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Help your child craft her first pair of knitting needles out of recycled chopsticks!

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

Kids are acutely aware of what's "fair" and what's not. Here's a quirky way to teach your first grader the importance of voting and democracy.

Take a stab at 18th century American cooking with your kids by following this tasty recipe from one of the first colonial cookbooks.

Study the life cycle of the common blowfly as it relates to forensic investigation. Record the first time you see flies, maggots, and eggs.

This first grade science activity brings the green grass of early spring inside while teaching your child about the cycles of growth.

This craft, a perfect pre-bedtime activity for a first sleepover, helps build up a ton of useful skills, like geometry, measurement, and basic sewing skills.

A nonet is a 9-line poem. Like haiku, each line has a specific number of syllables, starting with nine in the first line and ending with only one in the last.

Promote your child's appreciation for Jackie Robinson, an important figure in African-American history, by having your child create a baseball card!

Make math fun and easy with this activity that challenges your child to use their addition and multiplication skills to win a race!

Back-to-back breathing is a great way to practice self-calming while also creating connection and developing trust.

Help your child improve his coin counting skills in these two math games that have him race to reach $1.00.

Help your third grader craft a homemade version of this classic strategy game, using just an old egg carton and a few beads!

Here's an arts and crafts activity to help your child put together his own "Back to School" scrapbook.

Engage your third-grader in this version of the classic game and she will get lots of practice using mental math to solve addition and subtraction problems.

Practice conversions within the metric system in this fun math card game for third graders.

Show your child how to write a diamante poem, which makes use of a simple structure and results in a diamond-shaped poem.

Your kindergartener will learn basic math concepts and create a beautiful keepsake with this African flag reference book.

Help your child create an autumn poem full of colorful sensory details.

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.

Encourage your third-grader to create a reverse glass painting. This will help him learn art concepts and improve his critical thinking skills.

This science fair project teaches about mold. Students will test different foods to see which grow mold the fastest.

Teach an important and often comical historical lesson with a prediction game that teaches youngsters about the fallibility of word-of-mouth talk.

This family project is a fun way to teach your child about her heritage and practice her geography.

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.

Looking for something to do on a slow afternoon? Try cornhole, a simple and fun tossing game. Make your own set with a few things from the recycling bin.

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

Transform a brown paper grocery bag into a hat in this arts and crafts activity!

Prepare for some scary Halloween counting practice! This game encourages players to knock down cylinders and then add to determine their scores.

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.