Young physicists will wrestle with a discrepant event: the Hammer Ruler Trick. They'll make some inferences about torque, balance, and center of gravity.

In this cool science fair project idea, kids conduct the ruler drop test on volunteers to determine whether reaction time can be improved with practice.

Strengthen your fourth grader's reading skills with this analytic "reader's theater" activity.

Work on reading fluency with your child. This fun game will even engage her concentration skills without her knowing.

This reading comprehension activity teaches children reading in reverse: how would you teach an alien to use a zipper?

Help your child navigate their own passion for reading with a bookmark that celebrates their favorite moments, allowing them to relive them again and again.

Plan a family dinner based on the "Little House" books, and encourage reading in the household!

Add some artsy fun to your child's next reading adventure by letting them draw the characters.

Breathe new life into a battered old paperback with this creative book art craft that revolves around reading!

From a Twilight novel to required reading, kids will learn about preconceptions as they predict a book's story based on the cover.

Here's an activity to help your child manage their nonfiction reading by focusing on the most important elements of what she's read.

This experiment explores whether reading text on a computer screen or type on paper leads to better retention of the information read.

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

Here's an activity that takes fourth grade reading and writing skills beyond the classroom to offer a warm welcome to a new neighbor.

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

Get your creative kid into tasseography! The ancient art of reading tea leaves gets a modern update in this simplified version for youthful fortune tellers!

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.

In the spirit of Seuss and all things creative and silly, celebrate reading and all that it has to offer with this fun and interactive story box.

Test your learner's knowledge of Barack Obama by challenging your child to complete a crossword puzzle about the President after reading a short biography.

Celebrate the 100th day of school by counting and spelling your way to a "$1.00" word in this 3rd grade math and reading game.

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.

Does your child know how to read a map? Teach this important skill with an activity that makes map reading and map creating practical and fun!

Send your child on an online hunt where he will practice working with search engines and use his reading comprehension skills to find specific information.

Have your kid try his hand at mood charades. It's a great way to promote social development and hone reading comprehension skills, not to mention tons of fun!

If your fifth grader has a voracious appetite for reading, she'll be surprised to see many books she has devoured. Show her how to make a "100 Books" chart!

Help your kids put together a travel journal for your family's next vacation to get them reading, writing, and thinking about what's happening on the trip.

Transform your home into a theater with this fun Fall Family Theater Night activity! Invite the family to gather together to practice reading a fun fall-themed story in the format of a play.

Give your third grader's reading and writing skills a stretch: have her create a Care Manual for your pet the next time your family goes away.

This science fair project idea provides evidence that air is everywhere and takes up space.

Demonstrate how static electricity can cause an object to move. It also examines just how an object affected by static electricity will move.