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Introduce your child to preliminary science concepts by challenging them to do this fun and simple cloud observation activity.

Use a deck of playing cards to practice place value and other math concepts with your upper elementary child!

Boost creativity and writing skills by having your child come up with his own Gourmet S'mores recipe!

Create your very own "stained glass" flower, the perfect gift for mom this Mother's Day!

Show your child how to write a diamante poem, which makes use of a simple structure and results in a diamond-shaped poem.

Help your aspiring fashion designer give new life to a pair of drab shoes with this colorful craft.

This writing activity to get your third grader to combine the fun of poetry with the excitement of celebrating a birthday.

Help your fourth or fifth grader design and write their own innovative greeting card by formulating a poem in the shape of their favorite object of choice.

Does your young writer need more details to beef up her writing? Why not make it fun by mixing in some creative artwork, and take her writing to the next level.

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

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

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.

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.

To help your child turn a critical eye to his own school performance, and motivate him to take responsibility, make a progress portfolio!

Science fair project which evaluates different athletic shoes in order to find out whether any of them affect a person's ability to run.

Combine your child's natural curiosity with his developing classification and writing skills by helping him create a backyard field guide.