Does your child know how to read a map? Teach this important skill with an activity that makes map reading and map creating practical and fun!

Help your child learn about the world through this 3rd-4th grade geography activity: start a postcard collection and mark where they came from on a world map.

Understanding how a map works is tricky for kids, so why not make it into a fun activity for the whole family?

Your child can create an interactive map of his neighborhood focusing on the different textures he finds!

In this activity, your second grader will design her very own heart map to show what she's really made of.

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

Build your child's vocabulary and get his body moving at the same time with this fun dance map activity!

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

Help your third grader learn time zones with this fun map activity!

What is topography? Kids find out by learning to make and read a topographic map in this awesome science fair project idea.

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.

Create a special Father’s Day surprise by planning and mapping a hike around the neighborhood!

Choose a destination and "race" your way there! This activity is a great for charting progress and motivation.

Have your student draft a blueprint for a haunted house, and trick (or treat) them into learning about geometry in the process.

Hone your child's skills of observation and take a look at forensic science for an interesting afternoon of exploration and detective work!

Practice multiplication facts and geography at the same time in this fun third grade math card game.

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.

Spark your child's interest in international sporting events by creating a banner of world flags.

Writing a book about a favorite trip can be fun, rewarding and a great way to practice organizational, thinking, and communication skills.

Making a calendar is a great way for third graders to identify those words that are always capitalized. Here's how to get started.

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

Paying attention to headers and subheaders is a great way to orient your child to the text they're tackling. Here's how:

Looking for an enjoyable evening activity you can do with your kids? Study the stars: help them learn about constellations by making one of their own.

Let your child's imagination run wild with this creative third grade arts and crafts activity: make a fanciful costume out of a cardboard box.

Children will read a book, then retell the story with pictures they have painted on stones.

In this fun felt activity, a few circles of felt and a scattering of beads quickly become flowers that your child can use to decorate a barrette!

Here is a hands-on activity to help third graders understand the four points of a compass...and how we use them to get around.

Send big holiday love on a small budget by sending these "Elf Tickets" this year...and give your child some writing practice in the bargain.

Nature is the greatest teacher, and you can help facilitate the lesson! Here's how to create a supply backpack to get your kid ready for science action!

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.