Kids can jazz up their checker sets by transforming boring round checker pieces into baby chicks and eggs in this 1st grade arts and crafts activity.

Make counting coins make "cents" to your second grader while giving her the chance to practice her math skills by playing this fun game with her.

Check out this fun science fair project idea for 1st grade: a solar eclipse model that demonstrates total, partial, and annular solar eclipses.

Geared toward kindergarten and first grade learners, The Weather Inside is a fun activity to help help children understand and process their emotions in a healthy way.

Your 1st grade scientist will improve her observation skills as she's encouraged to eat healthy by comparing the dry and fresh fruit in this experiment.

Bring the zoo to you with this fun second grade arts and crafts activity: make a mini menagerie using colored pipe cleaners, a pencil and marker, and eyes!

Build your child's math skills with this 2nd-3rd grade activity. Similar to a carnival toss, this egg carton toss game is sure to provide hours of fun.

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!

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.

Those second grade spelling lists may be getting serious, but that's no reason to stop having fun. Here's a high-energy hopscotch game to try.

Help your child learn about the world through this 3rd-4th grade geography activity: start a postcard collection and mark where they came from on a world map.

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.

The next time you've got a restless second grade earth scientist on your hands, use this experiment to demonstrate crystals and make a tasty treat, too!

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.

Air invisible; it doesn't make sounds; you can't pick it up and throw it. So how do we know it exists? Help your second grade scientist figure it out.

Take a beach ball, a marker, and a first grader. What do you get? An outdoor activity that works on reading comprehension, in the midst of a game of catch!

Have some fun with your first or second grader, looking for creative ways that 100 cents can make $1.00!

Parents can help their children at home by using a dialogue journal to model good writing.

Here's a brain-challenging treasure hunt for your third grader, calling upon math skills with money and with decimals!

Teach your creative second grader about proportions, animals, and proper cutting methods with cucumber carving.

Help your first grader, second grader, or third grader boost his addition skills and math vocabulary with this fun summer game Ice Cream Addition!

Help your third grader make the Scoop 'N Catch--a great choice for a fun and inexpensive afternoon.

First graders will love practicing addition with this fun math game.

This fun math card game is a great opportunity to discuss probability with your third grader.

Help your own young scientist tackle the wonders of static electricity from the comfort of his own home!

Practice conversions within the metric system in this fun math card game for third graders.

Here's an arts and crafts activity that has your first-grader or second-grader using crayons and black paint to create a beautiful wax-resist nightscape.

Use this fun math board game to improve your first grader's confidence with addition facts.

Help your first grader explore the world of scientific measurement by "weighing" fruit with a "water scale"!

Practice subtraction with your second grader in this fun dice game. Math concepts have never been more fun!