El dia de los muertos (the day of the dead) is a Mexican holiday celebrated on November 1st and 2nd every year. Other Latin American countries celebrate a variation of the holiday, but it originates in Mexico and is unique to this country. These two days

Learn about borrowing in subtraction using a deck of cards and a die! Your first grader will have fun playing this math game.

This autumn science project magically turns green leaves into autumn leaves by using crayon shavings and heat.

Using a toy race car kids create a visual model of the Doppler Effect.

Teach your first grade scientist the difference between liquids and solids using maple syrup.

Who said snow globes have to be round and made of glass? Here’s our take on this holiday favorite, using paper and plastic.

Create a unique gift that is as useful as it is gorgeous by using eggshells, tempera paint and glue.

This treasure hunt gets kids comfortable using the dictionary, and makes looking up words a lot of fun!

Create striking pieces of art using handmade heart stencils in this hands-on Valentine's Day arts and crafts activity!

In this activity, your child will be challenged to make a tower using paper cups.

Using a glass fishbowl, you and your kids can create a low-humidity, open-topped terrarium perfect for easy care, drought-tolerant succulents.

Have fun making recycled paper using scraps of used paper in your home with this hands-on project.

Teach your child about using pumps to move water in this simple and educational preschool science activity!

Using paper plates, have the kids make these fun animal masks and your house will be transformed into a jungle.

In this arts and crafts activity, you can make fun bracelets using just a handful of buttons and some elastic cord. And it's a counting game, too!

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.

Make a gingerbread house with your kid with this tutorial. Learn how to make a gingerbread house using a milk carton, graham crackers, and frosting.

Reinforce your child’s understanding of the alphabet by helping them construct all of the letters using pipe cleaners.

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.

What lives in the darkest, deepest waters of the ocean? Let your child's imagination go vividly wild while creating brilliant fish using their fingerprints!

Teach your child how to make a Georgia O'Keefe flower collage using pasta and paint for a fun art activity.

In this activity, students will draw a picture of the things they like to listen to at home using their superpower sense of mindful listening.

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.

Make vibrant faux stained glass art inspired by the art of Piet Mondrian, a Dutch painter who explored repeating shapes using the primary colors.

Help your first grader emboss his own design reminiscent of Middle Ages metalwork. Using foil and a wooden stylus, he'll create pretty springtime flower images.

Kids can make a cute fluffy bunny for Easter using a tin can and cotton balls in this creative first grade arts and crafts activity.

In this activity, your child will learn and practice mindfulness by using their senses to focus on one thing at a time.

Helping your child learn to read doesn't only have to mean using books from the library or from the store. You can make a book of your own - a nonsense book!

Using water, corn syrup, and sequins, your child can create a unique art project while exploring what happens when different liquids are mixed together!

For Read Across America Day, challenge your first grader to come up with a story using magnetic words inspired by "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss.