Teaching your child some basic words in Spanish is a breeze at home, with this simple and fun activity that doesn't require special educational materials.

Give your local birds a treat — and your young birdwatcher some fun — with this simple DIY bird feeder.

Help your child measure breezy weather in her environment by making a wind vane for kids, a simple version of the classic scientific measurement tool.

Sure, you can go out and buy a box of Valentine cards--but for a special message try this simple craft activity to make someone's day.

Make these simple homemade New Year's gifts with your child this holiday season to give to friends and family, each with a special message inside.

Show your first grader how to create her own octopus out of yarn. This simple, yet fun, project yields an adorable play or cuddle partner.

Mobiles make fun art projects for creative kids. Help your child bend simple pipe cleaners into bug shapes as diverse as the creepy crawlies that inspired them.

Is our water polluted? Help your young scientist understand the importance of taking care of the environment with this simple experiment.

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

This experiment works due to a simple principle: plants need light. Build a shoebox maze and watch the plant work though the obstacle course, searching for sun.

Make these crazy shaped bubbles from simple items in the kitchen, and teacher your kids to experiment and hypothesize. Here's how:

What's cooler than an explosion? Not much! This simple science experiment lets kids build their own pop rocket. So put on your safety goggles and let her rip.

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.

Learn how to make a paper snowflake with these simple instructions. Help your child learn how to make a paper snowflake with only paper and scissors.

From wizards to fairy godmothers, a magic wand is an essential element to any magical tale. Help your child make one of her own with simple craft supplies.

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

Bring barnyard fun to a rainy day by making this simple pig nose, or make several noses and round up two of your child's friends to act out Three Little Pigs.

A valentine garland makes any home look more lovely on Valentine's Day. Craft a simple valentine garland with your child to add some heart to your day.

This costume wig is a simple craft that will result in a great item for Halloween, dress up, or pretend play. Make a yarn costume wig with your child.

Here's a simple and fun kindergarten or first grade gardening activity: grow a miniature container garden in a paper egg carton. Great for kinesthetic learners.

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

Encourage your child to help with dinner preparations this holiday season! You can use this recipe for Christmas dinner or lunch, or for meals leading up to the holiday. This Christmas Wreath Salad recipe is simple enough for preschoolers to fifth graders

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.

In this project combining nature, art, math, and science, children make rubbings of leaves then observe shapes and structures and sort the leaf images.

This stocking craft will get your child to make a fun and textured collage for Christmas. Make this stocking craft with your child this holiday season.

This fun activity makes use of pasta shells, paint, and glue make a crab while your child learns about this unique creature.

Help your first grader build sight word knowledge by creating a reading pointer and taking the family on a house-wide reading tour!

Draw some educational value out of a summer stocked full of adventures!

Learn Halloween fun facts and put them in this cool art project. Make a Halloween fun facts foldable with your child this October.

Stock up on the colorful jelly beans available around Easter and put them to work in a piece of jelly bean art!