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Give your child some practice with even numbers, while creating a cute Christmas keepsake. Create this skip counting book.

Test your friends to find out if you can replicate the placebo effect's incredible results.

Combine your child's natural curiosity with his developing classification and writing skills by helping him create a backyard field guide.

Use an old strawberry basket to create a decorative box for storing knickknacks, jewelry or odds and ends with this recycled craft.

Beetles come in many shapes and colors. Here's how your second grade child can create his own beetles to paint and play with!

Get your hands on a concoction that breaks the rules about what's a solid and what's a liquid.

Shake things up by introducing your child to charcoal pencils! These unique drawing tools make blending, shading, and smudging easy and fun.

Re-purpose a tin can into a pretty compost bucket for your family's kitchen counter and learn about the science and fun of recycling and renewing objects.

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.

Teach your child about the art of ancient Australia by creating your own handprint art just like Aboriginal artists did thousands of years ago.

Explore griffins, dragons, and other medieval mythical beasts through sculpture by making your own bas relief beast out of modeling clay.

If your child is particularly handy or artistic, she'll love putting her talents toward making a custom key holder. It's the perfect gift for any occasion.

Replace the butterfat and sugar of ice cream with the sublime sweetness of a frozen chocolate-covered banana.

Celebrate spring with a cute cut-out bug button your child can make out of colorful felt and markers!

Help you child burn his very own CD with all of his favorite color songs to create a compilation album that is truly one of a kind.

In this fun math activity, second graders will learn to estimate items in a jar! 

Make this spring break a memorable one by creating a "growth" flower with your child, also great for your second grader's writing practice!

This paper alternative to tie-dye is faster, easier, and (slightly) less messy, only requiring paper, white crayons, and a little imagination.

Celebrate Veterans Day or Memorial Day by creating some patriotic paper star charms to honor those who have served in the military.

In this fun science project your child will get practice following directions and getting messy as they learn all about slime!

Our breath can be a helpful tool to connect with a sense of peace and calm. In this home activity, your child will practice counting breaths, hear poems about nature and mindfulness, and write their own poem.

Wake up and create a fun, healthy snowman with your learner! As a family, create a snowman on your plate with yogurt, add some snowman accessories, and design a snowy environment.

This science project teaches young students about germs, bacteria, and the importance of washing their hands. Students will test what is the best way to wash.

Add an ancient protective tool to your child's dress-up chest: the Viking shield!

Got the pre-writing blues? Try this simple five-finger technique to help your second grader develop a sequenced plan for her early compositions.

Learn how to make a mustache with these simple instructions. See how to make a mustache on a stick for Halloween, costume parties, or dress up.

Let your young chef whip up some cheer in the kitchen with these tasty and adorable chocolate trees snacks.

Get your child writing as she describes the four seasons, then decorates a shape for each to hang in the house!

Introduce your child to the amazing, almost magical phenomenon of static electricity!

Create a giant octopus from cardboard that holds onto a sea of creatures from its tentacles!