Support your first grader's interest in reading with this decorative bookmark that illustrates a favorite scene from a loved book.

Here's a fun preschool arts and crafts activity: make homemade clay bead jewelry. All you need is flour, cornstarch, and salt to get started.

It can feel good to hit something when you're mad. The more your child pounds, squeezes, and mashes this dough, the better these play dough cookies will taste!

This autumn science project magically turns green leaves into autumn leaves by using crayon shavings and heat.

Looking for Father's Day inspiration? Make him a "card" he can wear...and build up your kindergartener's reading skills while you're at it.

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

Bring the rich history of Thanksgiving to life with a quirky and sweet paper plate craft.

Help your child learn about the science of color mixing and primary and secondary colors with this experimental art activity.

Help your budding artist construct this paper chain caterpillar craft, inspired by the intelligent bug from "Alice in Wonderland."

Help your first grader gain new reading skills in this fun, homemade phonics game that the whole family can enjoy!

Play the fridge magnet name game with your preschooler to help prepare her for kindergarten reading and writing.

Help your preschooler practice tying knots and bows by making a chain of chocolate kisses in this sweet Valentine's Day arts and crafts activity.

This science fair project teaches about mold. Students will test different foods to see which grow mold the fastest.

Preschoolers can ply their creativity making recycled egg carton masks in this clever eco-friendly arts and crafts activity.

Playhouses can be expensive, and they take up so much space. Why not make your own collapsible playhouse instead?

Turn printed family photos into a sturdy "flash card" game to help your child learn the names and faces of near and distant relatives.

This simple and seasonal kid activity turns glue and food coloring into beautiful autumn leaves that will last forever.

What lives in the darkest, deepest waters of the ocean? Let your child's imagination go vividly wild while creating brilliant fish using their fingerprints!

Get your preschooler or kindergartener into the holiday spirit by making a holiday instrument that will improve his fine motor skills and sense of rhythm.

Forget markers or crayons. For a really unusual art project, close the art supply cabinet, and crack open the pantry! Use rice to make pictures.

Tap into your child's imagination while creating magic water bottles by filling a bottle with objects that they can search for and locate.

Use old coffee cans and socks to make a beanbag toss game for kids in preschool and kindergarten. This activity is great for math and coordination.

Give your kid the opportunity to experiment with color combinations, and how the tape is applied as they make special cards for friends and family.

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!

Show your child how to make a cool fleece poncho without any sewing, and help develop fine motor skills and patterning at the same time. Here's how.

Give your science savvy kindergarten a lesson in plant science with this fun carnation experiment.

Want to help your kid with math? Get out the grab bag! This game is a great way to practice the tricky business of associating numbers with sets of objects.