Kids practice their writing composition skills as they cut and paste nutsy headlines from old newspapers and write silly articles to go with them.

Why doesn't the ocean freeze? Students answer this question by simulating the chemical composition and temperature of arctic waters in their own home.

Cornucopia still life painting is a great activity for your young artist to look at light and shadow, textures and composition in creating art at Thanksgiving!

Help your child to make a beautiful Africa mask to help her reinforce important spatial and compositional skills.

Got the pre-writing blues? Try this simple five-finger technique to help your second grader develop a sequenced plan for her early compositions.

Boost creativity with this simple activity where kids make up biographies of people they find in old magazines.

Be a chemist for a day and study the simple reaction between sugar and heat. Try heating sugar and see what happens!

Help your learner read, write, and understand letters and letter sounds with this delightful journal activity.

In this activity, your child will design their own Best Self Journal to reflect on ways they have been their best each day.

Let your child explore the concept of sculpture with marshmallows and pretzels to form an edible sculpture!

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

Channel the artistic spirit of Romare Bearden by making a mixed media collage to express different moods.

Discover how and which salt melts ice the quickest.

Most of us are familiar with haiku, but the tanka is an even older form of Japanese poetry. Learn to write a tanka poem with this activity.

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!

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!

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

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!

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

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.

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.

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.

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