Instead of piling on jackets and mittens, settle down for an afternoon of paper magic with this three-dimensional snowflake craft.

Play hopscotch with numbers, but also with letters, to get kids ready for reading.

Is it magic? No...it's the amazing, gravity-defying capillary action experiment! Kids will love this dramatic and enlightening science fair project.

Check out this cool science fair project idea that models the behavior of the cold desert plants: xerophytes and halophytes.

Graph are a great way to organize information. Your child will get to practice graphing by creating a bar graph and a pictorial graph of her friend's names.

Children will learn why and how to compost as they help with the process of filling their compost, turning it, and observing the changes that occur.

Here's an activity to encourage your young artist to read. Invite your child to visualize directions on colors, numbers, and shapes to create cool pictures!

What's the science behind those out-of-sight roots? Find out if you can trick roots into growing in different directions.

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.

Make your own wrapping paper with some materials from around the house. Try to make your own wrapping paper this year for a unique presentation for your gifts.

Here is a way to help your first grader keep track of the books she has read, and also help her develop some critical thinking skills.

Introduce your child to the concept of the melting pot by decorating a patriotic 4th of July planter.

Combine your child's natural curiosity with his developing classification and writing skills by helping him create a backyard field guide.

Check out this cool science project idea to learn about rocks and explore the cycles of formation, breakdown, and reformation of rocks in the Earth's crust.