Take advantage of the upcoming Irish holiday, Saint Patrick's Day, to encourage your third grader to flex his poetry muscles and come up with a haiku.

Help your second grade scientist explore the timely topic of wind speed using a version of the classic Beaufort Scale.

Learn how to make fairy wings with these easy instructions. See how to make fairy wings for Halloween or dress-up time.

How does frost form? How fast does it form? Do this simple science project using a plastic glass, rock salt and some water to learn about deposition.

Enjoy this kid-friendly recipe for Irish soda bread, just in time for St. Patrick's Day!

What is a wedge? Kids find out by experimenting with different wedges in this simple science fair project idea.

In celebration of National Peace Day on September 21st, your child can create a colorful peace collage, using magazine clippings and colorful pieces of paper.

Inspire your learner to love poems like Sonia Sotomayor by reading some poetry aloud!

Halloween bingo is a fun Halloween word and symbol activity for ghosts and ghouls of all ages. Play Halloween bingo this October to get into the spooky spirit.

This project will help keep your child's thoughts in order as he creates stories from the beginning all the way through to the end.

Is your third grader bombing around on a bike these days? Here's a way to put all that fun time together with some math learning, too.

These delicious Easter Basket Cupcakes are a simple, creative holiday treat. These cupcakes sit in waffle bowls with festive coconut grass and jellybean eggs.

In this activity, your child will have an opportunity to discuss what they like about themselves, and they will design a digital or physical poster that displays their talents, what they like, and images that describe themselves.

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

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

Show your little poet how to create a beautiful acrostic poem for someone special this Valentine's Day.

Help your third grader author a lovely limerick in honor of Valentine's Day! He'll be delighted to compose and recite this nonsensical poem.

This holiday season, don't forget the many delights of "cookie science"! Here's a confection we especially like.

Help your child get more comfortable with rhyme schemes with The Bear in Despair by Amanda Bray Cody.

This activity will help generate ideas for your child to write about...without the moans and groans!

Here's a fun game that you can play at home to get your child thinking about prefixes and suffixes.

Knowing your antonyms from your synonyms is an important part of the second grade writing curriculum, and is a real boon for vocabulary.

This game will help build your child's word bank as she competes with family members for the "Word of the Day" champion title.

DIY gift tags make any holiday gift more special. Make these DIY gift tags with your child.

Help your child compose an alphabet poem about the season, and have them practice letters while awakening their creative writing skills, too!

There's no better way to show mom you love her than with the tried and true breakfast in bed routine. Make whole wheat waffles along with a vase just for mom.

For this science fair project, kids will learn how to make a lemon battery. They can conduct this classic experiment using readily available materials.

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

Give your child some practice with even numbers, while creating a cute Christmas keepsake. Create this skip counting book.

Here's an idea for an edible Father's Day "note" that also happens to give your second grader practice in using a fancy new tool: the thesaurus.