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This November, it's elephant versus donkey! Does your third grader understand the meaning behind the animals political parties choose to represent them?

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

Make use of your family's leftover Christmas cards and wrapping paper with a colorful letter craft activity!

Introduce your child to the amazing, almost magical phenomenon of static electricity!

This fall-themed drawing game is a great way to introduce your kid to some of the important symbols of the fall season.

Solfege signs are used to guide students through music that is new to them. Help your musically-inclined child learn to work with this fun system today.

Help your child get to know the least-appreciated of the five senses, the sense of smell, with a smelling station.

Nature is so generous to us all. How often do we reflect and thank nature? In this activity, children will engage with the classic story, The Giving Tree, and actively practice gratitude in nature for trees and all that trees do for us!

Next time you're headed out on the road with your fourth grader, try this alphabet-geography game that the whole family can play.

Encourage your third-grader to create a reverse glass painting. This will help him learn art concepts and improve his critical thinking skills.

Representing the story in a visual way makes it easier for your child to compare the traits of various characters.

Run, jump, and skip your way to physical fitness as your exercise with dice! It's a perfect party or family game.

Greeting cards are nice, but after they've been opened most cards soon end up in the trash. This year, make Dad a Father's Day card he'll treasure forever.

With a handful of craft supplies, your fourth grader can capture some of the artistic magic of the ancient Maya.

This activity will put those Halloween treats to good use by using candy corn to help your child with her subtraction skills.

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

In this fun fall-themed activity, your child will design and decorate a pumpkin based on a picture book. After completing their pumpkin, they’ll write a short story about a new adventure related to their picture book.

In this real-world exercise about the Teal Pumpkin Project, your child will create a persuasive poster to spread the word about the project in the hopes of convincing people to offer non-food trinkets this Halloween season.

How does a flashlight work? Kids will make a complete circuit and explore how voltage contributes to brightness with this science fair project idea.

Enjoy the beautiful outdoors and indulge in a colorful game of I Spy while you're at it! It's just as fun as classic I Spy but twice as educational.

The objective of this science fair project is to experiment with balancing everyday objects and observing the the effects of gravity on materials.

In this science fair project, apply the principles of leverage and force by building six simple machines designed to set weights in motion.

The goal of this science fair project is to discover the science behind carbonated soft drinks and apply this knowledge to create a new one.

Help your teen show Mom how much he loves her through song ... with her very own CD!

Learn whether writing things down really makes things easier to remember.

Here's a review of some common (and commonly confused) grammar terms, as well as a quick activity to apply them to reading and writing.

Learn about how to write a couplet poem in this easy introduction to the classic poetry style.

Invite your fourth grader--and her friends--to channel their inner rock stars as they make their own choreographed music video.

Help your child learn the parts of speech! Start with adjectives and have your child describe Santa Claus to someone who has never heard of him.

Make your own chalkboard to liven up a playroom, and encourage your child to practice writing and math!