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Writing a book about a favorite trip can be fun, rewarding and a great way to practice organizational, thinking, and communication skills.

Have your child kick off their summer vacation by making a miniature water slide!

In this activity, your child will learn about the benefits of yoga and will practice different yoga poses. Then, they will teach someone else three poses and explain how yoga can help us find calmness and ease.

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.

Fizzy drinks are fun and festive for kids during holidays. Make a batch of fizzy drinks with your child this New Year's Eve.

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

One thing the Christmas season is known for making is yummy treats! Cookies, pies, fudges, and cakes are common desserts during Christmas time. If you want to choose a healthier option this holiday season, create a Christmas tree with fruit. It will be a

This flash card game will help your child memorize words while visually learning the differences between objects.

This St. Patrick's day, stretch your third grader's social studies and math skills with this fun, cooperative learning game.

Learn an ancient craft with this introduction to weaving. A great tie-in for kids learning about ancient cultures.

Have your student draft a blueprint for a haunted house, and trick (or treat) them into learning about geometry in the process.

It doesnât take long for flashcard drills about prefixes and suffixes to get old. Turn the learning process into a treasure hunt with this fun activity!

What is topography? Kids find out by learning to make and read a topographic map in this awesome science fair project idea.

This project makes learning the difference between warm and cool colors easy and fun. And it's a great intro to complimentary colors - great for pop art!

Your third grader will delight in learning about sound waves as he observes the different sounds created by tapping on glasses with varying amounts of water.

Is your third grader bombing around on a bike these days? Here's a way to put all that fun time together with some math learning, too.

In this social emotional learning activity, your child will play a mindful listening game and create a video or skit that teaches others about mindful listening.

What's the best way to make DIY compost? Kids will learn about aerobic and anaerobic decomposition while learning to appreciate the value of composting.

Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

Celebrate Black History Month by having your child make her own version of a kente cloth after learning what the different colors on a kente cloth symbolize.

Reinforce your child’s understanding of geometry and 2D shapes while learning about the artist Mary Blair and her amazing contributions to many loved movies, books, and characters throughout her career.

In this social emotional learning activity, your child will listen to their favorite song and explore how it makes them feel. Then, together you will craft your own cardboard radio!

In this social emotional learning activity, your child will practice a mindfulness and forgiveness visualization and write a letter to someone with whom they've had a minor conflict and would like to forgive.

In this social emotional learning activity, kids will reflect on the past goals they've accomplished, then brainstorm new ideas, inventions, or goals they would like to accomplish and make a prototype to help visualize their achievement.

In this social emotional learning activity, your child will write loving kindness notes to place around the home to serve as a reminder (for themselves and others) to see the goodness within themselves.

In this social emotional learning activity, your child will hear the story Zoo Zen: A Yoga Story for Kids, learn the benefits of yoga, and create their own yoga sequence to teach someone else.

In this social emotional learning activity, your child will learn about emotions and how they change, just like many parts of nature. Then they will spend time outside, exploring and reflecting on what they have learned.

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."

Help your third grader learn time zones with this fun map activity!

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