For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

Science fair project idea which teaches you how to make butter by separating cream into butter and buttermilk.

Recycle old materials to create a fun, brain-teasing maze toy that also strengthens your child's math reasoning skills.

This little chick is so cute that your child will want to make a whole flock to call her own.

Got a fussy eater on your hands? Here's a great way to make fruit appear more appealing, and make eating it a lot more fun, too!

Use this fun activity to make an optical illusion picture that helps your kindergartener explore the sense of sight, and sharpen his observation skills!

Celebrate the 100th day of school by making a unique work of art using 100 colorful pom poms in this fun kindergarten arts and crafts activity.

Does your child love toy cars? Here’s a terrific way for them to play with their toy cars and practice number recognition skills at the same time.

This fun outdoor game will help your child develop her addition and subtraction skills and teach her basic arithmetic while keeping her active.

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

This competitive inequalities card game is a great way to help your child understand the connection between numerals and the values they represent.

Do plants breathe? Not exactly. They do respire though! This activity will help your child with see that plants are producing the oxygen we need to survive.

In this simple and social activity, children use size comparison skills to find objects in nature that are bigger, smaller, longer, and shorter.

Does your kid have a stash of sweets left over from Halloween? Turn that pile of candy into a learning opportunity with this sorting and categorizing activity.

Tangrams are a kindergarten staple, but now it's time to take them to the next level! Get your child started on geometry with this tangram puzzle.

Boost shape recognition with this matching game where your child will pair up sticks to create simple shapes.

Want to add a little craftiness to preschool math? Break out the glue gun and create a button board!

Work on division with remainders in this fun fourth grade math board game.

Using just an egg carton and some beans or pennies, you can play this game with your first grader and see real gains in core math skills.

Help your child apply his math skills the next time you cook a family meal similar to one you'd buy at a restaurant.

These sparkling earrings look fancy but they're super simple to make using inexpensive craft items.

Get your preschooler ready for kindergarten by helping them learn numbers 1-10 with homemade snowflake counting cards in this arts and crafts activity.

Draw some educational value out of a summer stocked full of adventures!

Have your kid practice completing number patterns and then create her own patterns on the wings of a butterfly with this delightfully simple paper project.

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

In this activity, your child will learn to name the numbers from 1 through 5 and she'll practice her grouping skills.

The Math Monster will save your second grader from repetitive math flashcards. Guessing mystery math facts is a fun way for him to polish arithmetic skills!

This activity is a fun way to "go fishing" with your preschooler, while learning about the concepts of freezing and melting.

In this insulation experiment, you'll learn which clothes keep you warm in the cold, and which make you shiver.

Your first grader will love telling time while playing this fun game of tag! Ask Captain Midnight for the time, but watch out when his watch says "midnight"!