Understanding absorption means understanding why certain fibers and materials can absorb water! Kids will see absorption in action in this simple project.

Give your child a glimpse of how another set of students approach reading by teaching him how the blind use braille.

Explore the world from your own home by conducting research about other cultures with your 4th grade child.

In this activity, your child will watch a video about empathy and practice speaking to someone with empathy. They will also discuss how empathy supports living in a community with others.

Paying attention to headers and subheaders is a great way to orient your child to the text they're tackling. Here's how:

When it comes to money it isnât enough to know how much one coin or bill is worth. Make it all come together for your kid with this shopping activity.

In this activity, learners will discover how to make a basic water filtration system using common materials found around the house or outside.

This math game helps fourth graders improve their understanding of positive and negative integers in a fun way.

This science fair project idea develops an understanding through experimentation of which shapes are the most structurally strong.

Children will deepen their understanding of global citizenship and create a collage that illustrates all of the ways many communities are connected.

Understanding how a map works is tricky for kids, so why not make it into a fun activity for the whole family?

This activity creatively guides students in reflecting on and understanding what's happening inside of themselves at any given point.

Here is a fun holiday exercise to reinforce your grade-schooler's understanding of adjectives from adverbs while she's away on winter break!

In this version of the classic card game, students will gain an understanding of equivalents and may not even realize it's a math review!

Help your second grader to a better understanding of how to count and represent money with age old game of tic-tac-toe.

Reinforce your child’s understanding of the alphabet by helping them construct all of the letters using pipe cleaners.

Let your future scribe's imagination run wild! Children have a hard time understanding fact versus fiction, and writing a tall tale can help.

By using your child's own activity schedule, you can strengthen his understanding of elapsed time, and get him organized along the way!

For a fun activity that takes the dull out of decimals, show you child how to gain a better understanding of decimals...as dollar amounts!

Try this experiment to give your curious kid a more "solid" understanding of how temperature affects the states of matter.

Help your 4th grade child work on understanding place values of digits in decimal numbers with this fun activity.

Write to a deployed soldier to help your child practice reading, writing, and get a better understanding of what it means to serve our country.

Offer your child an interactive approach to understanding the different family roles and the ways in which she has impacted other members of the family.

Help second graders grasp their understanding of tall tales and practice writing with this activity by writing about their own family!

This science fair project idea examines the distance a person travels on an average day and to relate that to an understanding of the size of the Earth.

Refresh your third grader's understanding of idioms with this hands-on art activity that encourages him to manipulate clay to represent his favorite idiom.

Check out this activity that has your kid create her own Cubist montage. Soon your kid will be well on her way to understanding the vibrant art of Cubism!

Fish for headlines! This fun and exciting social studies activity is a great way to get your fifth grader reading and understanding newspaper articles.

Understanding what forgiveness is and why it is important for friendships is a critical life skill. In this home activity, your child will learn about forgiveness and write a forgiveness letter to someone.

Children will reflect on how community service makes us better people. Then they will complete a service survey to gain a better understanding of their interests, gifts, and their potential role as a service worker in their community.