The perfect activity for a rainy day, or any time your little one moans, "Moooo-oom, there's nothing to do!"

A scarecrow Halloween craft featuring recycled materials.

In kindergarten, your child spent lots of time counting things one by one. But in first grade, he'll need to be able to count in groups, especially by fives.

In this air pressure science experiment with a balloon and a jar, children will use heat to create a partial vacuum and suck a balloon into a jar.

Does your child love Roly, the orange cat from our Brainzy games? Create the perfect dress-up costume and bring your child’s dreams to life!

Invite your kindergartener or first grader to make giant, soft building blocks. He'll have a blast constructing, throwing, stacking, and even falling on them!

This hands-on activity practices skip counting, a key first grade math skill. But it's silly fun!

Build your kindergartener's reading comprehension by making a classic box of objects that invite them into the books you're reading together.

Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.

Your child can help eliminate stress for himself or a loved one by creating a colorful, homemade stress ball.

Make meringues with your first grader and see how states of matter can transform before your very eyes. Here's how:

Kids conduct a simple science experiment to see if seeds can grow without soil in this simple kindergarten science activity.

Get into the back-to-school spirit with this clip magnet that'll make sure your first grader never loses his important school papers again!

Get into the Halloween spirit by creating creepy (but cute) spiders from paper egg cartons, paint, and pipe cleaners.

With help, your fifth grader can sew her own version of this pin cushion currently available at many craft fairs.