Test the effects of left and right handedness on writing speed and penmanship. Volunteers hand-copy the same paragraph of text, which samples look neater?

If your child's paragraphs need to transition from out-of-order to organized and smooth, try this simple, real-life activity.

Jazz up your patio or backyard with hip and quirky planters made from simple Mason jars.

Talk about ice cream while helping your 4th grader work on crucial punctuation skills.

In this cooler-than-average writing activity, your child uses paint chips and words to write a story!

Here's an activity to help your child manage their nonfiction reading by focusing on the most important elements of what she's read.

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.

Make your very own fortune cookies from paper and share good fortunes with family and friends.

These Halloween sandwiches are a creepy-crawly treat for a holiday party or an especially scary school lunch. Make these Halloween sandwiches for your child.

Applesauce doesn't just have to be for a bowl -- your child can transform it into an easy-to-hold treat!

Teach your child how easy it is to make homemade pasta, infused with delicious and nutritious autumn pumpkins.

Homemade Halloween treats make great party foods for an All Hallow's Eve get together. These four homemade Halloween treats are scary-good.

This slightly messy, but tons-of-fun tactile activity will cement the idea of the land and water as pictured on maps in your young learner's mind.

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

Textbook studying doesn't have to be a slog. Here's an at-home activity for before your middle-schooler begins those end-of-the-chapter review questions.

Cookie, snow globe or puzzle? This holiday cookie is all three! Celebrate the holidays with this puzzle cookie, a crafty twist on a delicious dessert.

A round scoop of vanilla ice cream, red sprinkles, and bat and glove cookies are all it takes to make a baseball-themed treat.

Give your third grader a head start in language arts by teaching her an alliteration lesson with this Santa Claus-themed writing project.

Write a letter to Santa and bring back the lost art of letter writing. Learn how to write a carefully crafted wishlist using proper letter form.

Your fourth grader can have fun and get creative this winter by creating a colorful winter weather collage.

From a Twilight novel to required reading, kids will learn about preconceptions as they predict a book's story based on the cover.

Explore scientific concepts with this experiment that introduces kids to the scientific method!

Get your child writing as she describes the four seasons, then decorates a shape for each to hang in the house!

Even for expert writers, this part of the college application process can be tough. Here's writing activity that will get your teen ready to tackle the task!

The Declaration of Independence set forth inspiring ideals of liberty. If your kid had the chance today, would she sign the Declaration?

Help your child get more comfortable with rhyme schemes with The Bear in Despair by Amanda Bray Cody.

Stories change as you retell them. The objective of this science fair project is to demonstrate how information gets interpreted, distorted and changed.

Here's a great project to get your child on the right track towards writing well thought-out proposals.

Write a poem with a twist! Your child can write a poem that also has a secret sentence hidden within the words of the poem.

Have your child try her hand at creating a colorful, beaded necklace that's not only stylish, but also tells a story.