My boys have both been fans of the Wild Kratts cartoon. It seems to ignite not only a fascination with animals, but a curiosity too - at le...

My youngest son's literacy skills are growing leaps and bounds. When I was volunteering in his kindergarten class last week, I noticed ...

Our six-year-old has had a fascination with penguins since ... well, like ... forever. We have so many penguin stuffed animals it's lik...

There are no flowers blooming here in the Midwest in January, unless you're at the florist. A thick blanket of crusty snow covers every...

What a year it's been! I published 77 deceptively educational activities, games, and ideas in 2015. Here are the 15 most popular. No....

With three tumblers on the table, a measuring cup filled with water, paper towels, and food dye, I told my sons we were going to fill a cu...

I have been fascinated by the caves at Lascaux, France, since I learned about them in one of my very first college art history classes. I ...

I have always been wildly interested in the later work of artist Jean Dubuffet. His l'Hourloupe series of works have a frenetic ener...

It's been awhile since my boys and I created art together. My oldest son isn't much of a fan, but needs the fine motor practice and ...

Because our color theory activity book was such a hit, I suspected a chromatography experiment would be as well. I was right. My 9-year-o...