Keep your child active this summer by transforming old milk jugs into scoops and newspaper into a ball with this exciting game of catch!

Show off your team spirit by creating a festive baseball pennant for your favorite team.

How do organic materials become soil? This science experiment measures what materials biodegrade.

Give your smart second grader a rich challenge with this activity that combines graphing practice with money!

Is your little scientist up for a rocky challenge? Let them make their own geode rocks using eggs and epsom salts!

Make this cute Rudolph holiday card holder so you can keep track of them and share them with the world.

Is it solid or liquid? Create oobleck and witness the amazingly weird oscillation between the two!

Make this easy homemade tie for a great Father's Day gift this year.

Help your child create a special Valentine's Day garland in this heart-y math activity. Soon he'll be creating patterns that are both intricate and lovely.

Show your second grader how to celebrate nature by turning some collected pencil shavings into miniature 3-D designs.

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

Capture your beach memories—not with a photograph, but with a beach mosaic made from that classic beach souvenir, the shell.

Your child will look forward to lunchtime with this artistic reinterpretation of the same old cold lunch.

In this art project, eight petals of a flower are painted in watercolor paint using different techniques, colors, and patterns.

Your child can brush up on her math skills by charting the length of time that each candle on the menorah takes to burn.

Parents can help their children at home by using a dialogue journal to model good writing.

Spice up your everyday vase with this fun craft adding colorful layers of beans to a regular vase. The beans add beauty and function, helping prop up flowers.

A tall glass of lemonade is the perfect summer treat. Make it even better with these creative twists on classic lemonade!

Help your second grader observe the phases of the moon, and then let the fun loose: he'll get to chart his observations with marshmallows!

Transform your home into a theater with this fun Fall Family Theater Night activity! Invite the family to gather together to practice reading a fun fall-themed story in the format of a play.

Help your child create an autumn poem full of colorful sensory details.

In this arts and crafts activity, you can make fun bracelets using just a handful of buttons and some elastic cord. And it's a counting game, too!

Create a world of bugs with your kid! This variation on finger painting is a great project to create after a trip to the zoo or while learning about science.

Help your child gain reading comprehension skills, as well as listening and memory skills with this fun activity that uses his favorite book!

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.

Kids will build a turtle habitat in order to observe the climate preferences of this cold-blooded reptile.

Create a one-of-a-kind lunchbox with your second grader using recycled materials and some down home ingenuity!

Using dried beans and corn, foods that are prevalent in Mexican cuisine, your child will create three-dimensional sombrero art.

Here's a fun activity that will help your child become familiar with both punctuation marks...by using pasta shapes!

Help your child get comfortable with the concept of estimation, which will come in handy during everything from standardized tests to future shopping trips!