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Once readers know the individual sounds letters make, they need to learn how to blend them and how to break them apart. This activity will help them practice.

Many kids find themselves especially challenged by writing in third grade. Here's how you can help, using a technique called "storyboarding."

This watercolor landscape creates the background for the adventures of Little Red Riding Hood by using spooky silhouettes for the characters.

Teach your kids about entropy with this fun, easy exercise, and teach your money to dance while you're at it!

Take your child's knowledge of shapes out of the classroom and into the real world!

This fun craft will teach your child a little bit about the human skeletal system and can be adapted to teach the biology of many different living animals.

Teach your young academic about counting and clocks with a tasty treat!

Make a family tree with your child to teach him about his personal history. Make a family tree with this tutorial, and teach your kid about his family history.

Check out this silly game that will put your kid's animal habitat knowledge (and acting skills) to the test.

Teach your child how butter is created by shaking up cream the old-fashioned way.

This reading comprehension activity teaches children reading in reverse: how would you teach an alien to use a zipper?

Teach your child about jesters as she makes her very own jester hat.

Teach your creative second grader about proportions, animals, and proper cutting methods with cucumber carving.

Teach your child how to feed himself in the morning with this simple and delicious breakfast burrito recipe.

Bring a little Caribbean flavor and cultural knowledge to the table with this delicious conch salad, a local Bahamian dish.

Teach your little one to appreciate all the best things in life with a keepsake Thanksgiving plate.

Teach an important and often comical historical lesson with a prediction game that teaches youngsters about the fallibility of word-of-mouth talk.

Teach your child the colors of the rainbow while creating an impressive treat that will brighten up the whole kitchen.

Enjoy making these no bake cookies with the kids and teach them important lessons in early math skills.

Teach your child how to make her own buzzer using only a button and a string.

Teach your first grade scientist the difference between liquids and solids using maple syrup.

Teach your first or second grader about an important Mexican holiday, the Day of the Dead, with this traditional skeleton mask made out of a paper plate.

Make a kaleidoscope at home to teach your child about the color spectrum and mirror science.

Create a habitat for a butterfly right in your own backyard, and build your first grader's science knowledge while you're at it.

Help your curious third grader construct a dazzling spinning wheel that will teach him about the science behind colors while providing some silly entertainment!

Teach your child how to make a Georgia O'Keefe flower collage using pasta and paint for a fun art activity.

Teach your third grader about the concepts money and purchasing with this "Mock Card Shop" activity.

Teach your child about the importance and peacefulness of Ramadan as she gets creative drawing domes, minarets and prayer halls.

Plant a mini herb garden and teach your child about science and nature.

Teach your little scientist about the amazing powers of gravity by comparing the falling speeds of two yummy fruits