Knowing your antonyms from your synonyms is an important part of the second grade writing curriculum, and is a real boon for vocabulary.

Here is a fun holiday exercise to reinforce your grade-schooler's understanding of adjectives from adverbs while she's away on winter break!

Build second and third grade writing skills by using pictures to help kids "see" how to use details in their stories.

This 4th of July, explore fourth grade science and make some safe fireworks in your own backyard using soda pop!

Here's a hilarious alternative to those sugary conversation hearts...and a way to keep building first grade literacy skills while you're at it!

First grade science often covers solids, liquids, and gases. This silly science explores serious facts about the difference between all three.

Help your child celebrate your family's Thanksgiving cook with this first grade arts and crafts activity: make a "handy" painted apron!

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

Get your kids involved in the kitchen by making crepes with your choice of toppings in this fun fourth grade cooking activity.

Make a DIY golf putter and design your own golf putting course in this 2nd-3rd grade arts and crafts/game activity.

Here's a silly game that uses nursery rhymes to introduce a big concept in first grade reading and writing: learning about nouns and verbs.

Kids get to race a felt mouse through a homemade maze using magnets in this exciting 1st grade arts and crafts activity.

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

Let your child's imagination run wild with this creative third grade arts and crafts activity: make a fanciful costume out of a cardboard box.

Kids write about their favorite parts of school in 100 words to celebrate 100 days of school in this 5th grade writing activity.

Celebrate the 100th day of school by counting and spelling your way to a "$1.00" word in this 3rd grade math and reading game.

Help your first grade child figure out contractions and their original two words by playing this simple game, Contraction Concentration!

Learn how to make an anemometer with step-by-step instructions in this cool science fair project idea for 4th grade.

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day this year by making your very own lucky pot of (chocolate!) gold in this 3rd grade arts and crafts activity.

Celebrate Earth Day by making colorful animal sculptures using recycled materials from around the house in this 3rd grade arts and crafts activity.

Help your child "step up" to second grade math fact challenges with a fun addition and subtraction game in your very own kitchen.

In first grade, children are introduced to fractions. Here's a recipe that combines fraction practice with winter fun and lets kids actually paint the snow!

Many kids find themselves especially challenged by writing in third grade. Here's how you can help, using a technique called "storyboarding."

First grade math includes lots of work with two-digit numbers. Here's an activity to help kids practice recognizing and sequencing numbers from 1-30.

Here's an activity that takes fourth grade reading and writing skills beyond the classroom to offer a warm welcome to a new neighbor.

Here's a hands-on activity that first grade use to help kids get a feel for equations. It uses popsicle sticks to practice addition and subtraction!

Help your child get ready for back to school with this fun fifth grade activity, which has him creating an "I'm Studying" door sign.

This string a necklace arts activity teaches first grade readers to look for a story's beginning, middle, and end.

Beetles come in many shapes and colors. Here's how your second grade child can create his own beetles to paint and play with!

Build this game, and give your kid some hands-on practice ordering numbers. Soon your first grade kid will be Master of the number line!