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How do organic materials become soil? This science experiment measures what materials biodegrade.

Plan a family dinner based on the "Little House" books, and encourage reading in the household!

Most of us are familiar with haiku, but the tanka is an even older form of Japanese poetry. Learn to write a tanka poem with this activity.

The meaning of Thanksgiving can sometimes get lost among the fun of food and family. Discuss the meaning of Thanksgiving with this fun activity.

Encourage your child to think outside the bathtub by making her very own handmade soaps! Perfect as a present, a decoration, or just to pamper herself.

Batik is a traditional Indonesian craft, which uses a technique of drawing wax on fabric to create patterns before dying.

Help your child learn healthy eating habits by transforming every kid's favorite food into a healthy, flavorful after-school snack.

Give your budding young observers a chance to discover simple machines at use in their own home.

This fun calculator exercise will take the mystery away from the machine, and familiarize your child with the functions of a calculator.

Get your hands on a concoction that breaks the rules about what's a solid and what's a liquid.

Show your child that the simplest ingredients (salt and water) can be used to illustrate the concept of density!

Chemistry isn't just incredible ... sometimes its edible! These crystal lollipops are a delicious introduction to chemistry concepts.

As school starts, there's no better time to get your kid off to a fresh, fun, organized start. Here's a desk craft for style-minded students!

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

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

Recruit a grandparent, pen pal, or far-off friend and get ready to engage your child in some old-fashioned communication, with a new twist.

Does the temperature of a magnet affect its strength? Learn about the relationship between magnets and temperature with this cool physics science fair project.

This science fair project idea explores whether white light can be separated into different colors.

Using wholesome, natural ingredients like oatmeal, honey and raisins your child can make homemade granola bars!

Boost your child's imagination and creativity by having her design her own deck of trading cards.

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.

Teach your child how butter is created by shaking up cream the old-fashioned way.

Show your child how and why the microwave works, while demonstrating just how strangely foods can behave while inside the crazy cooker.

Race to create an equation in this game will help your child and his opponents get creative with addition, subtraction and multiplication.

This year for Valentine's Day, you and your child can bake up a batch of classic red velvet cupcakes and learn more about the history of this vintage treat.

Make a spring collage with your child to get them outside and those creative juices flowing!

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

Tree rings can tell the age of the tree but also information about the world. This science experiment uses tree stumps to discover new facts.

This science project lets students explore the number of spots on a ladybird and how to treat ladybugs with respect.

This experiment has students record rat behavior to learn about the benefits of rats and research rat myths throughout history.