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The meaning of Thanksgiving can sometimes get lost among the fun of food and family. Discuss the meaning of Thanksgiving with this fun activity.

Help your budding artist construct this paper chain caterpillar craft, inspired by the intelligent bug from "Alice in Wonderland."

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

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!

Practice reading and writing by helping your first grader create a family recipe book!

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.

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.

The perfect activity for a rainy day, or any time your little one moans, "Moooo-oom, there's nothing to do!"

Make your own Matryoshka out of simple craft materials in this easy how-to!

Bird watching is a fun way for kids to learn about Mother Nature. Make a bird feeder, a bird house, and binoculars and you can attract birds and watch them!

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!

This twist on the same old Hide and Seek is a great weekend or rainy-day activity.

Make Valentine's Day breakfast special with this 'hearty' egg and toast recipe. This Valentine's Day breakfast gets a special twist with a heart-shaped egg.

Use the appeal of the common road sign to your advantage by creating a game with hidden learning opportunities.

Think you can blow up a balloon without using your mouth? This isn't just a cool trick, it's also a great way to introduce chemistry and biology concepts.

Get your hands on a concoction that breaks the rules about what's a solid and what's a liquid.

Here's a way to bring young children into the process of preparing healthy school lunches, and build up early literacy skills while they're at it!

Honor our 16th president by having your kid assemble his famous stovepipe hat! This Abe Lincoln hat craft is the perfect way to celebrate Presidents Day.

How do people move pianos and heavy furniture into tall buildings? Show your kids some pulley potential with this simple household exercise!

Want a fun way to teach your kid to tell time? Making a plate clock is a great way for him to learn how to tell time in a way he'll actually find exciting.

Engineers in training can get started with this simple wheel-and-axle construction activity.

This science fair project idea teaches that time always passes at the same rate and nothing we do in our daily life âreallyâ affects how fast it moves.

Take a closer look at the soil that surrounds us, and give your child a lesson in Geology 101!

Enjoy the beautiful outdoors and indulge in a colorful game of I Spy while you're at it! It's just as fun as classic I Spy but twice as educational.

You don't need to head to the Arctic to experiment with life in an igloo. Learners can build their own ice igloo at home from water and empty milk containers.

Celebrate the season of flowers with a homemade vase budding with blooms of the season. Filled with the warmth of a sunny day, it's just the thing for spring.

These cool treats are loaded with fruit, veggies, protein, and calcium, just what your child needs to fuel up for a busy day at school.

Help your preschooler learn the Four Questions prior to the big night with a homemade book, complete with words and illustrations!

If you're looking for something to keep your kid busy on a warm day, and give him some writing practice in the process, bring on the mud!

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