity.

In this activity you and your child will learn about the African Americans that changed history in a fun quiz format.

In this hands-on design challenge your child will make their very own Rube Goldberg Machine.

Refresh your third grader's understanding of idioms with this hands-on art activity that encourages him to manipulate clay to represent his favorite idiom.

The objective of this science project is to determine the length of time for different seeds to germinate.

This year on Mother's Day, try this gift project that brings together an appreciation for gardening with a hands-on lesson in art history.

This experiment challenges students to forecast the weather based on the surrounding areas' weather.

Start your toy engines -- this is going to be a fast and friction-filled race!

Do plants get crowded? Have your curious kid investigate how plants respond if they're forced to grow together in a confined space.

In this fun science experiment, kids will determine the best method for ripening avocados and discover the cool chemical reaction that makes this possible.

Understanding absorption means understanding why certain fibers and materials can absorb water! Kids will see absorption in action in this simple project.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to use simple materials to create a catapult for a small, lightweight toy.

Deep relaxation is a great way to create the conditions for learning by helping students let go of tension and worry.

How do animals keep warm? In this experiment, find out whether fat insulation resists cold temperatures and learn how this works in the animal kingdom.