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.”

Help your first grader practice sight words with this fun activity. Learn how to put together a puzzle while practicing common sight words.

Homophones are those tricky little words that tend to confound early learners. Help your second grader ace the challenge with this outdoor game.

Explore the craters, maria, and highlands on the surface of the Moon! In this fun science project you'll create a 3-D model of the moon using paper mache.

Hone fine motor skills by having your kid create a jack-o'-lantern fiber arts project. They'll lace sheets of paper together to create a 3-D stuffed pumpkin.

Cookie, snow globe or puzzle? This holiday cookie is all three! Celebrate the holidays with this puzzle cookie, a crafty twist on a delicious dessert.

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!

Practicing letters and words by writing them out is all well and good, but spelling out your practice words with old puzzle pieces is a lot more fun!

Practice reading and vocabulary by making sight words into a puzzle!

Test of the effect of exercise on rote memory. Prepare a single list of 40 randomly chosen words. Have volunteers recall as many words as possible.

Here's a thought-provoking activity to make new vocabulary words "stick" in the mind of your young learner.

Devise list of randomly chosen words, test how many words volunteers can remember. Compare results of adults and children. Which have better memories?

In this high energy, interactive game, third graders are challenged to race, involving spelling patterns in words.

Wool can absorb 1/3 of its weight in water, while still keeping the body warm. She can test this theory by performing a scientific sock comparison!

Homemade face paint is a safe and economical way to jazz up your Halloween costume. Even better, this easy-to-make face paint requires just three ingredients!

Discover which method for odor removal words the best for stifling refrigerator odors.

In this activity, your child will learn about the benefits of yoga and will practice different yoga poses. Then, they will teach someone else three poses and explain how yoga can help us find calmness and ease.

Work on homophones, words that sound the same, and spelling with this imaginative activity!

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

Challenge your first grader to wordsmith her way to victory with this puzzle! Who can find the most words in the letters of "Saint Patrick's Day"?

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

Challenge your budding wordsmith to see how many words he can make out of his own name, using homemade flashcards.

This silly game is a fun way to introduce and reinforce sight words--by fishing for them!

Help your first grade child figure out contractions and their original two words by playing this simple game, Contraction Concentration!

Here's a fun activity to reinforce simple short and long vowel words for your first grader.

In this activity, students build a house of sticks, just like the second little pig in the classic story, The Three Little Pigs. Then, they program an educational robot to push down the house, much like the wolf who “blows the house down.”

Struggling to memorize all those SAT words? How about challenging Mom or Dad to a crossword puzzle duel?

Making a calendar is a great way for third graders to identify those words that are always capitalized. Here's how to get started.

In this cooler-than-average writing activity, your child uses paint chips and words to write a story!

Word color association is just a fancy way to talk about the way we connect colors with words.