Here's an activity to teach your fourth grader how to reflect on her past year and set specific, attainable goals to reach in the New Year.

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

Knowing how to use quotation marks to write character dialog is an important skill for developing writers. Here's a fun way to get your child writing speech.

In this outdoor science activity you'll find tips on how to create a nature journal by choosing a native plant or animal and tracking that species.

This science fair project idea explores plant growth from a bulb, root, and a stem and investigates asexual plant reproduction.

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

Celebrate the new school year with a back to school poem!

This science project has students collect wood samples and invent new uses for different types of wood based on its properties.

Find out whether packaged seeds actually do expire in this new science fair project idea.

Math Baseball is a fun and competitive way to review new math concepts and simple computations.

This science project challenges students to learn about and classify weeds and discover new practical uses for weeds.

Your child will learn science and make a fun new malleable toy with this balloon sandbag science experiment.

Transform that big batch of stuffing into a new dish to add some zest to your dinner with this leftover stuffing recipe.

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

Mocktails are fancy non-alcoholic drinks perfect for celebrations. Make a batch of mocktails for kids and adults alike at your New Year's Eve celebration.

Your child can re-use and re-purpose old seeds and paper into something new: decorated paper that can be planted!

Teach your fourth grader how to craft her own decorative felt eggs, a perfect way to symbolize spring and new beginnings!

The goal of this science fair project is to discover the science behind carbonated soft drinks and apply this knowledge to create a new one.

Do something totally unique and new with a pumpkin this year! Practice designing patterns with stripes, zigzags, or geometric shapes. The sky's the limit!

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.

Tu B'Shevat is a Jewish holiday during which the "new year" for trees is celebrated. In this activity your child will paint a pot to grow his own plant.

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.

Are you tired of the same old Easter egg dying routine? Does your kid love to try new art techniques? If so, try making Easter eggs out of embroidery floss!

Celebrate Kwanzaa with your fourth grader, or introduce them to a new cultural practice, by showing them how to weave a Kwanzaa mat out of an ordinary paper bag!

Reuse old Christmas cards by showing your fourth grader how to weave strips of them together to create new and unique woven holiday cards!

Staying close to home doesn't mean you can't get moving! Use this fun challenge activity to encourage your child to move their body in new ways while testing their endurance!

In this experiment, young ecologists will learn about a type of edge effect: how trees and plants at the edge of a forest can act as a weed filter.

This science fair project idea compares biodiversity between drops of water.

This science fair project idea investigates whether plants can survive being frozen.

Show your fourth grader how to make a delicate, dried flower bookmark with flowers native to their neighborhood.