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Discover how and which salt melts ice the quickest.

This science fair project idea explores whether boiling and freezing water will have an effect on how much it weighs.

Your child can use leaves and grass to create his own outdoor art in celebration of Earth Day...all he needs are is the great outdoors and some creativity!

Celebrate autumn by making a beautiful pastel art piece with corn as its theme.

Mad Libs are fun but they're even better when your fourth grader gets to make the story himself!

A nonet is a 9-line poem. Like haiku, each line has a specific number of syllables, starting with nine in the first line and ending with only one in the last.

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

Help your child honor her grandpa this Father's Day by creating an original photo essay just for him.

Challenge your child to create a lipogram, or a piece of writing that omits one specific letter. This activity strengthens writing and language skills.

People have identification cards, why not pets? Make an ID card for your family pet, a fun activity that also gives your child some writing practice.

Start the school year off on the right foot by treating your child's new teacher to a special heart-felt surprise!

This project examines what types of objects burn and which burn faster and cleaner.

Beginning poets can be overwhelmed keeping track of rhyme and rhythm. Have your little writer try a skeltonic poem, which focuses on end rhyme.

Set your child's creative spirit free with heart art! He'll experiment placing hearts in patterns, designs, and configurations to make this 'heartfelt' art.

Your child can be a Fauvist painter using bright colors and his imagination to create wild artwork!

Go on a storytelling adventure using your kindergartenerâs five favorite picture books.

Encourage your child to explore color and its mood-altering effects by creating his own self portrait using only warm or cool colors.

This book-making activity is quick and easy, and it gives emerging readers insight into how a story's illustrations provide context clues.

Your fourth grader will be astonished to discover the significance and intricacies of his spine as he builds a model of a human vertebral column.

Helping your child write their own "Thanksgiving Proclamation" can help them grasp the spirit of the day, and develop more of an attitude of gratitude.

Give your third grader's reading and writing skills a stretch: have her create a Care Manual for your pet the next time your family goes away.

Create this quick and easy craft with your child, and then let their imagination float free as they write about it!

Help your child make a cubist self-portrait while he boosts his math and spatial skills with this fun lesson in art history!

Try this activity with your child to explore what happens to rain (and the living things that need it) when it becomes polluted.

Here's a review of some common (and commonly confused) grammar terms, as well as a quick activity to apply them to reading and writing.

Kids paint a still life of a vase of flowers using colors found side by side on the color wheel, just like Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers.

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

Try this brand name phonics activity to help your child build up his language arts skills.