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The next time your kids are pent up inside because of bad weather, try hosting a Balloon Olympics!

This goofy scramble book activity will bring laughs...but also some good, solid comprehension skills too!

This hands-on activity practices skip counting, a key first grade math skill. But it's silly fun!

This measurement activity uses feet to compare objects, but not the ones found on rulers and measuring sticks...the feet on your child's own body!

Children will reflect on how community service makes us better people. Then they will complete a service survey to gain a better understanding of their interests, gifts, and their potential role as a service worker in their community.

This play-activity causes young children to focus on and become more aware of their sense of hearing and the power of their ears.

In this activity, have your second grader practice measuring by finding the height, weight, and length of their most treasured toy!

Help your child get to know the least-appreciated of the five senses, the sense of smell, with a smelling station.

Use real elastic to help your kindergartener learn to "stretch" and blend letters to read words.

Sorting objects by size, color, shape, or function is an important concept in kindergarten math, and it's the perfect excuse for a little housekeeping!

Build second and third grade writing skills by using pictures to help kids "see" how to use details in their stories.

Get your child math and science savvy with this fun outdoor classification game. Using chalk, your child will classify what she sees in the natural world.

Help your child learn the parts of speech! Start with adjectives and have your child describe Santa Claus to someone who has never heard of him.

Children take inspiration from Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai to write their own blog listicle on a topic of their choosing.

Delay your child's sugar overload, and develop his critical thinking skills, by doing some "sweet sorting" of his Halloween treasures!

Using lessons from Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life, help your child implement kindness and compassion into their interactions with others.

Get into the Christmas spirit with this fun and messy finger painting activity. This fun activity will light up the day like holiday lights!

Here's a great early reading and science activity for curious children. Learn how to plant your child's name in seeds for a growing writing activity!

This simple sewing activity results in a pair of homemade fleece mittens!

This tactile activity helps kindergarteners learn about texture.

Explore emotions through songs and crafts in this social emotional learning activity. In this activity, your child will play an emotions guessing game and create a kaleidoscope of emotions.

Pumpkin carving party activities are great for a pre-Halloween party. Try pumpkin carving party activities, including jack-o'-lantern ideas and fall recipes.

Turn sweet treats into miniature masterpieces with this candy melting activity!

This clay "painting" activity encourages and supports creative development and critical thinking skills.

Introduce colors to shadow play with this creative and irresistible science activity!

Create a self-portrait from natural materials in this collage craft activity!

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

This arts and crafts activity will help your kindergartener with shape and color recognition.

Create a sun-shaped summer words chart in this DIY craft activity!