Here is a hands-on activity to help third graders understand the four points of a compass...and how we use them to get around.

This science fair project idea examines which type of insulation holds in the most heat.

Candy cane cookies are a great alternative to traditional candy canes, and your family will have a blast making them over the holidays!

Create a homemade pair of sunglasses with colored lenses to see just how light and color affect our sight! Use this fun project to practice science!

This costume wig is a simple craft that will result in a great item for Halloween, dress up, or pretend play. Make a yarn costume wig with your child.

Labor Day is the perfect time to celebrate our postal workers. Have your kid write a thank you note to your local post office to show his appreciation.

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

An "I Love You" book is a perfect gift for a very special friend on Valentine's Day. Our "I Love You" book shares the love in eight different languages.

In this fun activity, your child will create their very own solar oven to bake s'mores!

This activity is a great way to stretch the boundaries of your child's imagination and build up important critical thinking skills.

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

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.

The goal of this golf science fair science fair project is to determine whether the temperature of a golf ball affects its elasticity and its rebound.

Nature is the greatest teacher, and you can help facilitate the lesson! Here's how to create a supply backpack to get your kid ready for science action!

Here's a tasty summer holiday treat: oatmeal chocolate chip cookie sandwiches filled with cinnamon ice cream.

Edible holiday gifts are perfect for the foodie in your life. Learn how to make edible holiday gifts with this activity and tutorial.

Practice math and measurement with your third grader this Fourth of July by making these festive cupcakes!

Try this recipe with your child and explore Ethiopia through one of its dietary staples: injera, or flat bread!

This science fair project idea explores whether talking to a plant will help it grow.

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

Help your learner develop her fine motor and communication skills with this fun and festive fall activity.

This activity is a great way to engage learners in Earth Day celebrations while cultivating skills around nonfiction comprehension and research writing.

A Christmas tree advent calendar will help your child count down the days until the holiday. This craft is a great way to keep your child busy this winter.

The goal of this science fair experiment is to demonstrate the effects of air pressure on objects and analyze applications of air pressure principles.

Put your young paleontologist's puzzle-solving skills to the test by having her hunt for dinosaur bones and then assemble them to create dinosaur skeletons.

Make a kaleidoscope at home to teach your child about the color spectrum and mirror science.

Liven up a lesson about graphing by helping your third grader compile a bar graph from his classmates' birthday data.

Science fair project which determines if plants really do need water to grow, or whether they just need to be kept wet.

Instead of piling on jackets and mittens, settle down for an afternoon of paper magic with this three-dimensional snowflake craft.

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