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

Here are three activities you can do at home and around town to bring algebra into your daily lives.

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

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.

Want to help make studying the nervous system a little more fun? This thinking cap is a great way to learn external human brain anatomy.

Pretty fluttery feather earrings add a light touch to any outfit. Your child will float on air knowing she made the earrings herself.

This Santa Lucia crown is a beautiful craft for your child during the holiday season. Wear a Santa Lucia crown on St. Lucy's Day, December 13th.

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.

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.

By using your child's own activity schedule, you can strengthen his understanding of elapsed time, and get him organized along the way!

Is your fifth grader trying overnight camp this summer? If so, prepare your child for writing a letter home with this activity!

This science fair project idea explores whether people have an innate feel for the passing of time from a few seconds to 20 minutes.

Here's a game your child is sure to love playing with her friends: French Cricket. Just grab a baseball bat and a tennis ball, and you're set.

Heart-shaped crackers are a tasty and unexpected snack perfect for your young valentine. Combine the fun of crafting with food with these heart-shaped crackers.

This fun science project helps to investigate how much water can a plant take up and release in a certain period of time through the process of transpiration.

Introduce your child to the world of kite flying with Kite Frisbee, a great game that develops her kite flying and Frisbee playing abilities at the same time.

Say goodbye to lost bookmarks with the flower bookmark that knows how to hold on tight!

Crazy quilting is a fun and easy way for kids to exercise some creativity and connect with the past.

Help your child understand surface tension by showing them how they can create a "skin" on top of water.

Help your fifth grader embrace the roots--literally--of Mother's Day by growing carnations to honor mothers in you family's history.

Do you love to make Jell-O? Find out in this science fair project idea if it is possible to make Jell-O with just warm water.

If you can make a list, you can write a poem! Get your child to practice their writing and expression with a list poem.

These homemade juggling balls are super simple to make and are a blast to play with. Not to mention, they're great practicing hand-eye coordination.

Be active while learning about American history with this twist on the classic running game "Capture the Flag."

The human knot game is a perfect team-building exercise and a fun activity that's sure to bring lots of laughs along the way.

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

These Halloween sandwiches are a creepy-crawly treat for a holiday party or an especially scary school lunch. Make these Halloween sandwiches for your child.

Dream big with a homemade dream journal, a great writing exercise for elementary-age kids.