This scavenger hunt game is simple, but it's fun, and it will arm your children with the directional vocabulary they should master in time for kindergarten.

Give your child a chance to review his knowledge of safety and show off his writing skills at the same time by writing a safety manual to share at home.

When you rub a balloon on your head, your hair stands up; but is that true for everyone? Does hair color affect static electricity?

This fun and crafty activity is easy enough for your child to lend a helping hand and makes a great indoor or outdoor game.

Get a leg up on counting concepts with this project where art and math collide.

Here's a simple and fun kindergarten or first grade gardening activity: grow a miniature container garden in a paper egg carton. Great for kinesthetic learners.

Your child can learn more about Vincent van Gogh's influential style of painting by creating an homage to Starry Night, one his most beloved paintings.

Here are 3 inexpensive ways for kids to make their own beads, from scratch.

Make an edible play dough with your child to help her develop her sensory and motor skills.

Does your kid love crafts AND food? Teach him to paint with natural dyes from food! He'll be amazed that food can be made into art, just like in ancient times.

Have your child create and decorate a paper plate frisbee that will keep them occupied for hours on end.

These DIY coasters are an easy-peasy, activity for small hands to manage, and a good way to get ready for summer, when cold drinks abound.

How do you turn an everyday object into a scary skeleton? This project is the perfect way to practice counting while using cotton swabs to create a skeleton.

Give your first grader reading and writing practice with this fun, practical postcard that will also help with spelling strategies.

Roasting pumpkin seeds makes for a great Halloween activity, and a healthy snack!

Develop your child's green thumb with this easy planting activity. These plants are guaranteed to grow fast and are "brown-thumb" proofed!

This unique project will help your child learn the basics of assemblage and he'll create a perfectly festive pumpkin in the process.

Use real elastic to help your kindergartener learn to "stretch" and blend letters to read words.

Create your own jigsaw puzzle using a blown-up family photo, and reconstruct the image as many times as you like. Here's how kids can make this gift.

Full of charm and creative possibilities, this fun hat will be ready for playtime in no time.

Invite your child, and any other kids attending the Seder, to help you make this "hands on" matzah cover for Passover this year.

Make a textured name plate to hang on your preschooler's door!

Run, jump, and skip your way to physical fitness as your exercise with dice! It's a perfect party or family game.

Practice counting, sequencing, and pattern recognition with your young learner in this fun math card game!

Your child will do a fun science experiment using soap and pepper flakes to help understand the concepts of water molecules and the surface tension of water.