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Help your child learn more about the military by having him create a portrait of a soldier and write a short summary about why that soldier is important.

Test your learner's knowledge of Barack Obama by challenging your child to complete a crossword puzzle about the President after reading a short biography.

In this fun fall-themed activity, your child will design and decorate a pumpkin based on a picture book. After completing their pumpkin, they’ll write a short story about a new adventure related to their picture book.

Celebrate spring -- and take care of a little spring cleaning -- with this creative craft that turns a single sock into an adorable rabbit.

Make a phonics paper egg to help your child build up his reading and writing skills.

This experiment explores whether reading text on a computer screen or type on paper leads to better retention of the information read.

Knowing how to use quotation marks to write character dialog is an important skill for developing writers. Here's a fun way to get your child writing speech.

Show your fourth grader how to make a delicate, dried flower bookmark with flowers native to their neighborhood.

Greeting cards are nice, but after they've been opened most cards soon end up in the trash. This year, make Dad a Father's Day card he'll treasure forever.

This science fair project idea provides evidence that air is everywhere and takes up space.

Here is a fun holiday exercise to reinforce your grade-schooler's understanding of adjectives from adverbs while she's away on winter break!

Making personalized postcards out of meaningful photographs is a fun, rainy day project.

With this science fair idea, little scientists will gain valuable insights into the physics behind throwing a baseball.

Make your own dreidel from modeling clay with this Hannukah craft activity!

Valentine bookmarks make reading lovely. Make a valentine bookmark that looks like a heart-filled bookworm.

This activity is a great way to engage learners in Earth Day celebrations while cultivating skills around nonfiction comprehension and research writing.

In this activity, your child will discover their interests and special talents through performing, writing, and drawing.

Celebrate the sweeter side of the holidays with this charming mouse ornament!

A riff on the classic board game, St. Patrick's Day Snakes and Ladders is a fun game the whole family can enjoy.

Get your child excited about measuring with this fun and easy household measurements activity.

Have your child try her hand at creating a colorful, beaded necklace that's not only stylish, but also tells a story.

Kids practice their writing composition skills as they cut and paste nutsy headlines from old newspapers and write silly articles to go with them.

In this project combining nature, art, math, and science, children make rubbings of leaves then observe shapes and structures and sort the leaf images.

Explore the chemistry of latex polymers with this outrageous, hilarious science activity.

Teach your child Morse code, and a little bit of history that she'll pick up in a flash!

Kids will learn how to make a thermometer to to explore liquid density in this great science fair project. Which liquids are affected by temperature the most?

Using cardboard and duct tape, you can make a durable Father's Day frame that Dad can hang anywhere from his workbench to the office!

Give your number one dad something that he truly deserves this Father's Day!

Create your very own adorable reindeer to keep you company throughout the holiday season.

Give your kid the opportunity to experiment with color combinations, and how the tape is applied as they make special cards for friends and family.