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.

This project can help prepare your child for a trip to the tide pools, or give him a way to remember some of the many creatures he saw during his visit.

Help your child get comfortable with the concept of estimation, which will come in handy during everything from standardized tests to future shopping trips!

If your 2nd grade child asks for time often, encourage him to read time on his own by talking about time throughout the day.

This homemade educational travel game will keep your young child entertained and learning reading, writing, shapes and colors. All you need is a tissue box!

In this science and engineering activity, children will explore types of tunnels and their purposes and then design and build a tunnel of their own.

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

If helping your child learn parts of speech makes you want to take a nap, try this exercise. It's a sure way to keep those creative juices flowing.

Start your toy engines -- this is going to be a fast and friction-filled race!

Help your child celebrate the summer and the sun by making a sandy seascape.

Try these story starters - creativity and sequencing skills combine to create wild stories that will have the whole family in stitches!

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!

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.

Before your next family getaway, make a set of picture/word vocabulary cards together. These cards will build your child's language and comprehension skills.

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

Made entirely out of recycled materials, this handmade decoration is a great way to spruce up a dresser, bookshelf, or the living room mantle.

This nature craft is a great way for your child to learn about the fall season and make a festive decoration to display in your home.

Help your child gain reading comprehension skills, as well as listening and memory skills with this fun activity that uses his favorite book!

Make the most out of your next wait at the airport by playing Airport Lounge, a fun and creative game of storytelling and make-believe!

This game is the perfect way to prepare your child for any shopping adventures you may embark upon, all while practicing important math concepts.

Make a unique painting while learning about sea life.

Forget toy stores! Show your first or second grader how to make a vehicle out of fruit from a neighbor's tree or local farmers' market.

This simple and introductory art project can help propel an interest in art or even bolster your kid's confidence in planning and mapping.

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

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

Need help teaching your child to sequence and organize information? Creating this graphic organizer will help your child see what happened before and after.

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

Help your child make a beautiful homemade sandcastle that will last!

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.

Learn about coins and their value by making an animal piggy bank. Here's how to make a lion, pig, or sheep bank!