In this real-world exercise about the Teal Pumpkin Project, your child will create a persuasive poster to spread the word about the project in the hopes of convincing people to offer non-food trinkets this Halloween season.

Start by writing an acrostic poem, but then get ready for a writing challenge that makes an acrostic trickier to write.

Help your child create a rebus message for a unique Father's Day card or poster; it's like a collage and encoded message all in one!

Test your learner's knowledge of Barack Obama by challenging your child to complete a crossword puzzle about the President after reading a short biography.

Enlist your fifth grader's help in making homemade mistletoe. Every time someone passes under it, he will express appreciation to another family member!

Honor the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by interviewing someone in your community who lived it.

Anyone can write Dad a card for Father's Day; but for the dad who loves sports, get the family to write him a special haiku on a basketball instead!

Romantic idioms are colorful and sometimes confusing phrases about love. Make a book of romantic idioms with this activity.

Young artists will combine two animals into one in this imaginative art-project-slash-game!

If it's Easter, it must be time for egg hunts. But we have to admit, most kids would rather take a bite out of a yummy cupcake than a hard-boiled egg.

Explore the math concept of probability with your fifth grader on "lucky" St. Patrick's day this year!