Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

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

Ask your kids to write these one-sentence "Holiday Wishes." Without realizing it, they'll be building third grade Language Arts skills.

Before your next family getaway, make a set of picture/word vocabulary cards together. These cards will build your child's language and comprehension skills.

Here's a thought-provoking activity to make new vocabulary words "stick" in the mind of your young learner.

Work on homophones, words that sound the same, and spelling with this imaginative activity!

Here's a cheat sheet to help break down words in order to find their meaning.

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

In this high energy, interactive game, third graders are challenged to race, involving spelling patterns in words.

In this cooler-than-average writing activity, your child uses paint chips and words to write a story!

If your child enjoys drawing, here's a fun way to learn about compound words that uses art as a visual aid.

Help your child be a word detective as he builds excellent reading and comprehension skills on his search for clues to decipher meanings of unfamiliar words.

Write a poem with a twist! Your child can write a poem that also has a secret sentence hidden within the words of the poem.

Homophones are those tricky little words that tend to confound early learners. Help your second grader ace the challenge with this outdoor game.

Kids write about their favorite parts of school in 100 words to celebrate 100 days of school in this 5th grade writing activity.

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

Students usually study for spelling tests by looking over the words and spelling them out loud. Here's a spelling game that gets the whole family involved!

The words of great thinkers throughout the ages have changed the course of history. Have your kid find an inspiring quote and create a work of art around it.

In this social emotional learning activity, you will help your child practice mindfulness of emotions, guiding them to create a word search to understand and explain feeling words.

As Mother's Day approaches, everyone's grateful! Let your third grader assemble this special book with words from the whole family.

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.

Boost your child's listening, verbal and teamwork skills with this unique trust game in which one player guides another through a maze using only words.

Learn about lateral earthquake motion and its effect on high rise buildings in this simple 4th grade earth science experiment.

In this activity, your second grader will design her very own heart map to show what she's really made of.

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.

Get back into school with this exciting architecture exploration! In this craft activity your child will research, draw, and build his own school.

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.

Learn how to make a ping pong ball anemometerâa device used to measure wind speedâin this free science fair project idea.

Children will discuss what it means to have healthy friendships and create a unique friendship painting that illustrates the qualities of good friends.

In this activity, your child will be asked to create a boat that can successfully float while holding 25 pennies.