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Combine kids' love of scavenger hunts with consonant blends to create a fun game that's perfect for everything from birthday parties to rainy days at home.

Knowing how to use quotation marks to write character dialog is an important skill for developing writers. Here's a fun way to get your child writing speech.

What happens after the prince and the princess get married? This writing activity allows your child to answer that question for herself.

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.

Make learning word families more hands-on and interactive with this simple craft that has your child making "word sliders" out of paper plates.

This brain teaser challenges your fifth grader to unscramble some specialized Winter Olympics language.

If your first grader has a hard time practicing his vocabulary skills, introduce him to this fun word building game.

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

Make subtraction practice more fun with this outdoor review game that's great for beginning math learners and more advanced!

Use real elastic to help your kindergartener learn to "stretch" and blend letters to read words.

Got a kid who's learning to read? Looking for a new board game to add to the bunch? With a little help from your child, you can make a game of your own!

Once readers know the individual sounds letters make, they need to learn how to blend them and how to break them apart. This activity will help them practice.

Help your young scientist celebrate the wonders of the night sky in the comfort of your own home.

Help your child get the hang of reading with this fun activity. Here's how to make a spinning phonics wheel out of two paper plates.

In kindergarten, your child spent lots of time counting things one by one. But in first grade, he'll need to be able to count in groups, especially by fives.

Build a 3d animal cell model with this cool science fair project, which helps kids visualize and understand the function of a cell's parts and organelles.

Here's a fun activity to reinforce simple short and long vowel words for your first grader.

Playing doctor is not only fun, it's also a way to teach kids about the parts of the body and how they are spelled.

The goal of this fun science fair project idea is to microwave candy and investigate: do some colors of M&Ms melt faster than others?

Challenge your first or second grade reader to make 100 words in this reading and spelling activity for the 100th Day of School.

Add a little sparkle and shine to your Christmas or Easter decorations: make a charming blown egg ornament in this fourth grade arts and crafts activity.

Make Valentine's Day breakfast special with this 'hearty' egg and toast recipe. This Valentine's Day breakfast gets a special twist with a heart-shaped egg.

Let your fifth grader use his wits to challenge friends to complete their labyrinthine book of mazes!

Here's a simple craft activity that can help your youngster better visualize the life cycle of a frog as a circle.

Put some spring back in the season and teach your child a little about plants with this fun paper flower art project!

Even the most reluctant beginning writers love to experiment with the "cliffhanger."

There's only one word that rhymes with orange. This is bad news for poets who want to write about oranges. But what if they use word play instead?

This Father's Day, give dad something he'll really appreciate: a book about him, written by his favorite author...his son or daughter!

Get excited for St. Patrick's Day by making a Celtic knot.

Make your own play dough at home with a fruity scent using this easy activity!