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

Engineers in training can get started with this simple wheel-and-axle construction activity.

Say thanks this Thanksgiving by surprising a friend, a teacher or a grandparent with this paper plate turkey which doubles as a festive wall hanging.

Make these crazy shaped bubbles from simple items in the kitchen, and teacher your kids to experiment and hypothesize. Here's how:

Looking for a teacher gift? Here's a way for your preschooler to show off her growing writing skills and create a cute picture frame to show her thanks, too!

Learn all about colors with the best teachers of all -- cupcakes!

Make Hanukkah gift bags with your child this holiday season. These Hanukkah gift bags are great for passing out gelt to teachers and friends.

Improve your kindergartener's vocabulary with this fun, quick, and simple improvisation activity! He'll love acting while practicing directionality words.

In this activity, students will learn about the meaning and information on a police badge. Then they will be able to create their own badge with their own identification.

Help your child pick up spelling, alphabetical order, sight word practice, and reading fast with just simple clothespins and paint sticks.

Make a First Day of School Mobile to help commemorate the big step from preschool to kindergarten and ease those first day jitters!

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

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

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

Let your child catch you making deliberate errors in this silly game that promotes serious learning about punctuation.

Make these sweet-smelling sachets that smell like delicious cinnamon candy.

Is your kindergartener getting tired of the standard art supplies? How about making a mosaic? This recipe is kinder safe, no broken glass involved!

First grade math includes lots of work with two-digit numbers. Here's an activity to help kids practice recognizing and sequencing numbers from 1-30.

Here's an activity that puts a new twist on a classic game. Help your first-grader create their own wooden word blocks and play sight word Jenga.

Have your kid create a chart of job titles. It's a great way to get them to recognize the people whose efforts benefit the community.

Checkerboard play challenges students to use spatial reasoning and computational thinking.

With school, home, and activities in between, life can sometimes feel chaotic to kids. Help your child learn how to stop and relax with handmade peace rocks.

Help your first grader practice sight words with this fun activity. Learn how to put together a puzzle while practicing common sight words.

This activity is a fun challenge for students who have just started learning to program educational robots.

Sure, you can go out and buy a box of Valentine cards--but for a special message try this simple craft activity to make someone's day.

Make a photo book to provide a reassuring guide for your child's first days and weeks of school.

First graders are learning basic addition and subtraction math facts. Practice in the sandbox with this fun outdoor math activity!

This alphabet hunt is pure pirate-loving fun. And it gives kids practice in learning to recognize letters and sounds-- a key skill for reading readiness.

Ringing a quiet bell is also a great way to support focus and bring kids into the present moment so they can be aware of what they are experiencing inside.

Want to help your child recognize the recipe for a successful sentence? Here's a fun activity to get your child thinking about how sentences work.