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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.

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.

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

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!

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.

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!

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.

Take advantage of the spring and summer sun in this arts and crafts activity that has your learner creating pretty flower prints.

Try the classic balloon-on-the-wall trick with your kid and watch static electricity in action.

Show your third grader how to string together a pretty, decorative harp.

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.

Make a Duct Tape Wallet: This activity provides kids great practice in following directions and makes for a fun homemade gift.

Children will learn why and how to compost as they help with the process of filling their compost, turning it, and observing the changes that occur.

Discover whether a metal will expand under hot water.

In this activity, your child will interview a caring adult or friend to ask them when they have seen them at their best.

Observe how your brain works while it is focused on one thing, and how it works while you are distracted by another thing.

This project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing it.

Marshmallows are made of sugar, water, and air pockets. Since the marshmallow is flexible, will air pressure cause it to expand when heated in a microwave?

With this activity, you'll create a family treasure...and reinforce social studies basics while you're at it!

Will increasing the amount of salt in water effect how slow or fast the water freezes?

In this social emotional learning activity, children will practice problem solving with kind attention as they play math games, participate in a mindfulness session, and create a work of art to help get them in touch with their "lion mind."