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

Here's a way to bring young children into the process of preparing healthy school lunches, and build up early literacy skills while they're at it!

For kids who prefer to do homework flopped on a rug, this practical caddy can make all the difference!

Construct and experiment with a periscope using reflected light rays to gather an image.

This homemade alphabet game will keep your kindergartener on his toes and help him practice letter, numbers, and taking turns. The whole family can participate!

What's the chemistry behind dyeing Easter eggs? Will adding vinegar to dye help the eggshell absorb the color? This colorful science project has the answers!

This light bulb science project includes step-by-step instructions for testing the heat from different light bulbs.

Refresh your third grader's understanding of idioms with this hands-on art activity that encourages him to manipulate clay to represent his favorite idiom.

Support your first grader's counting and reading skills while laughing and running in this fun playground game.

Make a "feeling meter" that helps your first grader read key feeling words and communicate his emotions accurately to you.

Create homemade seed packets with your kids. This activity combines your kids' love of science and the outdoors with a little writing and drawing fun.

Help your kindergarten scientist understand the concept of surface tension with this simple science experiment.

Help your fourth grader design a first class postage stamp for a hero who stood up for the dignity of people from all walks of life.

Here's an authentic writing task that is perfect for Earth Day, or any day! In this activity, your child's pen becomes an instrument of planetary importance.

These festive red and blue drink umbrellas are the perfect DIY party idea. While you're making them you can even sneak in a little compass practice.

The goal of this science fair project is to analyze differences between the taste and texture of frozen and fresh food.

Wind is an important source of renewable, green energy. The purpose of this science fair project is to build and operate a windmill generator.

Examine which metal conducts more heat by boiling water in 3 pans made of aluminum, copper, and stainless steel.

Lots of everyday objects can be fun, whether it's buttons, beans, or Lego blocks. Here's an activity that uses coins to build problem-solving strategies.

Here's a hands-on activity you can do with your fourth-grader to practice measurement and directly apply the concept of area.

Your child can build the home of her dreams by creating a truly imaginative model. She'll get to draft her own blueprints to design her masterpiece!

Using a toy race car kids create a visual model of the Doppler Effect.

Your kid will love making these cute and festive Easter bunny pancakes. This Easter, turn a holiday breakfast into a delicious measurement activity!

This science fair project idea examines which type of insulation holds in the most heat.

This science fair project idea determines the most effective method of preserving food.

Blend science and math to explore a very important first grade social studies question: does our planet contain more land or more water?

This science fair project idea explores plant growth from a bulb, root, and a stem and investigates asexual plant reproduction.

Compare fractions in this two-player math game. The objective of the games is to work together to determine who has created the largest fraction.

Teach your fifth grader an important math concept with this quick and simple activity that shows them how to divide whole numbers by fractions.

This science fair project idea explores the different properties of matter.