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April showers may bring May flowers, but your child can preserve the beauty of spring's bounty all year long with this simple craft project!

No need to head to the toy store for her next stuffed animal once she has the skills to create her own!

This rainbow collage activity is a great way to practice using different materials to create texture. The completed craft is sure to brighten up any space.

Instead of pulling out the usual Easter decorations, have your child transform cupcake liners into mini Easter baskets.

With school, home, and activities in between, life can sometimes feel chaotic to kids. Help your child learn how to stop and relax with handmade peace rocks.

Try this simple activity with your child to guesstimate the age of a tree in your yard and nurture her developing math skills while you're at it!

The objective of this science fair project is to observe the differences in heat absorption for darker colors vs. lighter colors.

Your child will create their very own traditional Indian Toran wall hanging using construction paper, yarn and paint.

This science fair project demonstrates the magic of arches by challenging students to stack telephone books on top of eggs without breaking them.

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

In this science fair project, apply the principles of leverage and force by building six simple machines designed to set weights in motion.

This science experiment tests whether warm or cold water works best in making cut flowers last longer.

Have your child build a model of a coral polyp, one of the tiny animals that composes a coral reef.

Stir up some enthusiasm for experimentation with this candy-cracking science experiment!

Whatever is stacked in your cupboard can be used to help your child learn how to compare fractions and decimals. A great hands-on math lesson!

You won't miss the gluten in these pancakes! These delicious and nutritious flap jacks will make a fabulous addition to any breakfast table, gluten free or not!

Hatch a praying mantis egg case in a homemade habitat with your child's help! This is an amazing experiment in science and nature for kids of any age.

A pangram is a sentence that uses all the letters in the English alphabet. In this group game kids might just learn a thing or two about word choice in writing!

Introduce your fourth grader to the deliciousness that can come out of the kitchen by helping him make these sugary traditional Mexican cookies, or biscochitos.

Start the school year off on the right foot by treating your child's new teacher to a special heart-felt surprise!

Beginning poets can be overwhelmed keeping track of rhyme and rhythm. Have your little writer try a skeltonic poem, which focuses on end rhyme.

Help your child construct and author a "sempuyo," a traditional Japanese book with accordion-style pages; she will develop her writing and fine motor skills.

To help your child learn how to use a thermometer, try this temperature collecting activity at home.

Horseshoes makes a perfect family activity for a summer afternoon. With a bit of cardboard and handful of pennies, you can create your own set!

A lemonade stand is a great opportunity for your kids to work on their money skills and donate some hard earned money to charity.

This science fair project idea examines the reason boats are shaped and engineered.

Check out this fun and easy-to-play guessing game that will build your child's geometry vocabulary.

Practice probability as well as negative and positive numbers in this fun math card game designed for fourth graders.

The goal of this science fair project is to analyze differences between the taste and texture of frozen and fresh food.

Prove that the Earth is not flat. The objective of this science fair project is to measure the angle of the sun and calculate the circumference of the Earth.