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Here's a delightful kindergarten project that will boost your child's reading and writing skills--and make for a happy time on a rainy day, too.

Help your kindergartener's handwriting, hand strength and coordination by making a "stress ball" from this homemade, nontoxic "silly squeezy putty."

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

This DIY menorah will make a beautiful addition to your Hanukkah celebrations. Make a DIY menorah with your child this winter.

Using paper plates, have the kids make these fun animal masks and your house will be transformed into a jungle.

Playing doctor is not only fun, it's also a way to teach kids about the parts of the body and how they are spelled.

Plant a mini herb garden and teach your child about science and nature.

Let your imagination take flight as you explore the beautiful continent of Africa! Do this fun writing activity with your child to honor Black History Month.

Celebrate Easter brunch with these flaky, delicious, and--yes--healthy whole wheat "bunny biscuits."

On Father's Day, delight Dad--and stretch your early reader, too!--with this adorable ABC book of "Fun with Dad."

Have some fun with your first or second grader, looking for creative ways that 100 cents can make $1.00!

Teach children how to upcycle dried-out markers with this homemade paint-making activity!

Here's a fun Fourth of July craft that will delight kids of many ages.

You and your child can create this beautiful butterfly mobile for hanging anywhere in the home (and learn about this magical creature while you're at it).

Put your kid in charge of her own survey! She'll poll her relatives and friends, collect information, and then create a colorful chart to display her findings.

This engaging outdoor game is a blind obstacle course to help your Kindergarten aged child learn to follow directions.

Create a habitat for a butterfly right in your own backyard, and build your first grader's science knowledge while you're at it.

Is your child learning to write the alphabet correctly? In this "kinesthetic" activity, use movement and art to help your child with letter-writing.

Satisfy your kindergartener's fascination of different sounds with this easy science project, where they'll use their ears instead of their eyes to identify sounds!

This Valentine's Day, spend a couple of hours with your child constructing a colorful, spring-limbed "heart man"!

Introduce your kindergartener to some art history by showing him how to create an everyday object print, Andy Warhol-style.

In first grade, children are introduced to fractions. Here's a recipe that combines fraction practice with winter fun and lets kids actually paint the snow!

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

Design a colorful leprechaun trap—and make some memories—with this fun St. Patrick's Day craft project!

Bird watching is a fun way for kids to learn about Mother Nature. Make a bird feeder, a bird house, and binoculars and you can attract birds and watch them!

Here's a way to bring young children into the process of preparing healthy school lunches, and build up early literacy skills while they're at it!

Transform a single sheet of card stock into a double-sided painting of opposites: on one side, a bright daytime landscape, on the other, a dusky evening scene.

Make this dragon relief with your first grader to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and teach her about an important part of Chinese culture.

Create an American flag pinwheel in this Fourth of July craft activity!

Help your learner develop her fine motor and communication skills with this fun and festive fall activity.