Is horse manure a possible energy source in a crisis? Use calorimetry to find out how much energy horse manure can produce in this science fair project.

Horse chestnuts are inedible, but British children found a fun use for them around the 1840s by turning them into a game called Conkers.

Encourage your child to take a page from Bridget Riley and the op art movement, and see if she can create an optical illusion in her artwork.

Here's an activity that takes fourth grade reading and writing skills beyond the classroom to offer a warm welcome to a new neighbor.

Movement activities are crucial for developing minds and bodies. Animal movements, in particular, encourage children to think about their own body mechanics in comparison with animals they may have observed.

Help your child construct and author a "sempuyo," a traditional Japanese book with accordion-style pages; she will develop her writing and fine motor skills.

Here's an easy project: create a homework helper bookmark so your fourth grader can write down assignments and mark the pages he needs to read.

Breathe new life into a battered old paperback with this creative book art craft that revolves around reading!

What better way to encourage family bonding and communication than to make a family directory to help everyone keep in touch?

Here's a great activity to get your child using imagination and artistic skills to create a handmade vocabulary book, complete with illustrations!

Are you looking for a new way to help your fourth grader celebrate New Year's Day? Try this Flash Back Book!

Learn about Rosh Hashanah and other Jewish holidays by planning and creating a Jewish holiday calendar.

This fun art activity gets your child to create background and foreground elements, building his art skills and creative development.

Practice math and social studies skills with this fun game based on the Battle of Lexington and Concord.

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!

Celebrate the spirit of Dr. King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech with this meaningful and educational art project.

Explore the world from your own home by conducting research about other cultures with your 4th grade child.

Help your fourth grader affirm her place in the family and in the march of recent history with this family album project.

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

Find out which kind of bubble wrap fares best when put in impact.

Here's a fun arts and crafts activity that has you and your child creating a book with a secret hollow!

Plan a family dinner based on the "Little House" books, and encourage reading in the household!

April showers may bring May flowers, but your child can preserve the beauty of spring's bounty all year long with this simple craft project!

Thanksgiving dinner can be filled with fun and memorable interactions between family members. This holiday, why not memorialize some of those details and events with a family poem? You can create a lasting memory in the form of a poem with contributions f

Does your fifth grader need a study buddy for geometry? Forget about a tutor. Help him make his own geometry dictionary!

Children will learn about food waste and conservation, create a poster that lets others know about the importance of food conservation, and make a plan to waste less food and consume with mindfulness.

Recruit a grandparent, pen pal, or far-off friend and get ready to engage your child in some old-fashioned communication, with a new twist.

Help your 4th grader learn how to make a topographic map and strengthen key grade level social studies and math skills in the process.

Discover whether a metal will expand under hot water.

Many ancient cultures used the rising or setting sun to create calendars. Observe the setting sun once a week to come up with your own solar calendar!