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Show your child the solar system and let them explore the stars and space by creating a painting. It's a fun and easy way capture your child's imagination.

Kids make a cute pipe cleaner bumble bee craft and learn a few interesting bee facts along the way in this spring-themed arts and crafts activity.

In this activity, your child will make her own book of Swahili numbers filled with pictures of animals found throughout Africa.

Dads, this activity's for you. Brighten mom's day with a set of kid-designed "mom coupons" that are sure to keep mom happily pampered for weeks.

This crafty activity will help your child develop an understanding of important math concepts like patterning and spatial awareness.

This spider mobile activity encourages learning about the science of motion, air currents and art.

Do you need to help your students chill out? This activity will help your students learn how to breathe deeply, self-soothe, and calm themselves down.

How often do we eat with awareness and really taste our food and think about where the food came from? Mindful eating is a great way to practice mindfulness infused with gratitude and appreciation for our food.

Make Mom a Queen For A Day crown for Mother's Day.

Put an oatmeal box, a flashlight, and some construction paper together and you have the makings of an incredibly cool bedroom planetarium!

Transform a single sheet of card stock into a double-sided painting of opposites: on one side, a bright daytime landscape, on the other, a dusky evening scene.

Children are imaginative story-builders. Create a shoebox habitat with your child to put those budding creative instincts to good use.

Fire up the grill, break out the raffia and get crafty with flowers--it's time to learn how to throw your own luau!

This competitive inequalities card game is a great way to help your child understand the connection between numerals and the values they represent.

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

A great way to cultivate awareness, focus and attention in the present is through movement. Mindful movement can also decrease stress and anxiety and increase calm.

Learn how to make fairy wings with these easy instructions. See how to make fairy wings for Halloween or dress-up time.

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

This DIY menorah will make a beautiful addition to your Hanukkah celebrations. Make a DIY menorah with your child this winter.

Learn how to make a trick-or-treat bag for Halloween. See how to make a decorative trick-or-treat bag with this Halloween craft tutorial.

Compound words get easier if kids can spot two smaller words that they already know inside. Add some fun to the process with this card game!

Kids will explore the corrosiveness of soda in this cool science fair project by leaving pennies submerged in soda overnight.

Cookie cutters aren't just for gingerbread men anymore. Here are 8 fun and creative projects to do with cookie-cutters!

Get your child outside to observe the clouds, and get a fun exercise in science, writing, and arts and crafts! Here's how.

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

Keep school day sniffles at bay with a simple felt tissue cozy that fits neatly in a 3-ring binder.

In this activity, your child will create a red envelope that can be filled with money to spread good will and ward off evil spirits in the New Year.

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.

Here's a hands-on activity that first grade use to help kids get a feel for equations. It uses popsicle sticks to practice addition and subtraction!

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.