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This hands-on family activity gives your child practice creating compound sentences, while teaching him skills that will help him become a better writer!

The alphabet is a big learning milestone for most kids. Help your child learn alphabetical order by making a food list in this fun Thanksgiving activity.

Most people assume that cold water freezes more quickly, but could that be false? Does hot water freeze faster than cold water? Let's find out!

To practice place value, here's a fun hands-on activity to get your child flipping through place value with ease!

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

Do plants get crowded? Have your curious kid investigate how plants respond if they're forced to grow together in a confined space.

Is it a square or a circle? See if you can trick your friends with this zany science project!

Inspire a love for the written word by creating an illustrated nature poetry book with your kids.

This is a great game to help your child learn number concepts in multiplication and division.

Give your emerging writer a better feel for terminal punctuation with this activity that will have her mix up punctuation marks in a favorite childhood book.

Looking for a simple, yet unique writing activity for your child on Valentine's Day? Try a hand at haiku!

Beginning poets can be overwhelmed keeping track of rhyme and rhythm. Have your little writer try a skeltonic poem, which focuses on end rhyme.

How does a compass work? What's a magnetic field? Kids will build their own compass at home to find the answers in this great science fair project idea.

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

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

Here's an activity to teach your fourth grader how to reflect on her past year and set specific, attainable goals to reach in the New Year.

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

Here's an activity that takes fourth grade reading and writing skills beyond the classroom to offer a warm welcome to a new neighbor.

How sensitive is your skin? Here's a fourth grade science experiment that lets your child figure it out.

Looking for something to do on a slow afternoon? Try cornhole, a simple and fun tossing game. Make your own set with a few things from the recycling bin.

This nutcracker soldier won't crack any nuts, but he will hide candies. Make a nutcracker soldier with your child this Christmas and have a cracking good time.

Create a herd of pachyderms to parade across a dresser or tabletop and take the opportunity to teach your kid a little bit about these majestic mammals.

These decorative vampire bat baskets make for the perfect Halloween party favors, and they're fun for you and your child to make!

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.

In this hands-on design challenge your child will make their very own Rube Goldberg Machine.

Create your very own Sleep Book filled with a menagerie of made-up nonsense creatures and discover how different animals catch some zzz's.

Help your child create an autumn poem full of colorful sensory details.

Next time your second grader needs to send a card, consider this goofy writing and craft project.

Keep your holiday memories safe in this crafty photo box, handmade by your child, that's decorated with the signs of the season,

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