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Teach your young academic about counting and clocks with a tasty treat!

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!

Want a fun way to teach your kid to tell time? Making a plate clock is a great way for him to learn how to tell time in a way he'll actually find exciting.

Your child can create his own texture tree, experimenting with design during the process. The result will be a beautiful addition to your holiday decorations

Try this fun and simple activity to help nurture your child's observation skills and nourish a growing love of science!

These cute holly-shaped hair clips are a breeze to make for holiday celebrations. They make a great party activity, too!

The objective of this science fair project is to examine the effects of temperature on salt and water solutions, as they form crystals over time.

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

This experiment works due to a simple principle: plants need light. Build a shoebox maze and watch the plant work though the obstacle course, searching for sun.

Here's a place mat your second grader can create, based on the classic frontier tradition of patchwork quilting.

Countries all around the world have been using the abacus for thousands of years to make math easier. Have your kid make his own abacus to practice arithmetic.

Think you need a special dehydrator to make your own fruit leather? You can actually make a delicious version of this popular kid's snack in your own oven.

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

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.