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When it comes to working kids' muscles, nothing beats an obstacle course! Here are some easy ideas for creating your own course at home.

Here are some ideas for marshmallow math games you can play with your child to help teach him important concepts like estimation, area, and measurement.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to make a tower using paper cups.

Making food sculptures boosts creativity, and just might help your picky eater branch out!

Simon Says is a classic outdoor game that young children love. Promote your child's development and improve listening skills by playing the game in a new way.

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

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.

Your child can emulate M.C. Escher with this hands-on art project for fall and Thanksgiving.

Here's an arts and crafts activity to help your preschooler or kindergartener create his own set of building blocks to create her dream house and buildings.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to use simple materials to create a catapult for a small, lightweight toy.

Play this hidden number game with your preschooler that will give her a leg up in learning numbers.

Make “teal the new orange” this Halloween season! Help your child learn about the Teal Pumpkin Project and paint the color teal on a pumpkin to advertise that your family will offer non-food toys as a treat, or “trinket” option.

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.

In this activity, children will let their imagination run wild as they design and build a new planet in the solar system.

Help your kindergartener recognize the signs of the season with a winter scavenger hunt.

This butterfly costume comes together in under an hour and is perfect for your little trick-or-treater. Make this butterfly costume for Halloween or play time.

Did you know magnifying glasses are magic? This hands-on activity has kids using magnifying glasses to engage with the world around them and look close to examine what they find.

This hands-on activity that involves arranging pieces of yarn will teach your pre-K child the concept of ordering items by length in an interesting way.

Let your child explore the concept of sculpture with marshmallows and pretzels to form an edible sculpture!

Make a tooth care poster with your kindergartener to help her understand how important it is to take care of those growing pearly whites!

Dinosaurs were huge creatures that left behind huge footprints that lasted for millions of years. In this science fair project, kids learn how dinosaur tracks were left behind!

Craft a paper rocket in this hands-on activity inspired by the life of Mae Jemison!

Celebrate your little one's move to big kid school by throwing a very special graduation party complete with friends, crafts, and lots of energetic fun.

Turn ordinary cookies into puppets and create edible performance art!

It's a race against time to see how quickly she can color match and correctly place all of the water beads!

If using regular watercolors is getting a little dry, liven things up by using salt to create a beautiful painting with unique crystal texture!

This fingerpaint version of the classic Rorschach stumper is sure to be an artistic treat for your kindergartener!

Make your own personalized set of letter flash cards to get him thinking about the alphabet while boosting his fine motor skills in the process.

Make a batch of chocolate clay to teach kids the art of molding and sculpting. Working with their hands has never been this much fun.

Valentine's Day coupons get kids to stretch their imaginations and budgets for the holiday. Make Valentine's Day coupons for friends and family this February.