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

Study the life cycle of the common blowfly as it relates to forensic investigation. Record the first time you see flies, maggots, and eggs.

Turn your child's favorite fruits and vegetables into an edible necklace!

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.

In this activity, your child will discover their interests and special talents through performing, writing, and drawing.

Help your child make a recycling poster for your household and teach them how to take care of the environment!

In this lesson, your child will watch a video on restorative justice, and together you will come up with ways your family can use restorative justice at home.

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day by painting the green Irish countryside in this 2nd grade arts and crafts activity.

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.

In this activity, your child will write and draw about a time when they acted in ways that illustrated responsibility, kindness, or integrity. They will also reflect on what it felt like to have control over their choices and behaviors.

Children have a naturally inquisitive mind. Foster their curiosity with a walk through an autumn field or park to answer age-old “why” questions. As you walk with your child, you can encourage them to ask questions.

Engage your children with this fun fall activity that integrates math and science. First, your child will excavate to find leaves. Next, they'll examine them to determine the colors. Then, your child will graph their findings.

Make an "I'm NOT Bored" book filled with your child's favorite activities, to reference the next time she has the urge to declare, "I'm bored."

This fun game helps children learn to estimate the most basic unit of time--a minute--without a clock.

Make fractions easy for your child to understand by incorporating their discussion and practice into meals and cooking that you two participate in together.

Make subtraction practice more fun with this outdoor review game that's great for beginning math learners and more advanced!

Here is a fun at-home physical activity that encourages movement while also working on literacy or math skills!

Learn all about Misty Copeland, a famous African American ballerina with this hands-on, colorful art project!

Give your second-grader insight into the Huichol culture of Mexico with this arts and craft activity by creating an ojo de Dios (eye of God), or yarn weaving.

Help your child create a special Valentine's Day garland in this heart-y math activity. Soon he'll be creating patterns that are both intricate and lovely.

Understanding how good friends can have a positive effect on our lives is important in all stages of life! In this activity, children will write create a "Want Ad for a Friend" and will list all of the characteristics that are most important in a friend.

Your child can emulate M.C. Escher with this hands-on art project for fall and Thanksgiving.

In this activity, your child will explore what it means and how it feels to live in a community.

Our breath can be a helpful tool to connect with a sense of peace and calm. In this home activity, your child will practice counting breaths, hear poems about nature and mindfulness, and write their own poem.

Introduce your child to the importance of preserving the world's biodiversity by turning a lesson on endangered species into a fun game for the whole family.

In this activity, your child will write stories about two different people. The stories will include similarities and differences in the ways each person lives in their communities.

Have your child construct his own Christmas tree from construction paper while cutting, overlapping and measuring to create an adorable modern design.

In this activity, your child will explore the differences between facts and opinions. Together, you will go on a scavenger hunt in your home and play the role of detectives in search of facts.

Children will create a "This is Me!" collage that will highlight their many gifts, talents, interests, and leadership skills.

Based on the popular "I Spy" game, this activity lets your kid practice important skills like number identification and place value.