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.

Your second grader will get great measuring practice as she helps you make this rich and creamy green dip!

Make clothing battles a thing of the past by allowing your second grader to design his own dress-up shirt out of an ultra-comfy t-shirt for New Year's.

This simple illuminaria can be made for any season or holiday. It's so fun that parents and kids alike will enjoy making a new one for each special holiday!

This craft, a perfect pre-bedtime activity for a first sleepover, helps build up a ton of useful skills, like geometry, measurement, and basic sewing skills.

Your child can make her own Mexican tin art mirror with cardboard, a mirror, and an aluminum pan.

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

Have a bookworm on your hands? They'll boost their spelling and problem solving skills with this Oulipo activity re-writing lyrics to beloved Christmas songs!

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.

In this activity, your child will reflect on how adults can learn from kids. They will watch a TED Talk presented by a 12-year-old girl about the power of young people’s ideas and teachings, and they will generate some of their own unique ideas.

Not every poem needs to be about leaves and love. If your fifth grader is more attached to his phone or computer, introduce him to the apostrophe poem.