Get your child writing as she describes the four seasons, then decorates a shape for each to hang in the house!

This science fair project idea explores whether a person's ability to see under very dim lighting conditions diminishes with age.

This bookmark is a helpful tool to use during and after reading to remind your child of "good reader" strategies that she can use on her own.

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

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

Use muffin tins to create a simple, affordable and fun game to help your child practice their vocabulary!

Use this interactive activity to help your third-grade child develop vocabulary skills and make a flipbook.

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

Use marbles and paint to explore the wild world of shapes and color...and build writing strength, too.

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

In this exciting design challenge, your child will use design thinking skills to create a mixture that can inflate a balloon.

Use the appeal of the common road sign to your advantage by creating a game with hidden learning opportunities.

Use a digital camera and some simple drawing supplies to help your kindergartener make a personalized letter-sound book.

To celebrate black history month, use this matching quiz to help your kid demonstrate their knowledge of famous African-Americans.

Help your child use recycled materials, a little imagination and some writing skills to build his very own recycled creature.

In this writing activity, let your child reflect on the past and practice their writing skills and word usage as they create an "I Used to, Now I" poem.

This cookie dough handles like molding clay, but also makes delicious cookies. Use this activity to strengthen your child's alphabet skills.

This science fair project idea provide quantitative data about how well the use of ASL ( American Sign Language) works in communicating with babies.

Show your child how to write a diamante poem, which makes use of a simple structure and results in a diamond-shaped poem.

Here's a fun activity to show your child how to use prefixes and root words to "root out" the meaning of a word!

Use a beloved toy as a jumping-off point for a fantastic storytelling exercise in this activity that will get the littlest ones thinking about creative writing.

Everyone's heard of taking a dog for a walk. But how about an illustration? This activity teaches emerging readers to use pictures as context clues.

Send your child on an online hunt where he will practice working with search engines and use his reading comprehension skills to find specific information.

Knowing how to use quotation marks to write character dialog is an important skill for developing writers. Here's a fun way to get your child writing speech.

There's only one word that rhymes with orange. This is bad news for poets who want to write about oranges. But what if they use word play instead?

Meant to be fun and inspiring, Oulipo N+7 challenges writers to create new writing, use language and enriches vocabulary, spelling and critical thinking.

Practice writing skills and use imagination with this fun activity, where your child will write a story about what he thinks life would be like on a cloud.

Measure the effectiveness of detergent containing a UV-absorbing compound in blocking UV-A radiation. Use black light and UV detecting beads.

If your kid likes to color, you probably know all too well that crayons go quickly. Put those crayon stubs to use by creating colorful ironed wax paper art!

Is your child learning to write the alphabet correctly? In this "kinesthetic" activity, use movement and art to help your child with letter-writing.