Your child can count out six pumpkins or six crayons, but what is a six all by itself? ThatÃs a much harder concept to grasp.

Use this fun activity to make an optical illusion picture that helps your kindergartener explore the sense of sight, and sharpen his observation skills!

Can you fool your eyes and your brain with an optical illusion? The purpose of this science fair project is to demonstrate various kinds of optical illusions.

With Halloween right around the corner, find a way to use your brain and reward your tummy with a new type of science -- candy science!

Children learn the six parts of a plant...but do they really understand? Try this plant-themed meal plan to bring school science into the home.

In this exciting and empowering challenge, your child will construct a bridge using marshmallows and toothpicks!

A great way to cultivate awareness, focus and attention in the present is through movement. Mindful movement can also decrease stress and anxiety and increase calm.

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.

This science fair project idea investigates whether air has mass and weight.

Roasting pumpkin seeds makes for a great Halloween activity, and a healthy snack!

Did you ever think you could make colors disappear right before your eyes? This science experiment is just like a magic trick: now you see it, now you don't!

Help your first grader gain new reading skills in this fun, homemade phonics game that the whole family can enjoy!

Here's a math game for your preschooler or kindergartener that'll make number recognition as easy as a pizza pie!

Want to help your child learn more about his community while boosting creativity? Set up a post office play station right in your very own home!

Show your first grader how to create her own octopus out of yarn. This simple, yet fun, project yields an adorable play or cuddle partner.

In this project children practice the scientific method while playing with puffy paint.

Run, jump, and skip your way to physical fitness as your exercise with dice! It's a perfect party or family game.

Play this game that lets you create your own silly monster drawing and helps your child practice her counting skills!

While building his own croquet set, your kindergartener will use both his math an fine motor skills and as he plays he'll improve his hand-eye coordination.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to use simple materials to create a catapult for a small, lightweight toy.

In this fun design challenge, your child will get creative with making structures out of toothpicks and gumdrop candies.

Play this fun game with your kindergarten or first grader. It's a great way to practice important math skills, including counting and addition.

Using just an egg carton and some beans or pennies, you can play this game with your first grader and see real gains in core math skills.

Invite your first grader to play this subtraction sacks game to get her actively involved in understanding and memorizing subtraction facts.

Kids can celebrate Veterans Day by making a mosaic American flag out of jelly beans in this kindergarten arts and crafts activity.

Shake those dice and try to roll big numbers in this first grade math game. Practice addition in a new, fun way!

In this project, a basketball containing different psi is dropped to see how well it bounces.

Practice measurement and proportion with your first grader, and in the process, make three scrumptious salads for you and your child to share on Mother's Day!

In this science fair project, kids observe the expansion of liquids when frozen and determine if some liquids expand more than others in the freezing process.

Silent "e" words are a big part of first grade phonics. Help them turn words like "hop" to "hope" in this action-packed, practical game.