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Create a homemade pair of sunglasses with colored lenses to see just how light and color affect our sight! Use this fun project to practice science!

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

Get fired up for the new school year with a "Back-to-School Calendar" you and your child can make at home.

Everyone has a dream. The hard part is striving to make those dreams come true. Encourage your child to dream big with this easy craft project.

Introduce your child to the concepts of positive and negative space in design with this simple yet striking Valentine's Day art project.

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.

This science fair project idea explores how enzyme inhibitors, active sites, non-competitive enzyme inhibitors, and substrates work.

Enlist the whole family and helpful friends in this heartwarming activity for Dad. Boost kids' writing skills in the process, too!

This project explores ways to prevent static electrical shocks.

The objective of this science fair project is to examine the effects of temperature on salt and water solutions, as they form crystals over time.

Being present is essential for learning, so help your child become more aware of their body and surroundings through an activity called "mindful walking."

Combine your creative fifth grader's love of nature, art and poetry with leaf printing!

Here's an activity to help your child manage their nonfiction reading by focusing on the most important elements of what she's read.

Incorporate a lesson about metaphors into a writing and drawing project featuring one of the most classically recognizable of holiday icons: Rudolph!

Your child can transform a triangle of felt into a colorful and motivating pennant sharing all her favorite characteristics and traits.

Channel the artistic spirit of Romare Bearden by making a mixed media collage to express different moods.

Who wants to take a boring paper bag to school -- just to throw away as soon as the bell rings -- when you can create a reusable lunch bag out of fleece?

Here's a fun writing activity that will turn a Saturday trip to the local zoo into an all-out creativity bonanza.

Declare a "Pocket Day" in your house and help your child practice his addition skills as he counts how many pockets the family is wearing that day!

Liven up your sixth grader's study of world geography with these three fun challenges.

Turn yourself into a personalized paper doll, along with a collection of your favorite outfits.

Create a unique gift that is as useful as it is gorgeous by using eggshells, tempera paint and glue.

This project examines whether playing music during class helps students learn or if it distracts students from learning.

Make your very own fortune cookies from paper and share good fortunes with family and friends.

This experiment challenges students to forecast the weather based on the surrounding areas' weather.

Show your child that the simplest ingredients (salt and water) can be used to illustrate the concept of density!

Add a creative and personal touch to graduation gifts with this clever character clip that's perfect for securing cards to gift boxes.

Your child can cut her way into making a fun collage of mod-style flowers that will dazzle and delight!

Chemistry isn't just incredible ... sometimes its edible! These crystal lollipops are a delicious introduction to chemistry concepts.

Celebrate our nation's colonial history by making your very own weaving loom!