Children tap into their own imaginative storytelling skills by creating and writing a richly embellished folk tale about their favorite member of the animal kingdom.

With school, home, and activities in between, life can sometimes feel chaotic to kids. Help your child learn how to stop and relax with handmade peace rocks.

Whether you love the sweet candy kernels or not, the vibrant colors of candy corn make them perfect for your child and his artistic talents.

Your second grader can honor two renowned U.S. Presidents--Abraham Lincoln and George Washington--by crafting larger-than-life pennies and quarters!

Using just an egg carton and some beans or pennies, you can play this game with your first grader and see real gains in core math skills.

Help your kindergarten or first grade child use his creativity to make a beautiful magnetic patterned structure while discovering the wonders of magnets.

Encourage your child to eat nutritiously by having them build this delicious summer fruit cone!

This science fair project idea demonstrates that plants give off water.

Say thanks this Thanksgiving by surprising a friend, a teacher or a grandparent with this paper plate turkey which doubles as a festive wall hanging.

Kids will love painting shapes of objects in a still life while using strong colors showing highlights and shadows.

Who are the people young readers meet in their books? This reading activity will help your first grader build important comprehension skills.

Make a spring collage with your child to get them outside and those creative juices flowing!

Let your first grader get inspired by the fiery fall colors outside his window by creating a beautiful handprint tree!

Help your child make a beautiful homemade sandcastle that will last!

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

It's always good to have a little help during the holiday. Show your child how to set a table setting and then help him create a placemat map.

Combine kids' love of scavenger hunts with consonant blends to create a fun game that's perfect for everything from birthday parties to rainy days at home.

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

Play the Vocabulary Game to help your child develop a superb, admirable, excellent, magnificent, splendid vocabulary!

Help your child sleep easy with this gorgeous paper plate dream catcher.

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.

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!

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!

This fun first grade activity will make your child love vegetables (well, racing them anyway). Build a racecar from a zucchini and challenge the whole family!

Here's a fun activity to help build thinking skills in young first grade scientists, and to encourage them to have a blast exploring the mass and volume.

This fun art activity will get your child's creative juices flowing and will teach her about shapes, pattern and texture along the way.

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.

The objective of this science fair project is to examine the effects of temperature on salt and water solutions, as they form crystals over time.

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

Let your imagination take flight as you explore the beautiful continent of Africa! Do this fun writing activity with your child to honor Black History Month.