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Help your second grader understand compound words by doing this fast, goofy three legged race.

The rock cycle will come alive for your child when he uses broken crayons to create the three basic rock types.

Encourage your child to practice skip counting by turning number patterns into this fun and interactive game of catch.

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!

In this project, build an insect model that shows how the head, thorax, and abdomen fit together! Learn insect anatomy by constructing a paper mache critter.

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

Encourage your third-grader to create a reverse glass painting. This will help him learn art concepts and improve his critical thinking skills.

Here's a super fun game to get in some place value practice with your child!

Using dried beans and corn, foods that are prevalent in Mexican cuisine, your child will create three-dimensional sombrero art.

Paper bag reindeer are perfect for handing out holiday goodies in style. Make a paper bag reindeer with your child this Christmas season.

Looking for a unique arts and crafts activity that gives some writing practice? Help your child make her own back-to-school business cards!

Here's a fun art activity that combines measurement and design with drawing and painting. Kids tell their own special story as they create a story quilt.

Get ready for leftovers with an adorable turkey lunch bag! This recycled craft is a great way to remind everyone how much fun they had on Thanksgiving.

Help your child explore this ancient art technique with the help of some tinfoil, black paint and the end of a paintbrush!

Create a brush pile to help wintering wildlife stay warm and cozy through the winter.

This bon bon recipe will help you ring in the new year. Make this delicious bon bon recipe, coated with graham crackers, powdered sugar, and cocoa powder.

Give your third grader's reading and writing skills a stretch: have her create a Care Manual for your pet the next time your family goes away.

Try your hand at writing jump rope rhymes by organizing your ideas first, then composing your creation like a poem.

Build a paper boat that's modeled on the ones used to cross the Nile River in ancient Egypt!

In this fun fall-themed activity, your child will design and decorate a pumpkin based on a picture book. After completing their pumpkin, they’ll write a short story about a new adventure related to their picture book.

Learn all about balance and motion as your child designs a corn maze!

Create a dazzling window display with cut stars with this fun first grade holiday activity.

This activity creatively guides students in reflecting on and understanding what's happening inside of themselves at any given point.

Recycle old materials to create a fun, brain-teasing maze toy that also strengthens your child's math reasoning skills.

When you rub a balloon on your head, your hair stands up; but is that true for everyone? Does hair color affect static electricity?

In this activity, your child will interview a caring adult or friend to ask them when they have seen them at their best.

This science project challenges students to study deer behavior in their natural habitat- the feeding patterns, social behaviors, male to female ratio, etc.

The objective of this science fair project is to examine the effects of temperature on salt and water solutions, as they form crystals over time.

Help your kid feel like a superhero with this safe and fun science experiment that creates an electrical charge that's like a mini lightning bolt!

Here's an arts and crafts activity that has your first-grader experimenting with math concept of multiples and patterns with her own printing plate.