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Children learn about mindfulness tools that may support them to manage their emotions. Then they will create their own video to teach others these same mindfulness tools.

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

This science fair project idea identifies trees using a dichotomous key.

This Labor Day, help your child explore various occupations by discussing the tools workers use on a daily basis at their jobs.

There's more to corn than the sweet yellow kernels. This easy craft project shows you and your kid how to make pretty corn husk flowers using just a few tools.

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

This Labor Day, encourage your child to learn more about the different tools and supplies found in a doctor's bag by having her create one of her own!

Want to build your child's literary repertoire with tools like foreshadowing and description? Try a spooky Halloween story!

Shake things up by introducing your child to charcoal pencils! These unique drawing tools make blending, shading, and smudging easy and fun.

In the mood for a little lighthearted magic? Make your own chi chi sticks, inspired by the divination tools of ancient Chinese fortune tellers.

Can you increase the light and plant growth in your garden using mirrors? In this experiment, measure light reflection and find out!

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.

Measuring and mixing is half the fun with these Irish oatmeal cookies, and it's a great way to introduce your second grader to cooking and kitchen tools.

Introduce your fourth or fifth grader to volume by having him build rectangular prisms, and then count each sugar cube to check his volume calculations.

These sparkling earrings look fancy but they're super simple to make using inexpensive craft items.

Make a knight using metal washers, screws, bolts and aluminum foil, creating the most resistant armor anyone has ever seen.

In this activity, young learners will make a balance using a plastic hanger and weigh a variety of small objects using candy corn.

Vincent van Gogh painted golden hued pictures of the harvest using bold lines and vibrant color. Your child can explore this style of art using oil pastels.

Make your own menagerie of animals using empty walnut shells

Check out this fun science fair project to make a vinegar and baking soda balloon and demonstrate how gas is created as a result of the chemical reaction.

In this project students experiment with making music using only glasses of water.

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

Your child will create adorable baby footprints using his hand and fingers!

Construct and experiment with a periscope using reflected light rays to gather an image.

Make beautiful print block art with your kids using recycled materials.

This science fair project idea produces sounds by creating vibrations using different objects.

Add a Hannukah twist to Chutes and Ladders by using a dreidel as the dice.

In this design challenge, your child will create a parachute for a small toy using typical household items.

Play a game of "restaurant" to reinforce real-world applications of counting and using money.

Be adventurous this Cinco de Mayo and give this simple recipe using pickled nopalitos a try!