When it comes to helping your third grader manage a school backpack, small steps now bring big payoffs later.

By taking math on a shopping trip your child will be practicing rounding, estimation and addition with a with a hands-on method.

Making a calendar is a great way for third graders to identify those words that are always capitalized. Here's how to get started.

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

This activity is a great starting point for practicing mental math because it is quick, easy and involves only simple addition facts.

Build your child's vocabulary and get his body moving at the same time with this fun dance map activity!

With this activity, your third grader will get experience with informational writing, and your Thanksgiving guests will leave with a keepsake to cherish!

Identifying angles may sound intimidating, but with this exercise, you can turn your child into an expert angler in no time!

Here's a fun activity that takes "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" to a new level--and builds strong kindergarten reading and writing skills

By tracking nutritional information from candy wrappers, your teen can use statistics to find which treats offer the fewest tricks on Halloween!

In this project children practice the scientific method while playing with puffy paint.

Delay your child's sugar overload, and develop his critical thinking skills, by doing some "sweet sorting" of his Halloween treasures!

Here's a rainy day phonics craft project for you and your first grader. Reel in those double "ee" words on this do-it-yourself eel!

Help your preschooler practice counting, matching, and learning colors with this fun game!

Here's a fun math game you can use to practice counting, addition or subtraction with your child.

In this activity, your child will learn to name the numbers from 1 through 5 and they'll practice their counting skills.

Children will practice mindfulness through a short guided practice, reflect on the practices that support peace, and then will build a "peace garden."

By using watercolor paints to practice writing letters, sentences, and math problems, your child will practice first grade skills in his "Sidewalk School."

This uniquely cute Easter bunny craft will give your child practice tracing their handprint while repurposing a paper plate as the base for their bunny.

Create some cards and a factor board and get ready to practice multiplication. This game will help your kid get one step closer to memorizing times tables!

Use a deck of playing cards to practice place value and other math concepts with your upper elementary child!

Practice plotting points on a graph when learning is wrapped up in a game. This one will help your child practice the concept of ordered pairs.

Invite your middle school writer to make this artistic trip diary, and practice narrative prose and analytical writing in the process!

Practice addition with your child in a whole new way when you battle to defend your cards in this competitive game. Math has never been so fun!

Make candy hearts this Valentine's Day. This heart-y project helps your little one practice handwriting skills and encourages creativity.

Practice measurement using centimeters in this fun math race designed for your second grade student!

Lacing is a great way to practice hand-eye coordination, which helps with writing. Turn it into a fun preschool art project, by stringing up some ABCs!

Take math off the page and into the real world. This simple game gives kindergarten kids hands-on practice with basic addition.

When you're studying the Mayflower, numbers can be an important part of the history...and a great chance to practice elementary math!

"Crown" dad this Father's Day—and sneak in some letter-sound practice, too.