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If your kid looks like she needs a break from homework or something to work on during commercials, show her how to make a necklace of paper beads!

Teach your creative second grader about proportions, animals, and proper cutting methods with cucumber carving.

Help your second grader to a better understanding of how to count and represent money with age old game of tic-tac-toe.

Discover whether the â5-second ruleâ is effective at determining whether food is still safe to eat after being dropped on the ground.

Here are three healthy burger recipes your second grader can help you whip up for a summer barbecue!

Help second graders grasp their understanding of tall tales and practice writing with this activity by writing about their own family!

Build second and third grade writing skills by using pictures to help kids "see" how to use details in their stories.

Help your second grader embrace his "green" side by recycling empty citrus peels into fruity ice cream bowls!

Playing a tactile game with multiplication will help your child get a better grasp of basic math concepts and transform your kid into a master multiplier.

Start by writing an acrostic poem, but then get ready for a writing challenge that makes an acrostic trickier to write.

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

What is a compound microscope? Kids find out by making one of their own in this cool science fair project.

Introduce your child to the world of motion and physics with a bit of marble play inspired by Sir Isaac Newton!

This science fair project idea discovers whether there are some objects that do not fall at a constant rate.

These Halloween sandwiches are a creepy-crawly treat for a holiday party or an especially scary school lunch. Make these Halloween sandwiches for your child.

Ready for a game that's mostly about strategy with a little luck thrown in for good measure? Make math fact practice exciting and start rolling the dice!

This science fair project creates a visual model of whatâs happening to sound waves as a car approaches and then leaves.

Reuse old Christmas cards by showing your fourth grader how to weave strips of them together to create new and unique woven holiday cards!

Forget mass-produced, store bought holiday ornaments. Your fifth grader can usher in the holidays by making his own homemade marbled Christmas balls!

Help your young sewer create a delightful owl egg cosy out of just a few felt scraps and some embroidery floss.

Frisbee golf is a game that incorporates the rules of golf with the fun of frisbee. Here's how to get started with your child:

Help your third grader author a lovely limerick in honor of Valentine's Day! He'll be delighted to compose and recite this nonsensical poem.

This spider mobile activity encourages learning about the science of motion, air currents and art.

Cleaning can be a chore, but not with this sudsy experiment!

Science fair project that determines whether tapping a pomegranate with a spoon helps it release its seeds.

Help your child learn the parts of speech! Start with adjectives and have your child describe Santa Claus to someone who has never heard of him.

An hour glass, also known as a sand clock, keeps time. In this activity, your child will make her own sand clock and measure the time it keeps.

In this activity, your child will experience multitasking, then mindfulness and compare the two in terms of productivity and calmness.

You and your fourth grader can pay homage to the 2010 Winter Olympics held in Vancouver, Canada, by baking up a batch of maple leaf pancakes!

Construct and experiment with a periscope using reflected light rays to gather an image.