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Everyone's heard of taking a dog for a walk. But how about an illustration? This activity teaches emerging readers to use pictures as context clues.

This activity will give pre-readers practice building a story. And it's silly fun, too!

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

Play loteria, a Mexican board game! Help your child make this fun and festive game to help her build her vocabulary and have a blast while she's at it.

Try this fall-inspired art activity with your child to teach some basic art principles about color, pattern and texture.

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

Your child can turn cookie dough into a big pile of colorful painted fall leaves ready for eating!

How do we know that air exists when we can't see it, taste it, or touch it? Here's a classic experiment that will teach your kid some basics of aerodynamics!

Conduct a simple experiment with your child to study how dirt tracks change as they age in this 1st grade science activity.

Boost those first grade reading and writing skills with this sweet Mother's Day poem idea.

Help your first grade reader become an expert in "sh," "ch," and "th" words with this fun, homemade game.

Check out this science project idea to compare organic produce to non-organic produce and how preservatives in food extend the shelf life of goods.

Learn all about colors with the best teachers of all -- cupcakes!

This science fair project idea investigates the difference in reaction times between boys and girls.

Labor Day is the perfect time to celebrate our postal workers. Have your kid write a thank you note to your local post office to show his appreciation.

This science fair project idea investigates if fats add to the flavor of food.

Teach your child to dye eggs with natural ingredients from the grocery store. From pink to gold, these eggs are perfect for hiding, hunting or simply munching.

Help your student memorize the vocabulary needed to excel in geometry. This fun Tic-Tac-Toe game focuses on terms used when working with circles.

Make a "magic dough" using only flour, water and food coloring and have the kids guess what color appears.

Take a trip to the pet store and then make a scrapbook to help your kindergartener learn the difference between living and non living things!

Playing doctor is not only fun, it's also a way to teach kids about the parts of the body and how they are spelled.

In this fun guessing game, your child uses his sense of smell and taste to figure out what is in the container. Here's how to play:

Help your kids map the "global footprint" of your family's grocery cart by investigating how far your food travels before landing on your dinner table.

Make a fun refrigerator graph with your first grader in order to help her develop those crucial graphing skills, while engaging with the whole family.

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

Foster a love of words in your little cupid this Valentine's Day by creating a memory game that doubles as an early reading activity.

Celebrate your little one's move to big kid school by throwing a very special graduation party complete with friends, crafts, and lots of energetic fun.

Total alkalinity and pH personal care products are controlled to prevent skin irritation. Learn more about basic and acidic substances in this science project.

Science fair project that tests the effects of temperature change on the reactivity of the catalase enzyme.

In this experiment, your child will create two compost bins and see if he can determine what attracts fruit flies.