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

This watercolor landscape creates the background for the adventures of Little Red Riding Hood by using spooky silhouettes for the characters.

Teach your kids about entropy with this fun, easy exercise, and teach your money to dance while you're at it!

Take your child's knowledge of shapes out of the classroom and into the real world!

Teach your young academic about counting and clocks with a tasty treat!

Check out this silly game that will put your kid's animal habitat knowledge (and acting skills) to the test.

Teach your child how butter is created by shaking up cream the old-fashioned way.

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

Bring a little Caribbean flavor and cultural knowledge to the table with this delicious conch salad, a local Bahamian dish.

Teach your creative second grader about proportions, animals, and proper cutting methods with cucumber carving.

Teach your child how to feed himself in the morning with this simple and delicious breakfast burrito recipe.

Teach your little one to appreciate all the best things in life with a keepsake Thanksgiving plate.

Teach an important and often comical historical lesson with a prediction game that teaches youngsters about the fallibility of word-of-mouth talk.

Teach your first grade scientist the difference between liquids and solids using maple syrup.

Create a habitat for a butterfly right in your own backyard, and build your first grader's science knowledge while you're at it.

Teach your first or second grader about an important Mexican holiday, the Day of the Dead, with this traditional skeleton mask made out of a paper plate.

Make a kaleidoscope at home to teach your child about the color spectrum and mirror science.

Help your curious third grader construct a dazzling spinning wheel that will teach him about the science behind colors while providing some silly entertainment!

Teach your child how to make a Georgia O'Keefe flower collage using pasta and paint for a fun art activity.

Teach your third grader about the concepts money and purchasing with this "Mock Card Shop" activity.

Teach your child about the importance and peacefulness of Ramadan as she gets creative drawing domes, minarets and prayer halls.

Ready for takeoff! Make science fun and teach about levers and fulcrums as your child sends buttons flying.

This family project is a fun way to teach your child about her heritage and practice her geography.

Ever wondered how a plant drinks water? This science project will teach you how and help you create a beautiful floral display!

Teach a lesson in the math and art with the concept of symmetry, while making a delightful cut-paper shadow pumpkin for Halloween!

This fun art activity will get your child's creative juices flowing and will teach her about shapes, pattern and texture along the way.

Shed some "light" on the Chinese culture while brightening up your home. Teach your child the Chinese character for good luck with this lantern craft.

Teach children how to upcycle dried-out markers with this homemade paint-making activity!

Play this flashlight game with your child to teach him about objects that are transparent, translucent, and opaque.

Teach your kid a lesson about recycling by helping him create a letter holder out of an old cardboard box.