Help your first grade scientist learn about metamorphosis by observing the life cycle of some interesting creepy crawlies.

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

This activity is a fun way to "go fishing" with your preschooler, while learning about the concepts of freezing and melting.

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

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.

In this insulation experiment, you'll learn which clothes keep you warm in the cold, and which make you shiver.

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

Have a lot of loose buttons lying around the house? Here are four ways to turn those loose buttons into an easy and positive learning experience. Button up!

Make this paper chain calendar and give your child a visual reminder of the passing of time.

Why do plants wilt? Kids will learn to think critically about what environmental factors affect plants, and what plants need to survive.

This Christmas plate features your child's favorite holiday things through drawings. Make a Christmas plate with your child this holiday season.

Help your first grader, second grader, or third grader boost his addition skills and math vocabulary with this fun summer game Ice Cream Addition!

Thanksgiving placemats are a great craft for your kid, and a beautiful addition to the dinner table. Make Thanksgiving placemats with your kid for the holiday.

Make an edible bracelet from Froot Loops and a shoelace! This Block Institute art activity will engage your special needs or mainstream child at snacktime.

Encourage your kindergartener to investigate and chronicle the weather she observes during the coldest months of the year.

Plan ahead for summer, by constructing a holiday calendar with your child. A great way to teach kids about time!

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

From Canada's flag, to the Toronto Maple Leafs, to classic maple syrup cookies, the maple tree is very much a part of Canadian heritage.

Making candles from old candles is easy. Recycle old candle stubs to make a "new" candle, and teach your child about recycling at the same time!

In this hands-on craft project, kids will make an analog clock of their own, and then use it to learn how to tell time.

Help your kindergartener practice counting from one to ten with this fun outdoor activity. Make a "My Backyard Counting Book" to review counting to ten.

Help your kindergartener learn to manage a telephone with this homemade keyboard that also helps kids practice letters and numbers.

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

In this simple and social activity, children use size comparison skills to find objects in nature that are bigger, smaller, longer, and shorter.

Forget store-bought dyes this Easter: color your Easter eggs with natural dyes made with ingredients from your own kitchen in this 1st grade activity.

This flannel board will give your child hands-on practice with math, but in a fun format, full of ladybugs.

Learn how to make a paper snowflake with these simple instructions. Help your child learn how to make a paper snowflake with only paper and scissors.

Help your kids fall in love with nature by making a simple clay bird bath. Set it up in your yard and watch the animals venture in for a sip of water.