Even the most reluctant beginning writers love to experiment with the "cliffhanger."

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

The concept of metamorphosis is fascinating to children of all ages. Help your child's creativity take flight as she makes her very own butterfly life cycle.

Children will read a book, then retell the story with pictures they have painted on stones.

Bubble wrap is fun to pop, but it's also fun to paint with! Paint a pretty seascape using bubble wrap as your brush.

Understanding how a map works is tricky for kids, so why not make it into a fun activity for the whole family?

Help your second grader to a better understanding of how to count and represent money with age old game of tic-tac-toe.

Your child can emulate M.C. Escher with this hands-on art project for fall and Thanksgiving.

This activity will help generate ideas for your child to write about...without the moans and groans!

Make math fun for your child by turning it into a game and challenging him to beat the calculator with this cool math race!

Celebrate Independence Day with a bang! Create a dazzling DIY Independence Day Cards and hand them out to friends and family members.

In this fun science experiment, kids will determine the best method for ripening avocados and discover the cool chemical reaction that makes this possible.

Practice writing skills and use imagination with this fun activity, where your child will write a story about what he thinks life would be like on a cloud.

This will encourage your child to utilize their observation skills, develop aesthetic awareness, build artistic drawing abilities and learn about the seasons.

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

Transform a simple menu into a work of art! Let your child unleash her inner artist on tonight's menu for a beautiful display that the whole family can enjoy.

Let your second grader channel a famous Dr. Seuss character--the Cat in the Hat--with this hat-making activity inspired by the main character.

Take advantage of the spring and summer sun in this arts and crafts activity that has your learner creating pretty flower prints.

Your child will jump at the chance to get messy (under adult supervision, of course) with this project and create some unique home decor that really shines!

Here's a fun book-making project that will help your child learn to abbreviate and provide an opportunity for her to exercise her artistic abilities.

Science fair project that demonstrates the effect of detergent pollution on fresh water birds' ability to stay afloat.

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!

You don't need to wait for rain to see a rainbow. Make one yourself, and teach your child about light and weather in the process.

In this science fair project, students use the streak test to tell minerals apart from each other.

Celebrate Earth Day, or any day, by recycling an old CD and make a colorful, decorative fish!

This science fair project teaches students about wilting and browning of salad greens.

Try this fun and simple activity to help nurture your child's observation skills and nourish a growing love of science!

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

Kids will learn how to show the direction of magnetic field lines and create a permanent model using iron filings in this great science fair project idea.

The next time you've got a restless second grade earth scientist on your hands, use this experiment to demonstrate crystals and make a tasty treat, too!