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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.

Challenge your third grader and a few friends to teamwork and laughs with these boisterous indoor Christmas games.

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

Help your kindergartener learn to manage a telephone with this homemade keyboard that also helps kids practice letters and numbers.

What's the first letter? Play this game with your first grader the next time you read together, and watch her reading skills grow as she climbs the levels.

In honor of Black History Month, this activity encourages your child to focus on African American inventors, and do a little inventing of his own.

Craft a paper rocket in this hands-on activity inspired by the life of Mae Jemison!

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.

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

This simple bookmaking activity will introduce and reinforce alphabet and number recognition skills that have been taught at home or learned in preschool.

Practice writing skills and use imagination with this fun activity, where your child will write a story about what he thinks life would be like on a cloud.

A hands-on guessing game that teaches kids to recognize different coins. First graders will learn their money and their math at the same time!

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

Reuse and recycle cardboard tubes to make spooky spiders, kooky caterpillars, wacky worms, and more.

Develop your kindergartener's fine motor skills while tracing shadows on a sunny day with this fun kindergarten activity.

Help your child to create a familiar favorite from a book or series he adores out of papier-mache. Exercise your child's imagination and language arts skills.

Help your child construct and author a "sempuyo," a traditional Japanese book with accordion-style pages; she will develop her writing and fine motor skills.

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

Play this fun game with your kindergarten or first grader. It's a great way to practice important math skills, including counting and addition.

Have a bookworm on your hands? They'll boost their spelling and problem solving skills with this Oulipo activity re-writing lyrics to beloved Christmas songs!

Mocktails are fancy non-alcoholic drinks perfect for celebrations. Make a batch of mocktails for kids and adults alike at your New Year's Eve celebration.

Enchant your garden with flower fairies and let their beauty bloom with this charming fairy craft.

DIY gift tags make any holiday gift more special. Make these DIY gift tags with your child.

You and your child can create this beautiful butterfly mobile for hanging anywhere in the home (and learn about this magical creature while you're at it).

If there's a special person in your fourth grader's life, show him how to create this beautiful photo frame luminary as an extra special Valentine's Day gift!

Teach children how to upcycle dried-out markers with this homemade paint-making activity!

Celebrate Easter brunch with these flaky, delicious, and--yes--healthy whole wheat "bunny biscuits."

In this activity, kids learn a little about Japanese culture by making their own windsock in the shape of a koi fish.

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

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