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Your third grader will be amazed at the explosive combination of vinegar and baking soda in these chocolate volcano cupcakes with white chocolate "lava."

In this experiment, kids will see if pruning tomato plants makes them more fruitful and learn about the factors that contribute to a plant's fruit production.

How do animals keep warm? In this experiment, find out whether fat insulation resists cold temperatures and learn how this works in the animal kingdom.

Make your own wrapping paper with some materials from around the house. Try to make your own wrapping paper this year for a unique presentation for your gifts.

The next time you've got a restless second grade earth scientist on your hands, use this experiment to demonstrate crystals and make a tasty treat, too!

This activity will inspire adults and kids alike to take time to explore the beauty in their community and discover the colors of fall while developing their descriptive and creative writing skills!

In this science and engineering activity, children will explore types of tunnels and their purposes and then design and build a tunnel of their own.

Add some artsy fun to your child's next reading adventure by letting them draw the characters.

This fun game helps children learn to estimate the most basic unit of time--a minute--without a clock.

Make fractions easy for your child to understand by incorporating their discussion and practice into meals and cooking that you two participate in together.

Would your child like to learn about a hidden world? All she needs to do is open her box of markers!

Work on homophones, words that sound the same, and spelling with this imaginative activity!

Make subtraction practice more fun with this outdoor review game that's great for beginning math learners and more advanced!

Eating a healthy breakfast starts the day out right, and your child can make something tasty and nutritious while honing her culinary skills!

Budding bakers can explore the excitement of the kitchen without fear of cuts or hot ovens by making these super simple and tasty cookies.

Teach your child how to make an all-natural, yellow-brown dye, using just walnut shells and water. This deep dye can be used on textiles, art, and wood.

This activity challenges students to use computational thinking as they create a sequence of commands that will make a robot move in a pattern related to the sound and rhythm of music.

Make an "I'm NOT Bored" book filled with your child's favorite activities, to reference the next time she has the urge to declare, "I'm bored."

Here is a fun at-home physical activity that encourages movement while also working on literacy or math skills!

This holiday season, don't forget the many delights of "cookie science"! Here's a confection we especially like.

Your child can learn more about traditional Irish cooking this St. Patrickâs Day by making some apple barley pudding â a real tasty treat!

Introduce your child to the importance of preserving the world's biodiversity by turning a lesson on endangered species into a fun game for the whole family.

Show your child how to construct a homemade thermometer. It's hands-on fun and a great way to learn about this important instrument!

Sharing can be a challenge, and division doubly so! Practice halving numbers in this competitive card game.

Have your child construct his own Christmas tree from construction paper while cutting, overlapping and measuring to create an adorable modern design.

Give your emerging writer a better feel for terminal punctuation with this activity that will have her mix up punctuation marks in a favorite childhood book.

This fun activity encourages your child to develop their skills in not only taking measurements, but also in working with the measurements themselves.

Help your child comprehend the past by using hands-on activities like this homemade lantern project.

In this activity, your child will explore the differences between facts and opinions. Together, you will go on a scavenger hunt in your home and play the role of detectives in search of facts.

In this activity, your child will write stories about two different people. The stories will include similarities and differences in the ways each person lives in their communities.