Why doesn't the ocean freeze? Students answer this question by simulating the chemical composition and temperature of arctic waters in their own home.

Cornucopia still life painting is a great activity for your young artist to look at light and shadow, textures and composition in creating art at Thanksgiving!

Got the pre-writing blues? Try this simple five-finger technique to help your second grader develop a sequenced plan for her early compositions.

Boost creativity with this simple activity where kids make up biographies of people they find in old magazines.

Be a chemist for a day and study the simple reaction between sugar and heat. Try heating sugar and see what happens!

Help your learner read, write, and understand letters and letter sounds with this delightful journal activity.

In this activity, your child will design their own Best Self Journal to reflect on ways they have been their best each day.

Let your child explore the concept of sculpture with marshmallows and pretzels to form an edible sculpture!

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

Channel the artistic spirit of Romare Bearden by making a mixed media collage to express different moods.

Celebrate autumn by making a beautiful pastel art piece with corn as its theme.

Your child can use leaves and grass to create his own outdoor art in celebration of Earth Day...all he needs are is the great outdoors and some creativity!

Start the school year off on the right foot by treating your child's new teacher to a special heart-felt surprise!

This reading comprehension activity teaches children reading in reverse: how would you teach an alien to use a zipper?

A nonet is a 9-line poem. Like haiku, each line has a specific number of syllables, starting with nine in the first line and ending with only one in the last.

People have identification cards, why not pets? Make an ID card for your family pet, a fun activity that also gives your child some writing practice.

Your child can be a Fauvist painter using bright colors and his imagination to create wild artwork!

Go on a storytelling adventure using your kindergartenerâs five favorite picture books.

Set your child's creative spirit free with heart art! He'll experiment placing hearts in patterns, designs, and configurations to make this 'heartfelt' art.

This book-making activity is quick and easy, and it gives emerging readers insight into how a story's illustrations provide context clues.

Give your third grader's reading and writing skills a stretch: have her create a Care Manual for your pet the next time your family goes away.

Create this quick and easy craft with your child, and then let their imagination float free as they write about it!

Help your child make a cubist self-portrait while he boosts his math and spatial skills with this fun lesson in art history!

Try this activity with your child to explore what happens to rain (and the living things that need it) when it becomes polluted.

Try this brand name phonics activity to help your child build up his language arts skills.

Kids paint a still life of a vase of flowers using colors found side by side on the color wheel, just like Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers.

This writing activity will promote dialogue about racial segregation and its impact on African-Americans throughout history with your child.

Here's an activity to help your first grader read and write, while staying in touch with a faraway friend or relative. Here's how:

Science fair project that determines whether cooling eggs helps them be peeled more easily. Compare the time it took to peel each egg.

Collect meteorite dust with a magnet in your very own backyard! The objective of this science fair project is to gather meteorite dust to study outer space.