Check out this hot project idea to culture bacteria and determine if the claims about the anti-bacterial properties of curry and cinnamon are true.

It's always good to have a little help during the holiday. Show your child how to set a table setting and then help him create a placemat map.

Show your little poet how to create a beautiful acrostic poem for someone special this Valentine's Day.

This holiday season, help your third grader celebrate gifts--so often both cost-free and priceless--that the family has shared this year.

This writing activity will promote dialogue about racial segregation and its impact on African-Americans throughout history with your child.

Learn about the CUPS strategy, a useful tool for editing children's writing.

Help your child keep track of his pledges to be more environmentally friendly with a calendar made entirely out of recycled and reused materials!

Incorporate a lesson about metaphors into a writing and drawing project featuring one of the most classically recognizable of holiday icons: Rudolph!

Create Fairy Tale Dice and inspire your learner to weave fantastic fairy tales and improve their reading and writing skills at the same time!

This reading comprehension activity teaches children reading in reverse: how would you teach an alien to use a zipper?

Design a special recipe book just for mom. Kid-made and packed with recipes for some of mom's favorite dishes, it's sure to be a hit on Mother's Day.

Help your kindergartener develop his sequencing skills in this activity that teaches him about a story's beginning, middle, and end.

Show your child how to write a diamante poem, which makes use of a simple structure and results in a diamond-shaped poem.

Build second and third grade writing skills by using pictures to help kids "see" how to use details in their stories.

Even the most reluctant beginning writers love to experiment with the "cliffhanger."

Your aspiring poet will be delighted to learn how to write limericks, which are funny poems that correspond to a simple rhyming structure.

To celebrate black history month, use this matching quiz to help your kid demonstrate their knowledge of famous African-Americans.

Science fair project which evaluates different athletic shoes in order to find out whether any of them affect a person's ability to run.

If you can make a list, you can write a poem! Get your child to practice their writing and expression with a list poem.

Take advantage of the upcoming Irish holiday, Saint Patrick's Day, to encourage your third grader to flex his poetry muscles and come up with a haiku.

Strengthen your fourth grader's reading skills with this analytic "reader's theater" activity.

Show your second grader how to celebrate nature by turning some collected pencil shavings into miniature 3-D designs.

This activity allows your kindergartener to translate what they observe into a beautiful poem.

Here's a great activity that will bring out the performer in your child!

What exactly went on in a typical dinosaur family? Travel back to the Mesozoic Era and bring out your kid's creative side with this sequencing activity.

This fun writing activity takes a regular task - writing a story - and transforms it into a collaborative writing experience for hilarious results!

Looking for a simple, yet unique writing activity for your child on Valentine's Day? Try a hand at haiku!

Your spotlight-loving third or fourth grader will be delighted to play this improvisational game of freeze theater with family or friends.

Your child can enjoy the summer sun as she creates her own one-of-a-kind mural!

Help your child learn the parts of speech! Start with adjectives and have your child describe Santa Claus to someone who has never heard of him.