Help second graders grasp their understanding of tall tales and practice writing with this activity by writing about their own family!

These gingerbread cookies can be baked by your third grader. Make a warm batch of gingerbread cookies to bring some extra holiday cheer to your home.

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

Have a Twelfth Night celebration with this holiday tutorial and craft. Learn how to throw a Twelfth Night celebration in your house this winter.

Boost creativity and writing skills by having your child come up with his own Gourmet S'mores recipe!

Make some easy homemade yogurt with your young scientist, and see what a few 'live' bacteria can do in the right conditions!

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

Make a poster with your child about what she wants to be when she grows up, while helping her practice her writing, researching, and artistic skills.

How do mirrors work? What is light, and how does it travel? Explore light and reflection with your preschooler with these simple hands-on experiments.

How does a flashlight work? Kids will make a complete circuit and explore how voltage contributes to brightness with this science fair project idea.

Crayons aren't just good for creating colorful masterpieces -- they're also great for science!

Reinforce your child's measurement and problem solving skills this holiday season! This decadent bread pudding, dressed up with pumpkin and warm spices, is a holiday show-stopper.

Learn an ancient craft with this introduction to weaving. A great tie-in for kids learning about ancient cultures.

This activity is a great starting point for practicing mental math because it is quick, easy and involves only simple addition facts.

Help your child practice multiplication tables with this mental and physical multitasking game that uses a hula hoop to get into the swing of things.

Celebrate April Fools' Day with a science prank that is sure to amuse...and educate too!

Encourage your child to memorize the items on the Seder plate and what they symbolize with this artsy activity.

Has your child ever asked you how a submarine works? Here's a simple bathtub project that will make for a hands-on answer.

This fun geometry game requires players to use measurement, find perimeter, and draw polygons. It's great for a fourth grade math student!

Free science fair project idea that examines the differences between cats and dogs. Analyze objective qualities rather than subjective ones.

Help your child create a tasty treat that will demonstrate exactly how frogs survive a freezing season.

Kids will learn some cool stuff about chemical reactions by determining what happens when you mix different concentrations of hydrogen peroxide and yeast.

Looking for something to do on a slow afternoon? Try cornhole, a simple and fun tossing game. Make your own set with a few things from the recycling bin.

Build a 3d animal cell model with this cool science fair project, which helps kids visualize and understand the function of a cell's parts and organelles.

Kids get to play mad scientist in this wacky drawing game that's a great way to help kids to mellow out after the high-energy antics of recess.

Help your child make an imaginative scene come to life by making a diorama. Your child will be practicing three dimensional thinking and language arts skills.

Kids will make predictions about cricket behavior by conducting this fun and easy experiment which simulates different environments for crickets.

Make a bouquet of colorful duct tape flowers in this hands-on spring craft.

With this activity, your third grader will get experience with informational writing, and your Thanksgiving guests will leave with a keepsake to cherish!