Help your first grader design and create his very own bird feeder out of an empty milk carton.

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!

Learn how to be a bird scientist in this simple project of watching feathered friends in their habitat.

Why does purple cheese look nasty? Because color plays a big part in how we perceive the taste of different foods. Are birds just like us in this respect?

Give your local birds a treat — and your young birdwatcher some fun — with this simple DIY bird feeder.

Science fair project that develops latent fingerprints on a non-porous objects by converting superglue from a solid state to a gaseous state.

Your first grader will love feeding his favorite winged creatures with these tasty Christmas "cookies" for birds!

Running out of breakfast ideas for your kid? Make a delicious egg and cheese bird's nest.

Have your child experiment with layering by creating a feathered friend to celebrate warmer weather.

This science fair project idea investigates if webbed feet help a duck (and others) swim.

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

Is it solid or liquid? Create oobleck and witness the amazingly weird oscillation between the two!

In this sound experiment children listen for differences as they tap on a bag of air, a bag of water, and a wooden block held up to their ears.

What's a liquid? What's a solid? What better way to experiment than by turning a childhood favorite, ice cream, into a homemade science lesson!

Do this experiment to help your first grader understand how salt can be removed from salt water. All it takes are a few household materials.

Problem-solving skills can be practiced and strengthened over time with puzzles such as Tangrams! In this activity, your child will discuss problem-solving strategies and practice using these strategies with Tangram puzzles.

Challenge your young dinosaur lover to examine dinosaur footprints and then create their own dinosaur fossil in this hands-on activity.

By using watercolor paints to practice writing letters, sentences, and math problems, your child will practice first grade skills in his "Sidewalk School."

Invite your kid to create her own hanging dove images--a symbol of peace and unity--in honor of Black History Month.

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

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

In this activity, your child will be challenged to build a tall tower out of building bricks! The instructions include questions prompts to guide students through the design challenge.

Help your child measure breezy weather in her environment by making a wind vane for kids, a simple version of the classic scientific measurement tool.

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

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.

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!

New readers need to develop a "bank" of words they can read by sight. Hate flashcards? Consider this fresh way to practice sight words to perfection...Bingo!

Celebrate Labor Day with this fun activity. Show your child how to make a "career book" and explore the many jobs that people have, while practicing writing.

Help your first grade scientist learn about metamorphosis by observing the life cycle of some interesting creepy crawlies.

Deep relaxation is a great way to create the conditions for learning by helping students let go of tension and worry.