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Learn all about balance and motion as your child designs a corn maze!

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

These secret code activities are fun, and also provide fourth graders with great opportunities to practice language development and logical reasoning.

Is your child struggling to remember the rules of place value? Here's a fun series of hands-on activities to help your child put the value in place value!

With school, home, and activities in between, life can sometimes feel chaotic to kids. Help your child learn how to stop and relax with handmade peace rocks.

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.

Make a bouquet of colorful duct tape flowers in this hands-on spring craft.

This science fair project explores how osmotic pressure forces water through the root up into the plant.

Ever wondered how a plant drinks water? This science project will teach you how and help you create a beautiful floral display!

Celebrate autumn with a seasonal bash. Welcome the fall with a festive party for your little one and her friends, full of crafts, snacks and fun games.

There's more to corn than the sweet yellow kernels. This easy craft project shows you and your kid how to make pretty corn husk flowers using just a few tools.

Pine cone centerpieces make for a festive and natural holiday decoration. Make a pine cone centerpiece to display on your table or mantelpiece.

What do you get when you cross a pool, water balloons and hula hoops? Pool Basketball, an exciting summer game perfect for kids of all ages.

Grab some rope and a couple of rafts and you're ready to play Rope Rush, an exciting race game for the pool!

Kids learn how to prevent erosion by growing grass. They'll test soil with grass against raw soil in this revealing science fair project idea for 4th grade.

Here's a guide to help you design a challenging pool obstacle course for your elementary school children with ordinary pool toys and household objects.

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

Press pause on your speedy reader's latest adventure with an activity perfect for book lovers.

Teach your child golf without the clubs! Introduce her to Pebble Golf, a fun beach game and a great way to develop her depth perception.

Create a paper jack-o'-lantern from upcycled paper bags and newspapers with this fun Halloween craft project!

Civil War soldiers didn't take their wives with them to the battlefield, but they took along a piece of home: little sewing kits called "housewives".

This fun Christmas craft recycles paper bags to create personalized stockings by your kids to enjoy during the holidays.

Learn to make homemade ketchup with your child and experiment with spices and flavors!

Make physical activity fun with this 4th-5th grade fitness game that's a twist on classic Tic-Tac-Toe.

Create a bee garden to help shelter bees in your area.

What do a pool, a raft and a golf club have in common? They are all integral ingredients in the fun game of Aqua Golf, a great activity for kids of all ages.

This fun activity will have your child creating a Halloween-themed bookmark to use throughout the Halloween season. All they have to do is follow the directions on the legend!

Are you looking for an easy-to-play, fun game? Try Cat and Mouse. All you need is a large bed sheet or tablecloth, a "cat" and a "mouse", and you're all set.

This year for Valentine's Day, you and your child can bake up a batch of classic red velvet cupcakes and learn more about the history of this vintage treat.

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.