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Many kids find themselves especially challenged by writing in third grade. Here's how you can help, using a technique called "storyboarding."

This Labor Day, encourage your child to learn more about the different tools and supplies found in a doctor's bag by having her create one of her own!

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.

Make a knight using metal washers, screws, bolts and aluminum foil, creating the most resistant armor anyone has ever seen.

Make your own menagerie of animals using empty walnut shells

In this project students experiment with making music using only glasses of water.

Your child will create adorable baby footprints using his hand and fingers!

Make beautiful print block art with your kids using recycled materials.

In this design challenge, your child will create a parachute for a small toy using typical household items.

Assemble your own stylish spider ring this Halloween using pipe cleaners and googly eyes!

Learn to solve a crime scene investigation using an important forensics tool: oblique lighting.

Your child can be a Fauvist painter using bright colors and his imagination to create wild artwork!

Make unique and pretty bracelets using that all-purpose mainstay of crafts and home repair: duct tape!

Invite your child to create a lovely windmill using the ancient art of origami.

In this science fair project you will make a model of a cell membrane using very simple material.

Here's a fun holiday activity that will have you and your child singing, laughing, and using a thesaurus!

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

Help your child comprehend the past by using hands-on activities like this homemade lantern project.

Create a unique gift that is as useful as it is gorgeous by using eggshells, tempera paint and glue.

Your child will create their very own traditional Indian Toran wall hanging using construction paper, yarn and paint.

In this design challenge, your child will make a bottle rocket using typical household items.

Have fun making recycled paper using scraps of used paper in your home with this hands-on project.

Re-purpose an old glass bottle into a cute vase using a few pieces of felt and a little imagination.

Here's how to create an easy travel checkers board that you are your child can enjoy together using simple materials.

Recreate the fantastic phenomena of solar eclipses with your child using just a flashlight, a quarter, and her very own face!

Show your third grader how to craft his own version of the symbolic Olympic rings using some easy-to-find art supplies!

Build second and third grade writing skills by using pictures to help kids "see" how to use details in their stories.

This cool science fair project teaches kids about temperature, density and buoyancy using balloons that float with normal air. No helium required!

Celebrate Earth Day by making colorful animal sculptures using recycled materials from around the house in this 3rd grade arts and crafts activity.

Demonstrate the properties of pressure and surface tension to explain how water can stay inside an upside down glass using cardboard.