These decorative vampire bat baskets make for the perfect Halloween party favors, and they're fun for you and your child to make!

Forget model kits! Promote creativity by having your child construct a dinosaur model using marshmallows and toothpicks.

Help your child make an imaginative scene come to life by making a diorama. Your child will be practicing three dimensional thinking and language arts skills.

El dia de los muertos (the day of the dead) is a Mexican holiday celebrated on November 1st and 2nd every year. Other Latin American countries celebrate a variation of the holiday, but it originates in Mexico and is unique to this country. These two days

Encourage your child to take ownership of a plant by creating a care plan and following it over the course of a couple of weeks.

Make exercise fun for your child with this energetic fitness game that's a cross between a cake walk and musical chairs.

Oragami Christmas ornaments make a beautiful addition to your family's tree. Make origami Christmas ornaments out of old wrapping paper this holiday season.

Ask your kids to write these one-sentence "Holiday Wishes." Without realizing it, they'll be building third grade Language Arts skills.

Home made candles make for great home made gifts at Christmas, Mother's Day, birthdays. Great presents for any special occasion!

Research shows that when we focus on things we are grateful for, we literally rewire our brains to focus on the positive. Help kids experience the joy of gratitude by creating trees that give thanks.

On Father's Day, delight Dad--and stretch your early reader, too!--with this adorable ABC book of "Fun with Dad."

Inspire a love for the written word by creating an illustrated nature poetry book with your kids.

What could be more fun than doing sidewalk art? How about making your own colored sidewalk chalk!

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

Here's a pressed leaf card project that puts science and writing together for your second grader.

This bookmark is a helpful tool to use during and after reading to remind your child of "good reader" strategies that she can use on her own.

Turn your living room into a sophisticated café while your child and their friends explore the world of poetry with this unique and entertaining party idea.

Get estimating with this spooky activity that asks your young mathematician to rely on their problem-solving skills to figure out how many items they believe are in spooky Halloween jars!

Use pepper and soap to discover some fun facts about the properties of water.

Make practicing addition facts more fun and teach your child some helpful strategies with this spin off of the traditional "Go Fish" game.

Help your child use recycled materials, a little imagination and some writing skills to build his very own recycled creature.

Make a Korean paper fan! This activity is a great way to help your child explore different cultures while she builds her fine motor and arts and crafts skills.

Inspire your learner to love poems like Sonia Sotomayor by reading some poetry aloud!

Kids construct a single fixed pulley system to learn how pulleys can make work easier in this cool physics and engineering science fair project idea.

In this parts of speech fall scavenger hunt, kids will search for all the hidden leaves, sort them into parts of speech categories, and then practice creating their own sentences using the words they find.

Kids are acutely aware of what's "fair" and what's not. Here's a quirky way to teach your first grader the importance of voting and democracy.

Children get creative with this fun, imaginative activity that combines an upcycled everyday household item with a few craft supplies.

Can a horse lead itself to the carrot? Train your horse with carrots and boxes and test horse memory in this fun zoology science fair project.

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!

This chore obstacle course will keep your child entertained and engaged, while also helping them improve their efficiency at everyday tasks.