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Craft a patriotic placemat from red, white, and blue construction paper in this festive craft project!

This goofy scramble book activity will bring laughs...but also some good, solid comprehension skills too!

Ordinary drinking straws are fun for drinking juice and even for spitballs when you're not looking, but also fabulous for learning first grade math.

This hands-on activity practices skip counting, a key first grade math skill. But it's silly fun!

This measurement activity uses feet to compare objects, but not the ones found on rulers and measuring sticks...the feet on your child's own body!

Children will reflect on how community service makes us better people. Then they will complete a service survey to gain a better understanding of their interests, gifts, and their potential role as a service worker in their community.

In this activity, have your second grader practice measuring by finding the height, weight, and length of their most treasured toy!

Thanksgiving placemats are a great craft for your kid, and a beautiful addition to the dinner table. Make Thanksgiving placemats with your kid for the holiday.

Help your child get to know the least-appreciated of the five senses, the sense of smell, with a smelling station.

It's always good to have a little help during the holiday. Show your child how to set a table setting and then help him create a placemat map.

Build second and third grade writing skills by using pictures to help kids "see" how to use details in their stories.

Get your child math and science savvy with this fun outdoor classification game. Using chalk, your child will classify what she sees in the natural world.

Help your child learn the parts of speech! Start with adjectives and have your child describe Santa Claus to someone who has never heard of him.

Children take inspiration from Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai to write their own blog listicle on a topic of their choosing.

Delay your child's sugar overload, and develop his critical thinking skills, by doing some "sweet sorting" of his Halloween treasures!

Here's a place mat your second grader can create, based on the classic frontier tradition of patchwork quilting.

Using lessons from Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life, help your child implement kindness and compassion into their interactions with others.

Encourage your child to memorize the items on the Seder plate and what they symbolize with this artsy activity.

Here's a great early reading and science activity for curious children. Learn how to plant your child's name in seeds for a growing writing activity!

Explore emotions through songs and crafts in this social emotional learning activity. In this activity, your child will play an emotions guessing game and create a kaleidoscope of emotions.

Pumpkin carving party activities are great for a pre-Halloween party. Try pumpkin carving party activities, including jack-o'-lantern ideas and fall recipes.

Turn sweet treats into miniature masterpieces with this candy melting activity!

This clay "painting" activity encourages and supports creative development and critical thinking skills.

Create a self-portrait from natural materials in this collage craft activity!

Create an American flag pinwheel in this Fourth of July craft activity!

Create a sun-shaped summer words chart in this DIY craft activity!

Learn with makes water molecules work with this fun and easy science activity!

Here's a great activity that will bring out the performer in your child!

Create a silhouetted Halloween candle holder with this upcycled activity!