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A riff on the classic board game, St. Patrick's Day Snakes and Ladders is a fun game the whole family can enjoy.

Use this interactive activity to help your third-grade child develop vocabulary skills and make a flipbook.

Cool down this summer and stay active, too, with a wet clothes relay! 

Children will learn about food waste and conservation, create a poster that lets others know about the importance of food conservation, and make a plan to waste less food and consume with mindfulness.

In this activity, your learner will be challenged to create their own tic-tac-toe grid out of building blocks.

Using low-tech supplies and a little extra ingenuity you can help your fourth grader create this unique, heartfelt Valentine card.

Here's a fun car game for you: Blind Distance. Blind Distance is a great way to bond with your child and teacher her about depth perception at the same time.

Halloween is a great opportunity to look around and see faces that are funny, scary, happy and sad.

Help your fourth grader make a homemade recipe book that's eye-catching, simple to construct and perfect for holding all of her favorite recipes!

3-D Christmas tree cookies look impressive but are an easy holiday recipe that kids can make. These sugar cookies stand up on their own!

Give your child some simple craft supplies and see what happens in this heartwarming and artistic contribution to the Seder table this year.

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

Create a homemade pair of sunglasses with colored lenses to see just how light and color affect our sight! Use this fun project to practice science!

Introduce your child to the concepts of positive and negative space in design with this simple yet striking Valentine's Day art project.

This science fair project idea explores how enzyme inhibitors, active sites, non-competitive enzyme inhibitors, and substrates work.

The objective of this science fair project is to examine the effects of temperature on salt and water solutions, as they form crystals over time.

Being present is essential for learning, so help your child become more aware of their body and surroundings through an activity called "mindful walking."

Incorporate a lesson about metaphors into a writing and drawing project featuring one of the most classically recognizable of holiday icons: Rudolph!

Channel the artistic spirit of Romare Bearden by making a mixed media collage to express different moods.

Who wants to take a boring paper bag to school -- just to throw away as soon as the bell rings -- when you can create a reusable lunch bag out of fleece?

Here's a fun writing activity that will turn a Saturday trip to the local zoo into an all-out creativity bonanza.

Turn yourself into a personalized paper doll, along with a collection of your favorite outfits.

Create a unique gift that is as useful as it is gorgeous by using eggshells, tempera paint and glue.

This project examines whether playing music during class helps students learn or if it distracts students from learning.

Show your child that the simplest ingredients (salt and water) can be used to illustrate the concept of density!

Your child can cut her way into making a fun collage of mod-style flowers that will dazzle and delight!

Chemistry isn't just incredible ... sometimes its edible! These crystal lollipops are a delicious introduction to chemistry concepts.

4th graders construct an ocean food web to learn about consumers and trophic levels, food webs, and food chains in this cool ecology science fair project.

Use a simple toothbrush and a splatter painting technique to create this sparkling skyline work of art!

Add some artsy fun to your child's next reading adventure by letting them draw the characters.