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Amaze your kids by separating a salt and pepper mixture using an "electric spoon" charged with wool.

El dia de los muertos (the day of the dead) is a Mexican holiday celebrated on November 1st and 2nd every year. Other Latin American countries celebrate a variation of the holiday, but it originates in Mexico and is unique to this country. These two days

Explore geometry, patterns, and history by creating pretty decorative Islamic tile art.

This op art craft project turns out eye-popping abstract art! Your kid can flex her creativity to make op art with a few household items in her fave colors.

Your child can create a vibrant and dazzling array of flowers by blending and scraping into paint, and then creating a collage.

There are many benefits to bugs and insects. This science project shows how cockroaches, termites, and other critters benefit our planet.

Decorate with a banner made from paper, clover shapes and buttons to celebrate spring or St. Patrick's Day!

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!

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.

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

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.