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Let your child add her creative touch to Cinco de Mayo celebrations by showing her how to make chili pepper napkin rings.

Create an American flag pinwheel in this Fourth of July craft activity!

The fish most kids see is usually filleted, and it's hard to see how it came from a lake or sea. This cool gyotaku activity blends life science with art!

Looking for a teacher gift? Here's a way for your preschooler to show off her growing writing skills and create a cute picture frame to show her thanks, too!

Does your child love pretend and need practice with letters and the sounds they make? Get cooking! This activity is fun and builds key reading skills, too.

Spend an afternoon outdoors and add a personal touch to clothes or other items of fabric by learning how to tie-dye.

Here's a fun activity you can do at the library to help your child learn the sequencing of numbers and letters.

These quick and easy pumpkin quesadillas are as delicious as they are nutritious. Celebrate Fall and the wonder squash that is the pumpkin!

Make a "feeling meter" that helps your first grader read key feeling words and communicate his emotions accurately to you.

Help your child with his decoding and early reading skills in this fun game where you follow a spider web to find your treasure!

Let your child catch you making deliberate errors in this silly game that promotes serious learning about punctuation.

Delight your child by helping them to construct a boat that can hold two seaworthy toy figures in this engaging project made from upcycled water bottles.

Children tap into their own imaginative storytelling skills by creating and writing a richly embellished folk tale about their favorite member of the animal kingdom.

Children get creative with this fun, imaginative activity that combines an upcycled everyday household item with a few craft supplies.

Help your child be a word detective as he builds excellent reading and comprehension skills on his search for clues to decipher meanings of unfamiliar words.

Make practicing addition facts more fun and teach your child some helpful strategies with this spin off of the traditional "Go Fish" game.

Here's an authentic writing task that is perfect for Earth Day, or any day! In this activity, your child's pen becomes an instrument of planetary importance.

Create your very own Sleep Book filled with a menagerie of made-up nonsense creatures and discover how different animals catch some zzz's.

Here's an easy experiment that lets your first grader practice the scientific method, while watching a caterpillar eat.

Practice early social studies skills and get your child excited about the new school year with this fun activity.

Compound words get easier if kids can spot two smaller words that they already know inside. Add some fun to the process with this card game!

Learn how to make fairy wings with these easy instructions. See how to make fairy wings for Halloween or dress-up time.

Help your child understand the scientific concept of evaporation with this fun outdoor science activity.

Say thanks this Thanksgiving by surprising a friend, a teacher or a grandparent with this paper plate turkey which doubles as a festive wall hanging.

This balloon-powered car project is a great way for your kid to learn about energy and how it can be used efficiently.

Help your first grader gain new reading skills in this fun, homemade phonics game that the whole family can enjoy!

Celebrate African heritage by making an African flag banner. This fun, culturally-inspired art project is perfect for Black History Month.

Help your kindergartener use a map to find "leprechaun gold"--and build early social studies skills in the process!

Try this creative art project with your second grader to help him build up his fine motor skills and artistic awareness as he makes a faux stained glass vase.

Here's a fun activity to help build thinking skills in young first grade scientists, and to encourage them to have a blast exploring the mass and volume.