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.

Looking for an easy and creative craft? Beads come in all sorts of shapes, sizes and colors and your kids will have fun creating unique key chains.

Cookie, snow globe or puzzle? This holiday cookie is all three! Celebrate the holidays with this puzzle cookie, a crafty twist on a delicious dessert.

Calling all power-shoppers! This game is a fun way for kids to learn life skills, and flex their math muscles at the same time.

The next time you're trapped indoors on a dreary day, try this take on dodgeball. All you need are a group of kids, an open area and a soft, spongy ball.

Create a three-dimensional X-ray of your child's hand in this simple modeling activity. All you need to get started are black paper and drinking straws

Being a kid is hard work. Soothe stresses and calm fears with this DIY Zen garden -- all you need is sand, stones and a shoebox.

This is a healthy dish that'll bring color to any meal but simple enough that kids of all ages can take the lead in making this delicious Korean dish.

Do this experiment to help your first grader understand how salt can be removed from salt water. All it takes are a few household materials.

Help your child create a rebus message for a unique Father's Day card or poster; it's like a collage and encoded message all in one!

In this parts of speech fall scavenger hunt, kids will search for all the hidden leaves, sort them into parts of speech categories, and then practice creating their own sentences using the words they find.

Little kids love this messy but fun Easter party game: bob for chocolate Easter eggs in a giant blob of whipped cream. The first one to find all her eggs wins!

This fun activity will have your child creating a Halloween-themed bookmark to use throughout the Halloween season. All they have to do is follow the directions on the legend!

Get creative with this engaging activity where kids are asked to create their own pumpkin person and tap into their creative writing skills! Include all family members by having them create their very own pumpkin people.

Learn all about cause and effect as your child experiments with an exploding pumpkin in this engaging fall activity! Get the whole family involved with this simple science experiment that is a fun and exciting way to combine Halloween and science.

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.

This game provides your child with the opportunity to create, write, and read numbers.

First graders are learning basic addition and subtraction math facts. Practice in the sandbox with this fun outdoor math activity!

Write to a deployed soldier to help your child practice reading, writing, and get a better understanding of what it means to serve our country.

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

With nothing more than a flat open space and some lively kids, you can reinforce key concepts of punctuation while having lots of healthy laughs.

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

Here's a science activity to help your child investigate how seeds are designed to travel.

This science experiment has students test whether a snail moves faster on concrete or dirt.

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

Let your child catch you making deliberate errors in this silly game that promotes serious learning about punctuation.

The objective of this science fair project is to explore the relationship between acidic and basic compounds.

What animals are most popular? This project affords practice in data-collection, record-keeping and data-analysis through the investigation of this question.

With this activity, you'll create a family treasure...and reinforce social studies basics while you're at it!

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.