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Most of us are familiar with haiku, but the tanka is an even older form of Japanese poetry. Learn to write a tanka poem with this activity.

Looking for a way to make vocab practice a little more engaging? This easy twist on the classic game is a great way to build your child's vocabulary.

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

Tangrams are a kindergarten staple, but now it's time to take them to the next level! Get your child started on geometry with this tangram puzzle.

Test your learner's knowledge of Barack Obama by challenging your child to complete a crossword puzzle about the President after reading a short biography.

Help your child "step up" to second grade math fact challenges with a fun addition and subtraction game in your very own kitchen.

What's the science behind those out-of-sight roots? Find out if you can trick roots into growing in different directions.

As your child heads back to school this fall, dust off those elementary math skills with our creative calendar activity!

Countries all around the world have been using the abacus for thousands of years to make math easier. Have your kid make his own abacus to practice arithmetic.

Build your child's math skills with this 2nd-3rd grade activity. Similar to a carnival toss, this egg carton toss game is sure to provide hours of fun.

Play a math logic and critical thinking game using a deck of cards. Use addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in this fun activity.

This activity challenges students to use computational thinking as they create a sequence of commands that will make a robot initiate a domino effect.

This 4th of July, end the battle for independence in your house, and show your child just how much freedom she can enjoy.

Help your child learn grammar the fun way with this engaging clothespin game!

This tissue paper painting activity has been developed especially with special needs children in mind, but is an enjoyable craft for just about anyone.

St. Patrick's Day may be all about the 'luck" of the Irish, but this project encourages your child to share her personal experience with luck.

This project will help keep your child's thoughts in order as he creates stories from the beginning all the way through to the end.

In this activity, your child will explore what it means and how it feels to live in a community.

This science fair project uses paper chromatography to investigate whether black, brown, orange, and purple are pure colors or mixtures of other colors.

This science fair project idea produces varying pitches of sound.

Honor the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by interviewing someone in your community who lived it.

A nonet is a 9-line poem. Like haiku, each line has a specific number of syllables, starting with nine in the first line and ending with only one in the last.

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

Learn whether Mylar Balloons last longer than Latex Balloons or vice versa.

Help you child burn his very own CD with all of his favorite color songs to create a compilation album that is truly one of a kind.

This chocolate gelt is the perfect Hanukkah treat. Chocolate gelt is used as a gift for children or in the classic Hanukkah game of Dreidel.

This year, have your child can help you with your Passover food list. It's great handwriting practice, and she'll learn a lot in the process.

Most often, a collage is 2-dimensional, but instead of using paper as a base, this project uses an inexpensive pumpkin from the craft store.

In this activity, your child will explore the differences between facts and opinions. Together, you will go on a scavenger hunt in your home and play the role of detectives in search of facts.

This science fair project idea investigates how a bottom keel helps keep a boat from rocking back and forth.