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Make a story summary folder with your child to help develop reading comprehension and critical thinking skills.

Create addition problems using critical thinking skills in this fun second grade math card game.

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.

This activity challenges students to use computational thinking as they create a sequence of commands that will make a robot navigate around several obstacles.

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

In this fun math activity, second graders will learn to estimate items in a jar! 

Try this fun addition game with your second grader! Arrange playing cards to find the largest possible sums.

Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

Create equations in this strategic math card game. Your second or third grader can practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in a new way!

Not sure what to do with all of those leftover boxes from holiday gifts? Tap into your crafty side by creating an adorable snow person with your child. This activity is sure to bring smiles to those who pass your yard or come into your home all season lon

Invite your child to craft dream cloud magnets to display their hopes and visions for the future!

In this activity you and your child will learn about the African Americans that changed history in a fun quiz format.

In this exciting and empowering challenge, your child will construct a bridge using marshmallows and toothpicks!

Children will learn why and how to compost as they help with the process of filling their compost, turning it, and observing the changes that occur.

Craft a patriotic placemat from red, white, and blue construction paper in this festive craft project!

In this activity, your child will be challenged to use simple materials to create a catapult for a small, lightweight toy.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to make a tower using paper cups.

In this fun design challenge, your child will get creative with making structures out of toothpicks and gumdrop candies.

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.

Making holiday jars with your child will fill their heart with cheer! This activity asks your students to get into the holiday or winter spirit by filling a jar with something sweet, like marshmallows or another favorite treat. They can either gift this t

Get estimating with this spooky activity that asks your young mathematician to rely on their problem-solving skills to figure out how many items they believe are in spooky Halloween jars!

Create your very own Sleep Book filled with a menagerie of made-up nonsense creatures and discover how different animals catch some zzz's.

Create an outer space painting with chalk, water and black paper in this art project that explores the solar system.

What is a wedge? Kids find out by experimenting with different wedges in this simple science fair project idea.

In this science and engineering activity, children will explore types of tunnels and their purposes and then design and build a tunnel of their own.

Creating number patterns with pencil and paper can be dull, but creating hopscotch pattern can bring exciting math learning!

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

Teach your little one to appreciate all the best things in life with a keepsake Thanksgiving plate.

Help your kindergarten science maven explore the water cycle without getting everything wet.

Help your second grade scientist explore the timely topic of wind speed using a version of the classic Beaufort Scale.