Children learn the six parts of a plant...but do they really understand? Try this plant-themed meal plan to bring school science into the home.

This project leads to an understanding that a whole may be built of smaller parts that fit and work together and provides an introduction to basic tools.

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day by painting the green Irish countryside in this 2nd grade arts and crafts activity.

Transform a paper coffee cup into an adorable Easter bunny gift basket in this second grade arts and crafts activity.

Help your kindergarten or first grade child use his creativity to make a beautiful magnetic patterned structure while discovering the wonders of magnets.

Geared toward kindergarten and first grade learners, The Weather Inside is a fun activity to help help children understand and process their emotions in a healthy way.

Try this goofy, first grade phonics craft that focuses on the letter "F" as in "Frog" and helps build crucial reading and spelling skills in your child.

Celebrate the 100th day of school by creating a geometric, math-inspired mural in the style of Henri Matisse in this creative kindergarten grade art activity.

Master reading numbers aloud with your first grader in this math card game.

This simple project makes young children aware of their sense of smell and its capacity for providing them with information about their world.

This play-activity causes young children to focus on and become more aware of their sense of hearing and the power of their ears.

This project makes young children uniquely aware of their sense of touch and its ability to alone give them information about the world around them.

In this activity, your first grader will practice calendar skills, observe the weather and learns to read calendar words. Here's how to get started:

Help your first grader make a coin bank that builds connections to early reading and math. And build good saving habits, too!

Watch your first grader marvel at how fun and simple it is to turn ordinary potatoes into custom shamrock stamps.

Help your second grader embrace his "green" side by recycling empty citrus peels into fruity ice cream bowls!

Even your first grader can get involved in the lighting of the Kwanzaa Kinara with this clever flameless Kinara project!

Teach your kindergartener or first grader about the art of correspondence by guiding them to create their own postcards out of favorite family photographs.

Help your first grader build sight word knowledge by creating a reading pointer and taking the family on a house-wide reading tour!

Do this experiment to help your first grader understand how salt can be removed from salt water. All it takes are a few household materials.

Invite your kindergartener or first grader to make giant, soft building blocks. He'll have a blast constructing, throwing, stacking, and even falling on them!

Get into the Halloween spirit by creating creepy (but cute) spiders from paper egg cartons, paint, and pipe cleaners.

Checkerboard play challenges students to use spatial reasoning and computational thinking.

While you whip up mashed potatoes for your next dinner party, your first grader and friends can stay occupied by crafting their own silly spud characters.

In this activity, students build a house of sticks, just like the second little pig in the classic story, The Three Little Pigs. Then, they program an educational robot to push down the house, much like the wolf who “blows the house down.”

The 100th day of school is an important benchmark for kids in the lower elementary grades. Help your kid create a 100 days of school shirt to celebrate!

Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

Playing doctor is not only fun, it's also a way to teach kids about the parts of the body and how they are spelled.

This activity is a fun way for your first grader to learn about how veggies help your body while being creative with art and drama. Here's how to get started.

Encourage your child to help with dinner preparations this holiday season! You can use this recipe for Christmas dinner or lunch, or for meals leading up to the holiday. This Christmas Wreath Salad recipe is simple enough for preschoolers to fifth graders