In this science fair experiment, children demonstrate the relationship between the amount of stuff and the amount of pressure in a closed system.

Give your second grader a chance to get his feet wet with measurement before he moves onto the more complicated stuff by trying this activity with him at home.

Try your hand at writing jump rope rhymes by organizing your ideas first, then composing your creation like a poem.

Use a beloved toy as a jumping-off point for a fantastic storytelling exercise in this activity that will get the littlest ones thinking about creative writing.

Thiscuddly stuffed animal is made from just a few materials, including your recycled stockings.

In this activity, have your second grader practice measuring by finding the height, weight, and length of their most treasured toy!

Hone fine motor skills by having your kid create a jack-o'-lantern fiber arts project. They'll lace sheets of paper together to create a 3-D stuffed pumpkin.

This is a quick, easy science fair project that conveys the idea of density to preschool and early elementary children.

Help your kindergartener practice his shape recognition and develop his fine motor skills by making a scarecrow at home.

The perfect activity for a rainy day, or any time your little one moans, "Moooo-oom, there's nothing to do!"

A scarecrow Halloween craft featuring recycled materials.

In kindergarten, your child spent lots of time counting things one by one. But in first grade, he'll need to be able to count in groups, especially by fives.

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.

Does your child love Roly, the orange cat from our Brainzy games? Create the perfect dress-up costume and bring your child’s dreams to life!

Invite your kindergartener or first grader to make giant, soft building blocks. He'll have a blast constructing, throwing, stacking, and even falling on them!

Looking for a unique arts and crafts activity that gives some writing practice? Help your child make her own back-to-school business cards!

This hands-on activity practices skip counting, a key first grade math skill. But it's silly fun!

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

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

Your child can help eliminate stress for himself or a loved one by creating a colorful, homemade stress ball.

Make meringues with your first grader and see how states of matter can transform before your very eyes. Here's how:

Kids conduct a simple science experiment to see if seeds can grow without soil in this simple kindergarten science activity.

Get into the back-to-school spirit with this clip magnet that'll make sure your first grader never loses his important school papers again!

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

Make cleaning fun with a duster made from a decorated tube sock.

With help, your fifth grader can sew her own version of this pin cushion currently available at many craft fairs.

Try a little eco-friendly crafting this Easter: turn lonely, misfit socks into bunny sculptures in this recycled arts and crafts activity.

This bat craft is a fun project for crafty witches and warlocks. Make a spooky bat craft to hang around your house on Halloween night.

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.

It's easier than you think to make homemade play dough -- just a few pantry staples makes a natural version of the toy that kids have loved for generations.