Take this "paper plate snack test" with your child for a hands-on lesson in making healthier choices to teach your child about what's in his food.

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

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

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

In this activity, your child will be challenged to make a tower using paper cups.

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

Here's a simple and fun kindergarten or first grade gardening activity: grow a miniature container garden in a paper egg carton. Great for kinesthetic learners.

Reinforce your child’s understanding of the alphabet by helping them construct all of the letters using pipe cleaners.

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.

Chemistry is a blast with this backyard bomb made from a sandwich bag. All you need are ingredients from the pantry to create a satisfying, and safe, explosion.

Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.

First grade science often covers solids, liquids, and gases. This silly science explores serious facts about the difference between all three.

What makes your shadow dance around all day? Let's play detective and find out why that sneaky shadow never stays in one place for long.

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.

Slime: It's oozy, it's goopy, and it's just plain fun! Learn how to make slime with this fun science fair project.

Did you ever think you could make colors disappear right before your eyes? This science experiment is just like a magic trick: now you see it, now you don't!

Teach your child about healthy foods and how to make a meal that is good for them with this fun activity that you both can do together.

This snowman's not abominable, he's adorable! Your child can bring her very own snowman to life while practicing how to create texture.

The goal of this fun science fair project idea is to microwave candy and investigate: do some colors of M&Ms melt faster than others?

This science fair project idea investigates how the shape of an object affects drag.

In this project children practice the scientific method while playing with puffy paint.

This science fair project teaches about mold. Students will test different foods to see which grow mold the fastest.

Children learn the six parts of a plant...but do they really understand? Try this plant-themed meal plan to bring school science into the home.

This science fair project teaches students about wilting and browning of salad greens.

Your child might have noticed how bubbles quickly lose their colors and pop. Check out this creative way to make those bubbles last longer.

Bring the magic and mystery of the night sky to the light of day with this fun constellation art project!

In this experiment, students will create their own version of coquina, a sedimentary rock thatâs formed by seashells and sand, cemented by seawater minerals.

Does your child love learning about dinosaurs? Does he like digging around in search of hidden treasures? In this fun activity he'll do both!

Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.