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Keep your child active this summer by transforming old milk jugs into scoops and newspaper into a ball with this exciting game of catch!

Help your child create a rebus message for a unique Father's Day card or poster; it's like a collage and encoded message all in one!

Get your child outside to observe the clouds, and get a fun exercise in science, writing, and arts and crafts! Here's how.

In this activity, your child will learn about the different parts of the brain and how mindfulness can build connections of calm.

Help your second grader grasp the concept of verb tenses with this silly card game!

This Where the Wild Things Are costume will make your little wild thing look just like Max. This Where the Wild Things Are costume is surprisingly easy to make.

In this science fair project, kids measure how weather conditions affect how fast a puddle evaporates.

This science fair project teaches about mold. Students will test different foods to see which grow mold the fastest.

Cinnamon is tasty, but does it have super powers as well? Find out if cinnamon can repel mosquitoes in this outdoorsy experiment.

Try this card game to build math fact skills, like addition and subtraction, and have a great time, too!

Kids will build a turtle habitat in order to observe the climate preferences of this cold-blooded reptile.

This project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing it.

Your child can create his very own pine forest covered in snow and learn some forest vocabulary too!

Spruce up some sneakers that have seen better days by turning them into a sparkly dress-up staple.

Make “teal the new orange” this Halloween season! Help your child learn about the Teal Pumpkin Project and paint the color teal on a pumpkin to advertise that your family will offer non-food toys as a treat, or “trinket” option.

Help your preschooler learn the Four Questions prior to the big night with a homemade book, complete with words and illustrations!

Kids can jazz up their checker sets by transforming boring round checker pieces into baby chicks and eggs in this 1st grade arts and crafts activity.

Bring barnyard fun to a rainy day by making this simple pig nose, or make several noses and round up two of your child's friends to act out Three Little Pigs.

Why would you pay for pricey dolls at the store when your second grader can create and play with her own personalized set?

The 100th day of school is an important benchmark for kids in the lower elementary grades. Help your kid create a 100 days of school shirt to celebrate!

This Christmas plate features your child's favorite holiday things through drawings. Make a Christmas plate with your child this holiday season.

Help your second grader observe the phases of the moon, and then let the fun loose: he'll get to chart his observations with marshmallows!

Make a festive bunny box that will be great for gift giving or storing candy and other small objects.

Turn a boring lunch bag into a personalized suburban house. Your child will look forward to his lunch when he has the coolest bag house on the block!

Brrrrr! It's chilly outside. Now's the perfect time to create a snow globe. But, don't worry, you don't need glass for this dome.

Your child will jump at the chance to get messy (under adult supervision, of course) with this project and create some unique home decor that really shines!

Work on measurement by sliding cards along a table with your second grader in this fun game. Use centimeters or inches, add up your totals, and see who's won!

Compare and order numbers and introduce mathematical inequalities in this fun math card game.

Teach your 2nd grader the value of recycling with this fun arts and crafts activity: make a DIY painted bookcase or set of shelves!

Encourage your child to help make dinner special this holiday season! If your child is loves to help in the kitchen, this is a great activity. They will build mini-penguins to enjoy while waiting for dinner!