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

What's your problem? I'll show you my math if you show me yours! Critical thinking and computation skills are the focus of this strategic math card game.

This hands-on activity practices skip counting, a key first grade math skill. But it's silly fun!

This first grade addition math game helps your child use critical thinking skills while practicing his computation.

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.

This first grade science activity is great for winter! Your child will grow and observe her own amaryllis bulb, keeping a journal of her scientific findings.

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!

Here's a place mat your second grader can create, based on the classic frontier tradition of patchwork quilting.

This fun shape game is like Twister...with a twist!

Get your child math and science savvy with this fun outdoor classification game. Using chalk, your child will classify what she sees in the natural world.

Gather the neighborhood children together and practice graphing with this backyard tournament!

Take the spookiness out of spiders with this web-making activity! Your child will practice talking about and creating shapes in this Halloween craft, and learn about spiders along the way.

Give your second grader a chance to get his feet wet with measurement before he moves onto the more complicated stuff by trying this activity with him at home.

Science fair project idea which teaches you how to make butter by separating cream into butter and buttermilk.

Declare a "Pocket Day" in your house and help your child practice his addition skills as he counts how many pockets the family is wearing that day!

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

Weave a unique ribbon pattern! This fun arts and crafts activity is a great way to make colorful projects and learn basic math and art skills.

Teach your third grader about the concepts money and purchasing with this "Mock Card Shop" activity.

Here is a fun middle school science project on factors affecting solubility. Learn how dissolved solids can "crash out" to form crystals when conditions change.

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

Do you think heat can affect a plant's growth rate?

Homemade Halloween treats make great party foods for an All Hallow's Eve get together. These four homemade Halloween treats are scary-good.

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

Help your first grade scientist learn about metamorphosis by observing the life cycle of some interesting creepy crawlies.

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