Civil War soldiers didn't take their wives with them to the battlefield, but they took along a piece of home: little sewing kits called "housewives".

As your child heads back to school this fall, dust off those elementary math skills with our creative calendar activity!

Celebrate the new school year with a back to school poem!

Give your child a taste of life in Civil War era America by mixing up a batch of old-fashioned cornbread, adapted from a 19th century recipe.

It's that time of the year again! Celebrate the start of a new school year with a back to class bash, complete with arts and crafts, food and games.

Here's an arts and crafts activity to help your child put together his own "Back to School" scrapbook.

Here's a homemade bulletin board project to help your fourth grader's school year start off right.

Instead of tossing old school supplies, turn them into a work of art and teach your kids how to find new uses for old things.

This cool and easy elementary school science fair project idea provides the basic information on the use of our senses to experience the world about us.

In this free science fair project, learn how to separate salt from water using heat. A great science project for elementary school kids.

Here's a guide to help you design a challenging pool obstacle course for your elementary school children with ordinary pool toys and household objects.

Pop up a pup tent, just like Civil War soldiers did on the battlefield.

Challenge your learner to design and build a city of their own in this creative engineering activity.

Honor the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by interviewing someone in your community who lived it.

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.

In this activity, children will work on their mathematics and engineering skills as they attempt to recreate the Eiffel Tower out of building blocks!

Here's an activity to help your child create her very own time capsule to unearth and open in one, five, or even ten years later!

Kids explore how a single movable pulley can confer a mechanical advantage over a fixed pulley in this cool engineering science fair project for 2nd grade.

Help your child get a grasp on what it was like to build gigantic ancient structures with this easy engineering activity about science and physics.

This felt pie craft not only teaches sewing skills, but is a sneaky introduction to elementary math standards like geometry, measurement and estimation.

Use a deck of playing cards to practice place value and other math concepts with your upper elementary child!

Celebrate the life and work of Dr. King by making a timeline of some major events during his life and the Civil Rights Movement.

Dress up a plain old pen with this pretty craft that's great for back-to-school time.

Get kids excited about gathering their school supplies by teaching them how to make their own writing supplies!

When it comes to helping your third grader manage a school backpack, small steps now bring big payoffs later.

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

Try this concrete, hands-on organization system and you can count on more efficient, less stressful evenings this school year.

How much does 100 weigh? Play this fun guessing game with your child to commemorate the 100th day of school.

This school year, have your child decorate his very own clip board and watch him do his homework in style!

Creepy, crawly, spooky and even kind of cute! This spider loves school supplies and will do a great job guarding them.