Help your child rocket off for some high-flying fun with a jet pack you make from recycled materials and a few odds and ends.

Nothing says fall like pumpkin soup, but it's also really good for you, with high amounts of fiber, iron, zinc and free radical busting antioxidants.

Those second grade spelling lists may be getting serious, but that's no reason to stop having fun. Here's a high-energy hopscotch game to try.

Draw some educational value out of a summer stocked full of adventures!

Your child will do a fun science experiment using soap and pepper flakes to help understand the concepts of water molecules and the surface tension of water.

Using a toy race car kids create a visual model of the Doppler Effect.

Roasting pumpkin seeds makes for a great Halloween activity, and a healthy snack!

Make cleaning fun with a duster made from a decorated tube sock.

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

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

Kids will make a beautiful rainbow in a jar and learn what enables different types of liquids to remain distinct in separate layers.

Be adventurous this Cinco de Mayo and give this simple recipe using pickled nopalitos a try!

Get inspired by the summer skies for a delicious parfait that looks as good as it tastes!

These science fair experiments demonstrate the chemistry of rust and the oxidation process.

Here are two streamlined breakfast ideas so that mom not only gets a delicious breakfast for Mother's Day, but a clean kitchen too!

Science fair project that examines the behavior of water and gravel in creek beds and the formation of sedimentary rocks.

Contrary to popular belief, peanut butter and jelly can be served any time of day. Promote PB&J to breakfast with these tasty pancakes.

In this science fair project, kids will be able to see where germs reside on their hands while gaining insight into the benefits of thorough hand washing.

Construct a card castle fit for a king! Treat your royal "face" cards (the kings, queens, and jacks) to the cool castle they deserve.

Make subtraction practice more fun with this outdoor review game that's great for beginning math learners and more advanced!

With this activity, you child will get an opportunity to apply skills they're learning in second grade math, and maybe learn something new about Dad.

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

Engineers in training can get started with this simple wheel-and-axle construction activity.

Encourage your child to practice skip counting by turning number patterns into this fun and interactive game of catch.

Play this "subtraction war" card game with your second grader and watch his math facts mastery leap forward!

Thanksgiving placemats are a great craft for your kid, and a beautiful addition to the dinner table. Make Thanksgiving placemats with your kid for the holiday.

Introduce your second grader to a fun Mexican custom by showing her how to make papel picado, a beautiful creation of cut-out tissue paper.

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

This science experiment examines the role of fat in food, especially in making bread rise and whipping cream.

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.