One way to "trick" your child into getting extra practice with one-step equations is to play a variation of the classic game, tic tac toe.

Shadow puppets are a traditional form of folk art that originated in ancient China. Help your child create his own puppet and put on a show!

Use a deck of playing cards to practice place value and other math concepts with your upper elementary child!

In this science fair project, we learn how air molecules move as a result of density, convection, and air currents.

Choose a design that is as simple or as intricate as you like and create a stencil that you can use over and over again.

Toss playing cards into boxes while you practice addition and multiplication with decimals in this fun, fifth grade math game.

Competitors go head-to-head only this time it's a race to figure out the lowest common multiple of two numbers; an important step to working with fractions!

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!

The meaning of Thanksgiving can sometimes get lost among the fun of food and family. Discuss the meaning of Thanksgiving with this fun activity.

Here's an interactive, fast-paced game that will make your fifth grader feel more comfortable with simple equations.

Help your child get organized for the school year ahead and establish some important skills that will help him for years to come!

Let your imaginative child "ghost write" the life (and afterlife) story of a made-up phantom.

Introduce your fifth grader to the Kinara, part of the Kwanzaa tradition, by playing this fast-paced, two player game!

As Mother's Day approaches, everyone's grateful! Let your third grader assemble this special book with words from the whole family.

Increase your child's confidence in interpreting bar graphs and throw a little candy into the mix to sweeten the learning process.

Here's a cheat sheet to help break down words in order to find their meaning.

Help your kid pack her lunch in style with a recycled show box redesigned as a zombie survival kit.

Here's an experiment that will have your child experimenting with cake ingredients to learn about the chemical reactions that happen when a cake's in the oven.

Making gift bags for a Halloween party or tricker-treaters is a great way for your child to learn a bit about geometry and origami!

Add a creative and personal touch to graduation gifts with this clever character clip that's perfect for securing cards to gift boxes.

Create a piece of public art on a movable wall. This scrap paper mosaic is made on a board that can be displayed just about anywhere.

April showers may bring May flowers, but your child can preserve the beauty of spring's bounty all year long with this simple craft project!

Here's a simple, fun activity which will save you time and reinforce your child's math skills along the way.

There are hundreds of properties in rocks which you can describe, so get your geology goggles on and get ready to rock your child's science skills.

Celebrate the life and work of Dr. King by making a timeline of some major events during his life and the Civil Rights Movement.

Be careful what you wish for... Centered around The Monkey's Paw, by W.W. Jacobs, this writing activity encourages your child to consider consequences.

Here's a fun activity that will have your child researching, collecting, and charting plant specimens from the neighborhood.

This science fair project idea explores whether there is a connection to the color a person wears and the way their emotional state is perceived by others.

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

In this fun project, use a memory game to test various age groups and determine whether aging directly affects short-term memory loss.