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Mad Libs are fun but they're even better when your fourth grader gets to make the story himself!

Parts of speech can be a difficult and dreary concept for many kids, but you can quickly turn that feeling around with this fun game.

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.

In this project, learn about animal vision and different kinds of eyes: ocelli, compound eyes, and camera eyes. Find out what a jellyfish or grasshopper sees!

Most parents probably wouldn't mind subtracting 8-9 years off their age. Here's a fun third grade subtraction activity that may do just that.

Challenge your child to create a lipogram, or a piece of writing that omits one specific letter. This activity strengthens writing and language skills.

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

This bookmark is a helpful tool to use during and after reading to remind your child of "good reader" strategies that she can use on her own.

Celebrate the fiery colors of fall with a charming tree and a pile of wordy leaves.

It doesnât take long for flashcard drills about prefixes and suffixes to get old. Turn the learning process into a treasure hunt with this fun activity!

Whatever the season, celebrate greenery and growth by helping your child study some delightful spring words.

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.

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.

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!

Here's a fun game that you can play at home to get your child thinking about prefixes and suffixes.

Kids practice their writing composition skills as they cut and paste nutsy headlines from old newspapers and write silly articles to go with them.

This cool and easy elementary school science fair project idea provides the basic information on the use of our senses to experience the world about us.

If your science savy third grader is up for a challenge, let her bend light with a casserole dish!

Help your child put a new spin on her favorite myth by turning it into a mad lib! Guaranteed to bring the giggles, this fun activity also packs in the learning.

This blanched broccoli salad is dressed up with kid-friendly ingredients like dried cherries and crowd-pleasing bacon.

Here's an idea for an edible Father's Day "note" that also happens to give your second grader practice in using a fancy new tool: the thesaurus.

In this activity, your child will explore techniques that support patience and learn to practice mindfulness when waiting.

Get your hands on a concoction that breaks the rules about what's a solid and what's a liquid.

Stir up some enthusiasm for experimentation with this candy-cracking science experiment!

Work on finding means and medians in this fifth grade math card game.

An ancient form of writing gets new life in an activity designed to help your child read understand what life was like for early Native Americans.

Learn more about the fascinating folk art of Pennsylvania Dutch hex signs with this easy craft.

Make ancient Egypt come alive by showing kids how to make their own mini sarcophagus out of a shoe box.

In this arts and crafts activity, you can make fun bracelets using just a handful of buttons and some elastic cord. And it's a counting game, too!

Help build vocabulary and foster your kid's creative side by having her write a poem all about dinosaurs!