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Learn with makes water molecules work with this fun and easy science activity!

Get ready for leftovers with an adorable turkey lunch bag! This recycled craft is a great way to remind everyone how much fun they had on Thanksgiving.

Clouds are formed when warm and cold air meet. Here's a way for kids to see it all up close!

In this Halloween-themed activity, young learners will find out what happens when they mix two household items together to create a surprising chemical reaction.

Rewriting this classic Christmas carol will spark your child's creativity while strengthening his familiarity with grammar and style elements.

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

Create your very own adorable reindeer to keep you company throughout the holiday season.

Candy cane ornaments bring some cheer to your Christmas tree. Make a batch of candy cane ornaments with your child to practice patterning and fine motor skills.

Reinforce your child’s understanding of geometry and 2D shapes while learning about the artist Mary Blair and her amazing contributions to many loved movies, books, and characters throughout her career.

Learn how to make paper Christmas trees with this simple craft. See how to make paper Christmas trees and celebrate the holiday season.

Here is a fun holiday exercise to reinforce your grade-schooler's understanding of adjectives from adverbs while she's away on winter break!

Help your child understand surface tension by showing them how they can create a "skin" on top of water.

This Thanksgiving, make a pine cone turkey that can double as a personalized place setting for each family member.

Check out this dice game perfect for teaching your savvy kid the fundamentals of probability.

Celebrate Kwanzaa with your fourth grader, or introduce them to a new cultural practice, by showing them how to weave a Kwanzaa mat out of an ordinary paper bag!

Give your budding young observers a chance to discover simple machines at use in their own home.

Try this new twist to the traditional memory game to help your learner match number symbols to the correct quantity while sharpening their memory skills!

This fun marbled paper craft uses things you're likely to have around your house, and it teaches kids some simple chemistry too!

Cornucopia still life painting is a great activity for your young artist to look at light and shadow, textures and composition in creating art at Thanksgiving!

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

Introduce your child to the amazing, almost magical phenomenon of static electricity!

Blend science and math to explore a very important first grade social studies question: does our planet contain more land or more water?

Need another reason to celebrate Thanksgiving? Now kids can create a sunny, textured sunflower card to remember the day!

This fun craft will teach your child a little bit about the human skeletal system and can be adapted to teach the biology of many different living animals.