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This fun game helps children learn to estimate the most basic unit of time--a minute--without a clock.

This Labor Day, help your child explore various occupations by discussing the tools workers use on a daily basis at their jobs.

Delight your budding scientist with this cool physics magic trick and teach her some basic physics concepts while you're at it!

Use a basic tape recorder and some favorite books to help your first grader read smoothly--and make someone's day in the process!

Playing a tactile game with multiplication will help your child get a better grasp of basic math concepts and transform your kid into a master multiplier.

The rock cycle will come alive for your child when he uses broken crayons to create the three basic rock types.

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

Enjoy those warm spring and summer nights with your child while teaching some basic astronomy at the same time.

Measuring and mixing is half the fun with these Irish oatmeal cookies, and it's a great way to introduce your second grader to cooking and kitchen tools.

Send your child on a table of contents treasure hunt to help build basic research skills! Navigating a book is a skill that is sure to come in handy later on.

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

Hisss! Make a snake pet from a recycled cardboard tube! Transport your child into nature with this fun and easy craft.

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

This Mother's Day, help your child practice math measurement skills with this "mom" recipe card.

Help your child make a cubist self-portrait while he boosts his math and spatial skills with this fun lesson in art history!

Give your second grader a chance to get his feet wet with measurement before he moves onto the more complicated stuff by trying this activity with him at home.

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.

Looking for interesting craft projects using pipe cleaners? This easy art project will encourage the sculptor in your child.

Turn your child's favorite fruits and vegetables into an edible necklace!

This simple and fun project introduces kids to the art of pottery and offers them a glimpse into how ancient peoples created the very first Neolithic pottery.

Learn all about cause and effect as your child experiments with an exploding pumpkin in this engaging fall activity! Get the whole family involved with this simple science experiment that is a fun and exciting way to combine Halloween and science.

Encourage your child to help with dinner preparations this holiday season! You can use this recipe for Christmas dinner or lunch, or for meals leading up to the holiday. This Christmas Wreath Salad recipe is simple enough for preschoolers to fifth graders

Challenge your kid's creativity with a fun fall art project that features you as the collaborator.

Make going back to school a fun time! Let your child create her own pencil topper creatures using everyday materials and a Styrofoam ball.

This creamy peanut butter fudge is a great first recipe to get your first or second grader involved with because it doesn't involve any time in the oven!

Turn a boring lunch bag into a personalized suburban house. Your child will look forward to his lunch when he has the coolest bag house on the block!

Help your child "step up" to second grade math fact challenges with a fun addition and subtraction game in your very own kitchen.

Help your first grader understand what a noun is with this fun photo book that catalogs her favorite people, places, and things!

Here is a fun holiday exercise to reinforce your grade-schooler's understanding of adjectives from adverbs while she's away on winter break!

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