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In this activity, your child will reflect on how adults can learn from kids. They will watch a TED Talk presented by a 12-year-old girl about the power of young people’s ideas and teachings, and they will generate some of their own unique ideas.

This writing activity help give your child ideas for personal essays, important thoughts, and positive feelings throughout the holiday season.

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

Here's an enjoyable at-home activity that gives your child step-by-step practice identifying the important parts of an article and organizing his ideas.

In this activity, your child will practice taking on the perspective of others and will generate ideas for conflict resolution at home.

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

In this activity, your child will be challenged to create a device that protects an egg when it is dropped from a height of about 10 feet.

In this exciting design challenge, your child will use design thinking skills to create a mixture that can inflate a balloon.

To help keep summer memories alive, have your fifth grader utilize their writing skills to create a summer book keepsake!

Dress up the dining table with a sweet craft right in time for Valentine's Day.

Write a poem with a twist! Your child can write a poem that also has a secret sentence hidden within the words of the poem.

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

Encourage your child to take in the tastes, smells, sights, sounds and textures of the year's spookiest holiday with a sensory poem!

Your child can make her own Mexican tin art mirror with cardboard, a mirror, and an aluminum pan.

Give your kid the opportunity to experiment with color combinations, and how the tape is applied as they make special cards for friends and family.

As your fifth grader brainstorms and creates a plan for peace, your child will give his creativity and fine motor skills a boost!

Transform your home into a theater with this fun Fall Family Theater Night activity! Invite the family to gather together to practice reading a fun fall-themed story in the format of a play.

What chromosome combinations determine a fetus gender? Use probability to think about whether a sperm and ovum will create a male or female in this project.

Along with being an interesting science activity, dehydrated strawberries are also tasty â and healthy!

Spice up a traditional watercolor painting project with magazine cutout letters that spell out your favorite poem.

Want to play publisher for a day? Become a book jacket illustrator for this creative and fun project.

Help your teen show Mom how much he loves her through song ... with her very own CD!

In this activity, children will let their imagination run wild as they design and build a new planet in the solar system.

Tree rings can tell the age of the tree but also information about the world. This science experiment uses tree stumps to discover new facts.

Create a unique and colorful Mother's Day gift that Mom can use all year. Upcycle a tea tin by wrapping it with Washi tape!

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

In this activity your child will create their very own marble maze!

Quilling, a craft that has been around for centuries, is a beautiful way to create a unique card for Mother's Day, or any special occasion.

Does putting soapy water on plants help or hinder plant growth? Kids learn about greywater and how it affects plant growth in this cool science fair project.

In this science fair project, learn how a mineral streak is made and how it can help identify an unknown mineral.