Your fourth grader be delighted to create monkey companions out of poster board! They also provide a perfect opportunity to teach her interesting monkey facts.

Photo coasters are a lot of fun, and this tutorial helps you make a unique set of low-cost photo coasters. Craft some photo coasters with your child.

Get your kids involved in the kitchen by making crepes with your choice of toppings in this fun fourth grade cooking activity.

Children will deepen their understanding of global citizenship and create a collage that illustrates all of the ways many communities are connected.

Celebrate spring -- and take care of a little spring cleaning -- with this creative craft that turns a single sock into an adorable rabbit.

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This zombie shirt is a fun and incredibly simple Halloween costume. Have your kid don the shirt lurch around the neighborhood searching for brains...or candy!

This beginner's sewing craft turns ordinary gloves into fancy fur fashion statements!

How much does 100 weigh? Play this fun guessing game with your child to commemorate the 100th day of school.

Creepy, crawly, spooky and even kind of cute! This spider loves school supplies and will do a great job guarding them.

Which music genres have the fastest tempos? The slowest? This experiment determines if there's a relationship between beats per minute in a song and its genre.

In this activity, your child will use mindfulness to practice staying as still as they can. Then, during a freeze dance activity, they will pay attention to the constellation of sensations and feelings throughout parts of their bodies.

Music is all around us. Bring some melody into your home with a hand-crafted door harp.

Will storing cucumbers and tomatoes in the fridge destroy their unique flavors? Find out in this science fair project idea!

Make a poodle skirt for a creative sewing project with your child that will also be a blast from the past!

Create origami claws that can transform your child into a bird, cat, or other clawed creature.

Vincent van Gogh painted golden hued pictures of the harvest using bold lines and vibrant color. Your child can explore this style of art using oil pastels.

Take play-dough to the next level with this homemade recipe, adding surprising ingredients perfect for summer!

Ever wonder why refrigerator lights turn off when you close the door? Does the darkness prevent food from spoiling? This experiment, determines just that.

Understanding how to make positive choices about where to put our money and time is a valuable lesson us all! Children strengthen their responsible decision-making skills by learning about consumerism and its effects on society and the environment.

This science fair project idea investigates if heat from direct sunlight is hotter than heat from reflected sunlight.

This arts and crafts project isn't just full of creativity, it's got a lot to teach kids about world cultures as well.

Beginning poets can be overwhelmed keeping track of rhyme and rhythm. Have your little writer try a skeltonic poem, which focuses on end rhyme.

The Earth is always providing in so many ways! In this activity, children reflect on how the Earth gives and on their love for the Earth through discussion and letter writing.

Use familiar household items and decorations to turn estimation into a fun game!

Explore history and prepare for backyard battle with this samurai helmet craft.

Have your child build a model of a coral polyp, one of the tiny animals that composes a coral reef.

This zombie cake will give your Halloween enthusiast an excuse to lurch and limp around the kitchen. Share this zombie cake with friends and the undead.

Add negative and positive numbers in this fun math card game for fourth graders!

To help your child shake the big number blues, here's a handy strategy to make your child a place value pro!