Build Sentence Puzzles
Does your kindergartener know what a sentence is? Does she keep reading, long after she reaches the period, like she's in a run-on marathon? Help her practice reading, and learn the key pieces to the sentence puzzle, by creating sentence puzzles at home!
"Quotation" Thank You Cards
Any time your child receives a gift of any size, you've got a great opportunity to help your child master a classic writing form: the thank you letter. Next time your third grader has a thank you note to write, try blending in a classic third grade writing skill: quotations!
Renaissance Man: Invent Like Leonardo da Vinci!
Help your child's imagination take flight as she follows in the footsteps of one of the greatest thinkers of our time: Leonardo da Vinci. She'll create her very own invention and get those wheels turning as she builds her critical thinking skills with this fun project.
Create Your Own Christmas Story!
Enhance your youngster's verbal skills by attaching magnets to Christmas images and encouraging her to narrate her own unique holiday tale!
Create Any-Holiday Lacing Cards
Your child will boost her fine motor skills as she makes unique cards to give away to family and friends. These cards are lots of fun to make - and they're good for any and all holidays!
Speak up for the Earth
On Earth Day, help your child write a poem from the Earth to its inhabitants, asking for people to live more Earth-friendly and suggesting ways to be kinder.
Summer Memories Book Covers
You have wonderful memories of the summer, from the sensation of a cool dip in the pool on a hot day, to the sweet taste of cotton candy at the county fair. Here's a fun project that will capture all these sensations in one place.
Make a Seuss Sleep Book with Nonsense Creatures!
Let's get nonsensical! Create your very own Sleep Book filled with menagerie of made-up nonsense creatures and discover how different animals catch some zzz's.
Practice Capitalization with a Homemade Calendar
Making a calendar page with the name of the month, days of the week, and holidays is a fun way to see the month take shape. For third graders, it's a great way to identify those words that are always capitalized.
Draw Horrible Homophones
Work on homophones and spelling with this imaginative activity where your child can doodle or draw some silly things all in the name of learning!
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