Check out this twist on a peanut butter and banana sandwich. The banana replaces the bread to make the perfect fun and nutritious after-school snack.

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

Money is a difficult concept to grasp. Help your kid get the hang of it with this pocket change triple Venn diagram activity.

Make an edible bracelet from Froot Loops and a shoelace! This Block Institute art activity will engage your special needs or mainstream child at snacktime.

Play multiplication war, a fun card game, with your child and before long those annoying multiplication facts will be part of her mathematical skill set.

Learn how to make a paper snowflake with these simple instructions. Help your child learn how to make a paper snowflake with only paper and scissors.

Work on measurement by sliding cards along a table with your second grader in this fun game. Use centimeters or inches, add up your totals, and see who's won!

Work on simple addition and finding even numbers in this second-grade math card game.

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!

Multiplication facts are a necessary skill, and this board game provides a fun way for your third grader to practice them!

Practice counting to 100 independently with this American flag craft project! 

Compare animal and plant fats and observe, and record, and draw conclusions about their similarities and differences.

Learning to count change can be tough! Help your child become a master money-counter with this simple game.

For most second graders, a good secret code is just about irresistible. Here's one that builds math facts while you're at it!

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

Got a shoelace? Got a kindergartener? Help your child learn to use the number line by creating one out of a lace.

Try this card game to build math fact skills, like addition and subtraction, and have a great time, too!

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

Make counting coins make "cents" to your second grader while giving her the chance to practice her math skills by playing this fun game with her.

Take paper football to the next level by creating a "field" with objects from around the house. A great indoor and rainy-day activity.

This pumpkin dessert recipe tastes like pie but looks like a no-bake cookie.

Get your child math and science savvy with this fun outdoor classification game. Using chalk, your child will classify what she sees in the natural world.

Learn about the microclimate of your backyard by tracking rainfall, temperature, and observed weather with hand drawn charts and graphs.

This caterpillar math game gets your child to work on addition and subtraction. Challenge your child's math prowess with this fast-paced caterpillar math game.

Use empty soda bottles to create a fun bowling set that helps your first grader practice addition skills!

Help your kindergartener learn to manage a telephone with this homemade keyboard that also helps kids practice letters and numbers.

This simple heat transfer experiment is a great introduction to the concepts of heat transfer and conduction.

This homemade barometer allows your little scientist to contemplate and compare different air and weather conditions.

This fall, bake some festive caramel apple cupcakes with your second grader and help her build her math skills while you're at it!

Homemade Halloween treats make great party foods for an All Hallow's Eve get together. These four homemade Halloween treats are scary-good.