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

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!

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.

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

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.

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.

Reinforce your child’s understanding of geometry and 2D shapes while learning about the artist Mary Blair and her amazing contributions to many loved movies, books, and characters throughout her career.

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.

What's my number? Go ahead and guess! This logic game focuses on number sense that suits all ability levels, as players' questions can be simple or complex.

This project determines whether Styrofoam, paper, or plastic cups are best for preventing ice from melting.

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

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.

Use a deck of playing cards to practice place value and other math concepts with your upper elementary child!

This Mother's Day, help your child practice math measurement skills with this "mom" recipe card.

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.

If your 2nd grade child asks for time often, encourage him to read time on his own by talking about time throughout the day.

Knowing your antonyms from your synonyms is an important part of the second grade writing curriculum, and is a real boon for vocabulary.

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

Add simple fractions in this fun math card game for second graders. This game is very similar to Blackjack, or 21, but it's entirely kid friendly!

Explore geometric shapes and pattern as your child makes her very own Hawaiian kapa cloth.

Encourage your child to create a tribute to their past, and explore future dreams and goals with this narrative assemblage.

Transform a simple menu into a work of art! Let your child unleash her inner artist on tonight's menu for a beautiful display that the whole family can enjoy.

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.

Okay, identifying place value isn't as fun as eating ice cream, but with a few index cards and a competitive spirit, it can be disguised a game!

Why doesn't the ocean freeze? Students answer this question by simulating the chemical composition and temperature of arctic waters in their own home.