Your first grader will improve her fine motor skills as she designs her own drum set with recycled household objects and art supplies!

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.

Children will learn about diversity, hear a story that reflects appreciation and acceptance of differences, and connect with a pen pal in another country through writing and drawing a letter.

Children have a naturally inquisitive mind. Foster their curiosity with a walk through an autumn field or park to answer age-old “why” questions. As you walk with your child, you can encourage them to ask questions.

This is a simple, nutritious food kids love for snacks and lunches all year.

Try this simple activity to stimulate some very complex thinking with your first grader to develop those all-important reading and comprehension skills.

April showers may bring May flowers, but your child can preserve the beauty of spring's bounty all year long with this simple craft project!

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.

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

Spark your kids' interest in writing by helping them write a mini-book about their favorite subject: themselves!

Here's a household scavenger hunt that shows kids the natural sources behind everyday objects...and builds reading skills, too!

This recipe makes bubbles that not only blow up nice and big, but do tricks and experiments! How do you do it? It's not a secret, it's science!

Learn all about colors with the best teachers of all -- cupcakes!

Here's a fun activity to reinforce simple short and long vowel words for your first grader.

The 100th day of school is an important benchmark for kids in the lower elementary grades. Help your kid create a 100 days of school shirt to celebrate!

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

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

Add a smattering of beachy fun to a regular paper plate with this simple and adorable seashell craft!

Add a flourish of flowers to your dining table with simple and creative sponge art!

Save some money on the decorations with this simple birthday banner that your child can make himself!

Your third grader will delight in making this creepy night-flying creature using a simple pom pom!

Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

Using simple materials, children will create a movement card game that the whole family can play together.

These spooky eyeballs are simple enough for kids to make, and featur carrots, olives and cream cheese for a nutritious nosh.

Help your curious kid cut through the clutter and collect the facts with a simple and fun science foldable.

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

Counting syllables can be tough. Help your kid get some practice on Valentine's Day with this simple game.

This simple art project will help your child think of nice words to say that come from the heart.

Learn all about balance and motion as your child designs a corn maze!

This St. Patrick's Day show your child to the fun of resist painting. It's as simple as getting out a crayon and some watercolor paints!