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In this fun activity, kids practice measurement and boost fine motor skills as they learn all about how fossils form and even make a few of their own!

Create a crafty porcupine with your first grader, and use the opportunity to teach your little one about it's ingenious (yet painful!) defense mechanism.

In this colorful craft, make an enchanting star card for a birthday, holiday, or just for fun with construction paper and foam sheets!

Hisss! Make a snake pet from a recycled cardboard tube! Transport your child into nature with this fun and easy craft.

Get into the Halloween spirit by creating creepy (but cute) spiders from paper egg cartons, paint, and pipe cleaners.

Let the world be your canvas by transforming an ordinary household window into a snowy holiday scene.

Explore measurement with your second grader and make this terrific holiday craft.

Your kindergartener can contribute these beaded napkin rings to your Thanksgiving table...and sneak in some good math patterning practice, too.

Practice addition with your child in a whole new way when you battle to defend your cards in this competitive game. Math has never been so fun!

This adorable activity is a great way to share the Gingerbread Man story with your kid while she practices assemblage.

In this activity, your second grader will design her very own heart map to show what she's really made of.

Your child can make her own at home with a little paint and her own foot. Make a whole colony!

Review fractions with your budding mathematician when you play this fun, educational math board game.

Play this fun math numbers game with your kindergartener! Practice following instructions as you roll the dice and count.

Use the textures found in nature to create your own stationery! This fun, outdoor activity will no doubt inspire your child's creative side.

This Labor Day, help your child explore various occupations by discussing the tools workers use on a daily basis at their jobs.

Here's a hilarious alternative to those sugary conversation hearts...and a way to keep building first grade literacy skills while you're at it!

This Valentine's Day craft uses paper hearts of different sizes to create a cuddly puppy your child will love seeing on the wall!

Make a flame-free menorah from beans, pasta, and tissue paper with this simple Hannukah craft activity! 

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.

It's important to be able to add and subtract quickly and accurately, and this activity is the perfect way to practice.

Make healthy eating a manageable (and yummy) task for your kindergartener by encouraging her to help you make a healthy apple sauce snack!

Reuse beloved old Christmas cards by filling them with candies and toys, and turn them into something to enjoy for years.

Contrary to popular belief, peanut butter and jelly can be served any time of day. Promote PB&J to breakfast with these tasty pancakes.

Learn all about cause and effect as your child experiments with an exploding pumpkin in this engaging fall activity! Get the whole family involved with this simple science experiment that is a fun and exciting way to combine Halloween and science.

This easy strawberry banana smoothie is a healthy treat for kids. Make an easy strawberry banana smoothie for your child for a heart-healthy Valentine's Day.

What makes your shadow dance around all day? Let's play detective and find out why that sneaky shadow never stays in one place for long.

What's the science behind those out-of-sight roots? Find out if you can trick roots into growing in different directions.

What is surface tension? Kids will discover how water-skating insects use surface tension to keep from sinking by making a model water walker.

This family photo calendar can be made by your second grader. Make a family photo calendar with your child to celebrate another year together.