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Here's a fun activity to show your child how to use prefixes and root words to "root out" the meaning of a word!

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

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.

Have your child make a holiday scarf with inexpensive materials, no sewing required!

Create a haunted house from upcycled materials in this lively craft project!

Leadership is a word that can hold many meanings. In this activity, your child will define the word "leadership," learn more about a leader they admire, and reflect on their leadership. Finally, your child will reflect on how they too are a leader!

In this activity, learners will discover how to make a basic water filtration system using common materials found around the house or outside.

Get inspired by nature and use recycled materials to create unforgettable pencil holders in time for the back to school season.

The objective of this science fair project is to experiment with balancing everyday objects and observing the the effects of gravity on materials.

Kids make a paperclip perform an act of magnetic levitation and test how effective various materials are at magnetic shielding in this science fair project.

The objective of this science fair project is to examine the basic principles of air pressure using simple materials like a balloon, straw and string.

Science fair project that examines how to grow bacteria in a controlled setting, using simple materials from around the home.

In this science experiment, do tensile strength test on fishing line, a strand of hair, a rubber band, and any other materials you're curious about!

Invite your fifth grader to test the different rates of liquid absorption in synthetic and cotton materials, such as nylon and cotton.

In this activity your child will make a coiling snake out of simple household materials, and also find out why they coil.

Using simple materials found around your home, you can reinforce the static electricity concept by helping your child build a simple device with zapping power!

In this open-ended activity, students will be given a small quantity of three types of materials and asked to design a prototype for “something that will improve the school.”

Inspire a love for the written word by creating an illustrated nature poetry book with your kids.

Want a word game to play? How about just a fun way to spend the afternoon? Get creative thinking going and have fun with vocabulary!

Communicating using the written word doesn't have to be tough! It can be as simple and fun as composing a comic strip.

In this social emotional learning activity, you will help your child practice mindfulness of emotions, guiding them to create a word search to understand and explain feeling words.

Create a prefix-suffix flip-book and help improve decoding skills and vocabulary.

Learn whether Mylar Balloons last longer than Latex Balloons or vice versa.

This fun experiment provides a concrete and visually striking illustration of photosynthesis.

This science fair project idea investigates how optical distances change the apparent size of an object as seen through a magnifying lens.

Use muffin tins to create a simple, affordable and fun game to help your child practice their vocabulary!

This science fair project idea explores whether mint, known for its âcooling sensationâ really does lower temperatures.

This project examines what types of objects burn and which burn faster and cleaner.

Help your child put a new spin on her favorite myth by turning it into a mad lib! Guaranteed to bring the giggles, this fun activity also packs in the learning.