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If you love the idea of handing out holiday tins of homemade cookies but you're not a baker, chocolate-covered apples are the perfect solution.

Does the idea of taking your child to an art museum sound daunting? Create your own museum and give your child some practice with shapes!

Put numbers and letters together -- key kindergarten math and reading skills -- while creating a marvelous game piece for outdoor play!

Help your kindergartener review shapes - and build early reading skills - with this creative book project.

Master reading numbers aloud with your first grader in this math card game.

Support your first grader's counting and reading skills while laughing and running in this fun playground game.

Learn how to count in Spanish. Your child will practice her numbers and build her reading skills while learning a bit about Latino culture along the way.

Make the abstract nature of time and money easier for your kid to understand with some fun ideas that focus on these concepts.

Pumpkin carving party activities are great for a pre-Halloween party. Try pumpkin carving party activities, including jack-o'-lantern ideas and fall recipes.

Here are some ideas for marshmallow math games you can play with your child to help teach him important concepts like estimation, area, and measurement.

Make a brag sash with your child to celebrate an amazing school year filled with accomplishments.

Make fractions easy for your child to understand by incorporating their discussion and practice into meals and cooking that you two participate in together.

This game provides your child with the opportunity to create, write, and read numbers.

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

Tangrams are a kindergarten staple, but now it's time to take them to the next level! Get your child started on geometry with this tangram puzzle.

Does your kid have a stash of sweets left over from Halloween? Turn that pile of candy into a learning opportunity with this sorting and categorizing activity.

Make a big green alligator with household items and help your kindergartener practices letters and sounds!

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

Lots of everyday objects can be fun, whether it's buttons, beans, or Lego blocks. Here's an activity that uses coins to build problem-solving strategies.

Blend science and math to explore a very important first grade social studies question: does our planet contain more land or more water?

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

Get a leg up on counting concepts with this project where art and math collide.

This fun shape game is like Twister...with a twist!

Make a bear cave for your child to play and explore, learning about bears and winter hibernation.

Build your child's vocabulary by exploring and discussing spatial relationships during everyday activities such as building, rearranging, and ordering.

Playing the Number Sentence Game with your child gives him the opportunity to practice ordering and comparing numbers using symbols.

Inspired by the children's book, Charlotte's Web by E.B. White, this card brings the spunky spider Charlotte to life!

Here's a thought-provoking activity to make new vocabulary words "stick" in the mind of your young learner.

Make a Christmas countdown calendar to get your child excited about the coming holiday. This Christmas countdown calendar helps you make holiday memories.