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What better way to celebrate spring than with a fabulous flower party? Pack the day with fun flower activities and treats for a truly springalicious event!

This year, celebrate Father's Day with three hilarious outdoor family games.

These festive red and blue drink umbrellas are the perfect DIY party idea. While you're making them you can even sneak in a little compass practice.

In this activity, your child will reflect on how adults can learn from kids. They will watch a TED Talk presented by a 12-year-old girl about the power of young people’s ideas and teachings, and they will generate some of their own unique ideas.

This writing activity help give your child ideas for personal essays, important thoughts, and positive feelings throughout the holiday season.

Try your hand at writing jump rope rhymes by organizing your ideas first, then composing your creation like a poem.

Here's an enjoyable at-home activity that gives your child step-by-step practice identifying the important parts of an article and organizing his ideas.

In this activity, your child will practice taking on the perspective of others and will generate ideas for conflict resolution at home.

In this social emotional learning activity, kids will reflect on the past goals they've accomplished, then brainstorm new ideas, inventions, or goals they would like to accomplish and make a prototype to help visualize their achievement.

Children take inspiration from Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai to write their own blog listicle on a topic of their choosing.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to create a device that protects an egg when it is dropped from a height of about 10 feet.

Many kids find themselves especially challenged by writing in third grade. Here's how you can help, using a technique called "storyboarding."

In this exciting design challenge, your child will use design thinking skills to create a mixture that can inflate a balloon.

To help keep summer memories alive, have your fifth grader utilize their writing skills to create a summer book keepsake!

Help your third grader create a Venn diagram fantasy creature by combining two different creatures to create a fantasy creature based on their similarities.

Dress up the dining table with a sweet craft right in time for Valentine's Day.

Write a poem with a twist! Your child can write a poem that also has a secret sentence hidden within the words of the poem.

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

Encourage your child to take in the tastes, smells, sights, sounds and textures of the year's spookiest holiday with a sensory poem!

Your child can make her own Mexican tin art mirror with cardboard, a mirror, and an aluminum pan.

Give your kid the opportunity to experiment with color combinations, and how the tape is applied as they make special cards for friends and family.

As your fifth grader brainstorms and creates a plan for peace, your child will give his creativity and fine motor skills a boost!

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.

What chromosome combinations determine a fetus gender? Use probability to think about whether a sperm and ovum will create a male or female in this project.

Along with being an interesting science activity, dehydrated strawberries are also tasty â and healthy!

Boost creativity and writing skills by having your child come up with his own Gourmet S'mores recipe!

In this fun fall-themed activity, your child will design and decorate a pumpkin based on a picture book. After completing their pumpkin, they’ll write a short story about a new adventure related to their picture book.

Make “teal the new orange” this Halloween season! Help your child learn about the Teal Pumpkin Project and paint the color teal on a pumpkin to advertise that your family will offer non-food toys as a treat, or “trinket” option.

This third grade writing activity brings home the lesson: it's not only what you write that's important, but how you write it, too.

This activity will inspire adults and kids alike to take time to explore the beauty in their community and discover the colors of fall while developing their descriptive and creative writing skills!