If your kid looks like she needs a break from homework or something to work on during commercials, show her how to make a necklace of paper beads!

Discover whether the â5-second ruleâ is effective at determining whether food is still safe to eat after being dropped on the ground.

Here are three healthy burger recipes your second grader can help you whip up for a summer barbecue!

Help your second grader embrace his "green" side by recycling empty citrus peels into fruity ice cream bowls!

Start by writing an acrostic poem, but then get ready for a writing challenge that makes an acrostic trickier to write.

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

Introduce your child to the world of motion and physics with a bit of marble play inspired by Sir Isaac Newton!

This science fair project idea discovers whether there are some objects that do not fall at a constant rate.

These Halloween sandwiches are a creepy-crawly treat for a holiday party or an especially scary school lunch. Make these Halloween sandwiches for your child.

Ready for a game that's mostly about strategy with a little luck thrown in for good measure? Make math fact practice exciting and start rolling the dice!

This science fair project creates a visual model of whatâs happening to sound waves as a car approaches and then leaves.

Reuse old Christmas cards by showing your fourth grader how to weave strips of them together to create new and unique woven holiday cards!

Forget mass-produced, store bought holiday ornaments. Your fifth grader can usher in the holidays by making his own homemade marbled Christmas balls!

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:

Help your young sewer create a delightful owl egg cosy out of just a few felt scraps and some embroidery floss.

This spider mobile activity encourages learning about the science of motion, air currents and art.

Science fair project that determines whether tapping a pomegranate with a spoon helps it release its seeds.

An hour glass, also known as a sand clock, keeps time. In this activity, your child will make her own sand clock and measure the time it keeps.

In this activity, your child will experience multitasking, then mindfulness and compare the two in terms of productivity and calmness.

You and your fourth grader can pay homage to the 2010 Winter Olympics held in Vancouver, Canada, by baking up a batch of maple leaf pancakes!

Construct and experiment with a periscope using reflected light rays to gather an image.

Examine the effect of pressure on carbonation in soda.

Bring the fun carnival game of ring toss to your home pool with this watery twist on the classic game.

Horse chestnuts are inedible, but British children found a fun use for them around the 1840s by turning them into a game called Conkers.

Take advantage of the spring and summer sun in this arts and crafts activity that has your learner creating pretty flower prints.

Surprise your favorite bookworm this Halloween with a witchy bookmark!

Kids will learn about the interaction of lactose and lactase in milk and discover why we describe enzymes as catalysts in this fun science fair project.

Help your 4th grader learn how to make a topographic map and strengthen key grade level social studies and math skills in the process.

Transform your home into a theater with this fun Fall Family Theater Night activity! Invite the family to gather together to practice reading a fun fall-themed story in the format of a play.

Discover whether a metal will expand under hot water.