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Want to see a great example of Newton's first law? Kids will learn about basic physics with this fun, ballistic experiment.

Textbook studying doesn't have to be a slog. Here's an at-home activity for before your middle-schooler begins those end-of-the-chapter review questions.

In this activity students first send kindness to themselves and then they send it to others.

Help your child craft her first pair of knitting needles out of recycled chopsticks!

Try your hand at writing jump rope rhymes by organizing your ideas first, then composing your creation like a poem.

Get ready to make a dollar...using playing cards! The first player to accumulate the amount of points equal to a dollar wins.

Here is a quick experiment you can conduct at the playground to introduce or reinforce the concept of Newton's First Law, The Law of Inertia.

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.

Take a stab at 18th century American cooking with your kids by following this tasty recipe from one of the first colonial cookbooks.

Study the life cycle of the common blowfly as it relates to forensic investigation. Record the first time you see flies, maggots, and eggs.

This first grade science activity brings the green grass of early spring inside while teaching your child about the cycles of growth.

Help your fourth grader design a first class postage stamp for a hero who stood up for the dignity of people from all walks of life.

This craft, a perfect pre-bedtime activity for a first sleepover, helps build up a ton of useful skills, like geometry, measurement, and basic sewing skills.

A nonet is a 9-line poem. Like haiku, each line has a specific number of syllables, starting with nine in the first line and ending with only one in the last.

Improve critical thinking and logic skills as you compete to win in this fun, educational card game.

Introduce your fourth grader to the concepts of solstices by observing the length of her shadow on the shortest day of the year, compared to other solstices.

Promote your child's appreciation for Jackie Robinson, an important figure in African-American history, by having your child create a baseball card!

Analyze this simple betting game with your fourth grade student in order to discuss probability.

This activity challenges students to use computational thinking as they create a sequence of commands that will make a robot initiate a domino effect.

Make math fun and easy with this activity that challenges your child to use their addition and multiplication skills to win a race!

Back-to-back breathing is a great way to practice self-calming while also creating connection and developing trust.

Frisbee golf is a game that incorporates the rules of golf with the fun of frisbee. Here's how to get started with your child:

Save the tiny tiles from the iconic board game and reuse them as a statement of scholarly style by making them into a crafty piece of jewelry.

Challenge your kid to use his knowledge about percentages in this fun game. Just roll the dice and race to calculate the percentage.

Help your child improve his coin counting skills in these two math games that have him race to reach $1.00.

Making metric conversions is a difficult concept to master. Get in some extra practice by playing this Tic-Tac-Toe game with your learner.

Learn about the Bill of Rights this Presidents Day by playing a Pictionary-inspired drawing game. Players draw a right as others try to guess what it is.

Kids write about their favorite parts of school in 100 words to celebrate 100 days of school in this 5th grade writing activity.

Help your third grader craft a homemade version of this classic strategy game, using just an old egg carton and a few beads!

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