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

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.

Help your kid celebrate Valentine's Day and keep up with her homework with this butterfly pencil craft!

Sure, your kid may already be a Picasso with a paintbrush, but even fancy artists need a new challenge.

This adorable activity is a great way to share the Gingerbread Man story with your kid while she practices assemblage.

Enjoy this kid-friendly recipe for Irish soda bread, just in time for St. Patrick's Day!

Before your crafty kid moves on to sewing needles and thread, help her create a beautiful cross-stitch pattern with markers!

This simple Veterans Day craft is a great way to have your kid work on her drawing skills and put her vocabulary to the test too!

The next time your kid asks, "What's for dinner?" reply, "Dinosaur Bones!" Of course, you don't mean actual bones; just tasty breadstick bones!

This fall-themed drawing game is a great way to introduce your kid to some of the important symbols of the fall season.

Try this experiment to give your curious kid a more "solid" understanding of how temperature affects the states of matter.

Your kid can learn about the process of making frozen yogurt and enjoy a homemade, flavorful dessert. Experiment with this fun, chilly food!

These kid-friendly banana muffins are fun to make, and they pack in the protein with a healthy dose of quinoa added to the mix.

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.

All you need to put together this guitar is an old shoebox. Soon your kid will be rocking out while saving room in the landfill.

This balloon-powered car project is a great way for your kid to learn about energy and how it can be used efficiently.

Add simple fractions in this fun math card game for second graders. This game is very similar to Blackjack, or 21, but it's entirely kid friendly!

Have your kid practice completing number patterns and then create her own patterns on the wings of a butterfly with this delightfully simple paper project.

This seashell necklace lets you keep a piece of the beach with you. Help your crafty kid create this seashell necklace, the perfect summer keepsake.

Here's a Father's Day gift that won't break the bank. With a touch of fabric paint, transform plain cotton t-shirts into original matching Dad and kid tops.

Your kid will have the coolest lunch around when he creates this owl's head lunch bag topper. Celebrate the arrival of fall with this rustic-inspired craft.

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.

Do you hear "I forgot" more often than you would like? Give your kid a reason to remember to wash the dishes with a fun and colorful chore checklist!

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.

Countries all around the world have been using the abacus for thousands of years to make math easier. Have your kid make his own abacus to practice arithmetic.

Make a paper jack-o'-lantern treat bucket this Halloween! While crafting, your kid will learn about the process of creating self-standing sculptural objects.

Create a mini plant habitat with your kid to help teach him what it takes to make an ecosystem work.

Create a herd of pachyderms to parade across a dresser or tabletop and take the opportunity to teach your kid a little bit about these majestic mammals.

Based on the popular "I Spy" game, this activity lets your kid practice important skills like number identification and place value.

Do plants get crowded? Have your curious kid investigate how plants respond if they're forced to grow together in a confined space.