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            <title>13 Ways of Looking at a Poem</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[<img style="float:left; padding:10px;" src = "http://www.education.com//themes/sky/i/activity/activity.topic.writing.jpg" /><p>Exercise your thinking skills as you create a poem that mimics the style of Wallace Stevens' poem, "13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird." This creative project will strengthen your child's writing skills and help her discover more ways to observe the world around her!</p>]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 04:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Make a City Guide For Kids!</title>
            <link>http://www.education.com/activity/article/Make_City_Guide/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[<img style="float:left; padding:10px;" src = "http://www.education.com//themes/sky/i/activity/activity.topic.writing.jpg" /><p>If you know of all the greatest kid-friendly places in town, here's an activity that lets your child make a booklet compiling them all! Your city guide for kids will help newcomers and visitors, and will let your child practice his typing and design skills while you're at it!</p>]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 04:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Fit to Print: Self-Publish A Teen Zine!</title>
            <link>http://www.education.com/activity/article/news-fit-print/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[<img style="float:left; padding:10px;" src = "http://www.education.com//themes/sky/i/activity/activity.topic.reading.jpg" /><p>There's no better way to foster your teen's passion for a topic than by helping her create a self-published zine about it! Here's a guide to help your teen outline her zine, organize the page content, and complete the basic layout.</p>]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Write a &quot;Labyrinth&quot; Trip Diary</title>
            <link>http://www.education.com/activity/article/labyrinth_trip_diary/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[<img style="float:left; padding:10px;" src = "http://www.education.com//themes/sky/i/activity/activity.topic.reading.jpg" /><p>In middle school, students are asked to analyze literature in increasingly difficult and complex ways. Next time you're on a family trip, help your child prepare for that classic back-to-school question, "what did you do over summer vacation" with our creative "Labyrinth" trip diary. </p>]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Write to a Soldier!</title>
            <link>http://www.education.com/activity/article/vet-day-pen-pal/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[<img style="float:left; padding:10px;" src = "http://www.education.com//themes/sky/i/activity/activity.topic.writing.jpg" /><p>Help your child gain a better understanding of what it means to serve our country, and improve reading and writing, by becoming pen pals with a deployed soldier. This is a great project for all ages to start on the 4th of July, Memorial Day, Veteran's Day, or any day of the year!</p>]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Make a Quill Pen</title>
            <link>http://www.education.com/activity/article/Make_Quill_Pens/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[<img style="float:left; padding:10px;" src = "http://www.education.com//files/60101_60200/60126/file_60126.jpg" /><p>Quill pens were made from the flight feathers - preferably the largest wing feathers - of large birds. Here's how your child can make his own!</p>]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 05:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Make a Grandparent History Book</title>
            <link>http://www.education.com/activity/article/Grandparent_Book_middle/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[<img style="float:left; padding:10px;" src = "http://www.education.com//files/32201_32300/32257/file_32257.jpg" /><p>Learning about a grandparent's past will not only strengthen family ties, it can be a great writing exercise, history lesson, and gift rolled into one! Here's how to interview, write about, and present a grandparent history book.</p>]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Play the Santa &quot;Clause&quot; Game</title>
            <link>http://www.education.com/activity/article/Santa_Clause_middle/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[<img style="float:left; padding:10px;" src = "http://www.education.com//files/32001_32100/32063/file_32063.jpg" /><p>Want to give your child some writing practice over the holidays? This activity will have your child matching Christmas clauses, and getting a slice of learning along with her figgy pudding!</p>]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 04:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Make a Sequence Sandwich!</title>
            <link>http://www.education.com/activity/article/Sequence_Sandwich_middle/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[<img style="float:left; padding:10px;" src = "http://www.education.com//files/27201_27300/27218/file_27218.jpg" /><p>Want to help your child take a bite out of sequence? Here's a fun activity that will have him deciphering directions for sandwich making, and learning about sequence along the way!</p>]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 04:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Host a Founding Fathers Feast</title>
            <link>http://www.education.com/activity/article/Founding_Fathers_middle/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[<img style="float:left; padding:10px;" src = "http://www.education.com//files/25001_25100/25055/file_25055.jpg" /><p>Bring historical figures alive with this fun family activity! Your child will plan a founding fathers feast by researching historical figures and assigning each character to a dinner guest.</p>]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 04:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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