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Practice probability as well as negative and positive numbers in this fun math card game designed for fourth graders.

Being able to guess the likelihood of an event is a useful skill. Discuss probability with your kid as you play this fun math card game!

Are you looking for an easy-to-play, fun game? Try Cat and Mouse. All you need is a large bed sheet or tablecloth, a "cat" and a "mouse", and you're all set.

It doesnât take long for flashcard drills about prefixes and suffixes to get old. Turn the learning process into a treasure hunt with this fun activity!

A St. Patrick's Day staple, corned beef and cabbage is a delicious way to celebrate the holiday and introduce your fourth grader to the kitchen.

In this activity, your child will watch a video about empathy and practice speaking to someone with empathy. They will also discuss how empathy supports living in a community with others.

Stir up some friendly competition with this tabletop bow and arrow craft!

Help your child learn about animal classification with this fun and delicious activity.

Challenge your learner to design and build a city of their own in this creative engineering activity.

This math game helps fourth graders improve their understanding of positive and negative integers in a fun way.

This gumbo recipe is a yummy way to celebrate Black History Month, and get a little practice in measurement.

Your child will reflect on the term "beauty" and the things they are grateful for. They will read the book All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon and reflect on how focusing on the small and big things of beauty around them can benefit themselves and others.

Physical touch through tapping and hugging can be a wonderful way to regulate emotions. In this social emotional learning activity, your child will explore the power of tapping or hugging to help them calm down and relieve feelings of stress or anxiety.

This twist on classic mashed potatoes includes parsnips, a root vegetable with a sweet flavor your kids will love.

The Earth is always providing in so many ways! In this activity, children reflect on how the Earth gives and on their love for the Earth through discussion and letter writing.

Test your learner's knowledge of Barack Obama by challenging your child to complete a crossword puzzle about the President after reading a short biography.

Even if sweet potatoes aren't your kid's favorite, try topping them with fluffy marshmallows -- it will be tough to find a child who can resist!

Build a decorated box and fill it with research that can help you get to your dream location someday!

Show your child how and why the microwave works, while demonstrating just how strangely foods can behave while inside the crazy cooker.

Get your hands on a concoction that breaks the rules about what's a solid and what's a liquid.

Help your child get a grasp on what it was like to build gigantic ancient structures with this easy engineering activity about science and physics.

Shrimp are dredged in sweet rice flour and shredded coconut and baked till they're crisp and golden.

In this science and engineering activity, children will explore types of tunnels and their purposes and then design and build a tunnel of their own.

Your child can create a vibrant and dazzling array of flowers by blending and scraping into paint, and then creating a collage.