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Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.

Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

In this activity, your students will research a favorite superhero and discuss which of their powers are real and not real. Your students will be able to complete a simple research chart and graphic organizer.

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

Help your child put a new spin on her favorite myth by turning it into a mad lib! Guaranteed to bring the giggles, this fun activity also packs in the learning.

Celebrate the life and work of Dr. King by making a timeline of some major events during his life and the Civil Rights Movement.

Your fourth grader will love practicing his math facts with this fun computation game.

Did you know cooking supports your child in learning complex math skills? Reinforce your child's measurement and problem solving skills by whipping up some healthy sweet potatoes for a dinner side dish!

Use a deck of playing cards to practice place value and other math concepts with your upper elementary child!

Create a prefix-suffix flip-book and help improve decoding skills and vocabulary.

Learn about the Bill of Rights this Presidents Day by playing a Pictionary-inspired drawing game. Players draw a right as others try to guess what it is.

Reinforce your child's measurement and problem solving skills this holiday season! This decadent bread pudding, dressed up with pumpkin and warm spices, is a holiday show-stopper.

Making metric conversions is a difficult concept to master. Get in some extra practice by playing this Tic-Tac-Toe game with your learner.

Master addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division through practice in this fun math game designed for fourth grade!

Want to build your child's literary repertoire with tools like foreshadowing and description? Try a spooky Halloween story!

Here's a fun activity to show your child how to use prefixes and root words to "root out" the meaning of a word!

Children take inspiration from Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai to write their own blog listicle on a topic of their choosing.

Honor the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by interviewing someone in your community who lived it.