Here's a fun activity to help build thinking skills in young first grade scientists, and to encourage them to have a blast exploring the mass and volume.

Draw some educational value out of a summer stocked full of adventures!

It's a great time for family crafts. Here's a ghost Halloween decoration you and your child can make together.

This fun, addition focused take on the classic card game War is a great way to help your child get a strong hold on addition.

Develop your child's green thumb with this easy planting activity. These plants are guaranteed to grow fast and are "brown-thumb" proofed!

Button art gets your child to make a pretty silhouette out of buttons. Make button art on Valentine's Day and any craft-filled day you'd like.

Your first grader can create this cute heart puzzle with craft sticks and watercolor paints to challenge her friends!

This fudge cookie recipe is incredibly easy for even the youngest kids to follow. Plus, it makes a great gift when you're looking to wrap up something sweet.

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

Use a digital camera and some simple drawing supplies to help your kindergartener make a personalized letter-sound book.

Honor dad's fatherly achievements with a handmade plaque for a job well done!

Make a batch of chocolate clay to teach kids the art of molding and sculpting. Working with their hands has never been this much fun.

this mosaic-inspired activity uses kid-friendly yarn and glue to help your kindergarten kid design her own vibrant, brightly-colored flower.

Make this creative "story cartoon" tray to help your first grader build reading comprehension skills while having a hilarious time!

Gather your child's old artwork together into a bookmark, a perfect gift to retain these memories long after kindergarten is over.

Your child can commemorate the best Halloween candy of all time using foam sheets to give your little monster a little practice tracing triangular shapes.

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.

Make a tooth care poster with your kindergartener to help her understand how important it is to take care of those growing pearly whites!

Have your child create and decorate a paper plate frisbee that will keep them occupied for hours on end.

This science project lets kids explore what happens when water and paper interact, and it produces homemade paper perfect for gift tags or stationery.

Here's a fun math-oriented arts and crafts activity for your preschool or kindergarten child: create a gumdrop topiary and practice counting along the way.

This witches' brew recipe for kids is a cool mix of lemonade, tapioca pearl "eggs," and gummy worms. Try this witches' brew recipe for kids this Halloween.

This handprint Santa is a great way for your little one to get in the Christmas spirit. Make a handprint Santa with your child this holiday season.

This art activity encourages your child to create her own papier-mache apple sculpture to give to a special teacher.

Learn Halloween fun facts and put them in this cool art project. Make a Halloween fun facts foldable with your child this October.

Regale your kindergartener with the beloved story of Rudolph, and then segue into a Christmas craft project in which he makes his own reindeer creation!

Add a sugary kick to your traditional breakfast foods with this gingerbread-shaped cereal snack!

Your child will love making this adorable clover clock that will help him learn how to tell time.

Baking holiday gingerbread men has ever been more educational! Your kindergartener will work on fine motor skills, logic, and counting in this cookie activity.

Help your budding artist construct this paper chain caterpillar craft, inspired by the intelligent bug from "Alice in Wonderland."