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Use a deck of playing cards to practice place value and other math concepts with your upper elementary child!

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

Many kids find themselves especially challenged by writing in third grade. Here's how you can help, using a technique called "storyboarding."

Show your second grader how to celebrate nature by turning some collected pencil shavings into miniature 3-D designs.

Here's a fun activity that will help your child become familiar with both punctuation marks...by using pasta shapes!

Parents can help their children at home by using a dialogue journal to model good writing.

Here's a fun holiday activity that will have you and your child singing, laughing, and using a thesaurus!

In this parts of speech fall scavenger hunt, kids will search for all the hidden leaves, sort them into parts of speech categories, and then practice creating their own sentences using the words they find.

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

Make going back to school a fun time! Let your child create her own pencil topper creatures using everyday materials and a Styrofoam ball.

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

Write a letter to Santa and bring back the lost art of letter writing. Learn how to write a carefully crafted wishlist using proper letter form.

Does your child know all the greatest kid-friendly places in town? Here's an activity that lets them create a cool city guide and work their writing chops, too!

Saturn is the ringed planet in our solar system, a gas giant with rings made of ice and dust. Let's make a cool scale model with an old CD and some glitter!

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

Boost creativity and writing skills by having your child come up with his own Gourmet S'mores recipe!

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.

Help your child learn more about the military by having him create a portrait of a soldier and write a short summary about why that soldier is important.

Send your child on a table of contents treasure hunt to help build basic research skills! Navigating a book is a skill that is sure to come in handy later on.

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.

Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

Combine your child's natural curiosity with his developing classification and writing skills by helping him create a backyard field guide.

Is your precocious third grader a Shakespeare in the making? Challenge her growing vocabulary with a group game that rewards her wordy ways

Design a special recipe book just for mom. Kid-made and packed with recipes for some of mom's favorite dishes, it's sure to be a hit on Mother's Day.

Help you child create an inspirational quote board out of foam that will motivate her to produce her best work and maintain a positive attitude.

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.

What happens after the prince and the princess get married? This writing activity allows your child to answer that question for herself.

In the spirit of Seuss and all things creative and silly, celebrate reading and all that it has to offer with this fun and interactive story box.

Parts of speech can be a difficult and dreary concept for many kids, but you can quickly turn that feeling around with this fun game.

In this exciting design challenge, your child will use design thinking skills to create a mixture that can inflate a balloon.