When it comes to helping your third grader manage a school backpack, small steps now bring big payoffs later.

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.

Let your third grader newscaster practice presentation skills with this video "card" to celebrate Dad this Father's Day!

Teach your third grader about the concepts money and purchasing with this "Mock Card Shop" activity.

Challenge your third grader and a few friends to teamwork and laughs with these boisterous indoor Christmas games.

This hands-on activity will introduce your third grader to the concepts of positive and negative space as she makes a shamrock!

This holiday season, help your third grader celebrate gifts--so often both cost-free and priceless--that the family has shared this year.

Spice up your Easter routine this year by making these stunningly sparkly eggs with your third grader. This is a great activity to do to celebrate the holiday.

Give your third grader a head start in language arts by teaching her an alliteration lesson with this Santa Claus-themed writing project.

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

Your third grader will love both recreating and dressing up as his favorite reptile with this frightening crocodile jaw costume!

Take advantage of the upcoming Irish holiday, Saint Patrick's Day, to encourage your third grader to flex his poetry muscles and come up with a haiku.

Is it a bird? Is it Superman? No, it's your third grader's homemade miniature plane zooming across the room on a zip line.

Here's a math activity that uses coin riddles to help your third-grader improve his coin-counting and logical thinking skills.

Can your third grader catch a leprechaun using a homemade trap? Help her entice these folkloric Irish fairies with gold coins that they simply can't resist.

Make a personalized pillowcase for your third grader with his old-fashioned silhouette image. You won't be able to find these in stores!

Challenge your third-grader to sharpen her new math skills--and maybe do the planet a favor, too.

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

Observe with your third grader what happens when food starts to decompose, and boost science skills simultaneously with this experiment!

This craft is a great way to explore the fascinating world of spiders and their webs as you collect spider webs from around your house with your third grader.

Let your fourth grader contribute to your 4th of July picnic with this creative caddy craft project.

Help your fifth grader execute this experiment involving a lit candle (submerged in water!) to show him the wonders of heat energy transference.

Encourage a group of third graders to play this fun game of Whistle Hide-and-Seek as a warm-up to get them prepared for finding a "lost" camper.

Take the pain out of parts by disguising your third grader's fraction lessons as baking with these pumpkin breakfast muffins complete with ghostly marshmallows!

Want to help your child learn to fit homework time into a real-life schedule? Here's a tool that can help the whole family.

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

Want to go paperless this holiday season? Here's a delicious way to get your third grader started (and practice some writing in the process!)

Invite your third grader to do taste test science to observe how a strawberry tastes when it is paired with various condiments. The results may be surprising!

Your third grader will be amazed at the explosive combination of vinegar and baking soda in these chocolate volcano cupcakes with white chocolate "lava."

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