Help your child create an adorable -- or gruesome -- miniature pumpkin candle holder that will shed some tiny pools of light on your dining table or counter.

Play hopscotch with numbers, but also with letters, to get kids ready for reading.

Get ready for Halloween with a pumpkin mask made from construction paper!

Prepare for some scary Halloween counting practice! This game encourages players to knock down cylinders and then add to determine their scores.

Your kids will love this tradition of finding a leprechaun's gold hidden all over.

Help your second grader to a better understanding of how to count and represent money with age old game of tic-tac-toe.

Gourd painting is a fun fall activity that makes for perfect Thanksgiving decorations. Try gourd painting with your child for some seasonal fun this autumn.

There are a lot of ways to make decorative wreaths. This wreath uses cloth and egg carton flowers!

Here's a delightful activity that uses your child's name to help him improve his writing skills.

This fall-themed missing letter activity is a great way to help your child learn the alphabet, build their vocabulary and bolster letter recognition skills.

Show your third grader how to string together a pretty, decorative harp.

Stir up some enthusiasm for experimentation with this candy-cracking science experiment!

Give your child a glimpse of how another set of students approach reading by teaching him how the blind use braille.

Use real elastic to help your kindergartener learn to "stretch" and blend letters to read words.

Use sticks and stones to create create an outdoor version of tic-tac-toe!

Have your little cowpoke design and decorate a vest that's perfect for combating the elements on the harsh Western plains.

Kindergarteners are expected to master the alphabet. Get your child outside and exercising with this fun, move and shake alphabet game.

Hold a magnet marathon! Explore the power of magnets with your kindergartener in this entertaining and simple science game.

Does your child love to play with their food? Then they'll get a big kick out of this activity, where they'll practice handwriting skills...using rice.

Teach your child Morse code, and a little bit of history that she'll pick up in a flash!

It's a great time for family crafts. Here's a ghost Halloween decoration you and your child can make together.

Help your kindergartener's handwriting, hand strength and coordination by making a "stress ball" from this homemade, nontoxic "silly squeezy putty."

Here's a brain-challenging treasure hunt for your third grader, calling upon math skills with money and with decimals!

Arrange a cluster of glittering pumpkins on your dining table or use them as individual place cards to add a little sparkle to your next fall party.

When you see those sunscreen "protection levels," what does that really mean? Try this experiment to find out.

Does your child love pretend and need practice with letters and the sounds they make? Get cooking! This activity is fun and builds key reading skills, too.

Halloween bingo is a fun Halloween word and symbol activity for ghosts and ghouls of all ages. Play Halloween bingo this October to get into the spooky spirit.

Incorporate some math and science thinking into your annual fall fun with this pumpkin investigation activity! Your child will have a blast investigating various ways of measuring pumpkins, making estimates, taking measurements, and recording their findin

If helping your child learn parts of speech makes you want to take a nap, try this exercise. It's a sure way to keep those creative juices flowing.

How does a compass work? What's a magnetic field? Kids will build their own compass at home to find the answers in this great science fair project idea.