What better way to care for the earth than to create a Call to Action plan for the entire family?

Got the pre-writing blues? Try this simple five-finger technique to help your second grader develop a sequenced plan for her early compositions.

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

Here's an authentic writing task that is perfect for Earth Day, or any day! In this activity, your child's pen becomes an instrument of planetary importance.

To reach goals and gain accomplishments, you have to have a plan for success. This activity will help your child to create goals for the upcoming school year.

Encourage your child to take ownership of a plant by creating a care plan and following it over the course of a couple of weeks.

Who says you have to buy your toys at the toy store? In this activity, you can plan and build a pretend play city entirely out of recycled materials.

This gooey, squishy recipe will introduce your second grader to the world of measurements without seeming like a lesson or a chore.

This activity provides a solution to all those leaves on your doorstep, while also giving your child a fun science lesson.

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

Liven up a lesson about graphing by helping your third grader compile a bar graph from his classmates' birthday data.

This year on Mother's Day, try this gift project that brings together an appreciation for gardening with a hands-on lesson in art history.

Tea time is a chance for a lesson in etiquette while she plays. Quality time to read a book and talk about good manners.

Give your third grader a head start in language arts by teaching her an alliteration lesson with this Santa Claus-themed writing project.

In this lesson, your child will watch a video on restorative justice, and together you will come up with ways your family can use restorative justice at home.

Introduce your child to the importance of preserving the world's biodiversity by turning a lesson on endangered species into a fun game for the whole family.

Help your child make a cubist self-portrait while he boosts his math and spatial skills with this fun lesson in art history!

Get your little traveler ready for a âround-the-world adventure! Kids will get a geography lesson, writing practice and a great appreciation for traveling.

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!

What's a liquid? What's a solid? What better way to experiment than by turning a childhood favorite, ice cream, into a homemade science lesson!

This third grade writing activity brings home the lesson: it's not only what you write that's important, but how you write it, too.

The next time you are planning a Mexican-inspired menu, let your child contribute with a batch of this guacamole! Here's how.

This simple and introductory art project can help propel an interest in art or even bolster your kid's confidence in planning and mapping.

Has the rain ruined your summer outdoor campfire plans? You can still make some tasty s'mores with the help of your oven!

Has your child ever told you he wants to travel the world and meet new people? Why not keep track of his future travel plans with some fun footprint art.

Brighten up the life lessons with a colorful and fun reward jar!

Make a spring collage with your child to get them outside and those creative juices flowing!

Help your child sharpen time skills by creating a special day and charting each part in a detailed schedule.

Help your child apply his math skills the next time you cook a family meal similar to one you'd buy at a restaurant.

Make your own marshmallows and mix up some very interesting third grade chemistry lessons while you're at it!