This year on Mother's Day, here's a gift that builds vocabulary while bringing a smile to Mom's face!

Craft a durable, three-dimensional Santa boot that looks great as a stocking, gift box, holiday decoration, or table centerpiece.

This bookmark is a helpful tool to use during and after reading to remind your child of "good reader" strategies that she can use on her own.

Expand your child's geographic awareness with these fun and easy map lessons.

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

This variation of Duck, Duck, Goose is played in pairs, which means a lot more activity for participants!

Maracas are most commonly found in music around the world. Introduce your child to percussion and rhythm with this easy-to-make instrument.

Create your very own scented hand sanitizer that will help your child to keep those nasty germs at bay!

Next time your child says he's bored, suggest a game of Toe Fencing! It's a silly and physical game that can be played anywhere, any time.

Shake those dice and try to roll big numbers in this first grade math game. Practice addition in a new, fun way!

Make mom feel like the star that she truly is by holding a movie premiere in her honor, complete with red carpet!

Alive or not? This yeast experiment you can conduct with your little scientist explores the answer to this timeless question.

Make practicing addition facts more fun and teach your child some helpful strategies with this spin off of the traditional "Go Fish" game.

Make a Korean paper fan! This activity is a great way to help your child explore different cultures while she builds her fine motor and arts and crafts skills.

Help your child understand that letters, put in a certain order, make words. In this fun activity they'll get to make their own puzzle, and practice letters, too!

Practice reading with this fun game, where your first grader will "hunt" for hidden words around the house.

Make quick sweet and salty walnuts, a delicious addition to fall salads and fruit and nut plates, or a simple afternoon snack.

Create your very own Sleep Book filled with a menagerie of made-up nonsense creatures and discover how different animals catch some zzz's.

Bring the Star of David symbol to life by baking and decorating festive sugar cookies for Hanukkah!

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.

Make a "feeling meter" that helps your first grader read key feeling words and communicate his emotions accurately to you.

Weave a unique ribbon pattern! This fun arts and crafts activity is a great way to make colorful projects and learn basic math and art skills.

The goal of this project is to create an exciting topographical map out of dough.

Children will discuss what it means to have healthy friendships and create a unique friendship painting that illustrates the qualities of good friends.

Return to school in style! Dress up your pencil holders with this delightful and always seasonally appropriate arts and craft project.

Ready for takeoff! Make science fun and teach about levers and fulcrums as your child sends buttons flying.

Make a yarmulke for your teddy bear and celebrate The Festival of Lights with this fun craft project.

Redecorate the smart way -- pillow covers are a fast, fun and easy craft that can transform a room with an artsy punch of color.

Teach your child about recycling and gardening as she re-uses an empty plastic milk gallon jug to craft a swan-shaped plant container!

Teach your kid a lesson about recycling by helping him create a letter holder out of an old cardboard box.