Children read a famous letter from the American Civil War, then write a response, in this thoughtful history activity.

In this activity, your first grader will practice calendar skills, observe the weather and learns to read calendar words. Here's how to get started:

Washi Ningyo, otherwise known as Japanese paper dolls, make fantastic bookmarks! Encourage your child to read more with this delightful, origami-inspired doll.

An ancient form of writing gets new life in an activity designed to help your child read understand what life was like for early Native Americans.

In this game, your child and his friends will need to use their observational skills as they try to figure out who's got the peanut!

Explore what freedom and liberty mean to you this Fourth of July with a beautiful portrait collage!

This science fair project compares the abilities of men and women to understand subtle communication through body language.

Puppets can help preschoolers practice communication and conflict resolution.

Test your learner's knowledge of Barack Obama by challenging your child to complete a crossword puzzle about the President after reading a short biography.

Host a royal party full of "please and thank you" - even the queen would approve. Have a ball while your kids practice etiquette!

This experiment explores how listening in to a one-sided conversation affects concentration.

Help your child put a new spin on her favorite myth by turning it into a mad lib! Guaranteed to bring the giggles, this fun activity also packs in the learning.

This science fair project idea determines whether volunteers remember more information presented orally or visually or kinesthetically.

Discover whether the color of text correlates with ease and speed of reading.

This science fair project idea examines whether people can decode scrambled messages.

Fish for headlines! This fun and exciting social studies activity is a great way to get your fifth grader reading and understanding newspaper articles.

Write to a deployed soldier to help your child practice reading, writing, and get a better understanding of what it means to serve our country.

Help middle schoolers use maps, math, and history for some Fourth of July fun.

Craft a paper rocket in this hands-on activity inspired by the life of Mae Jemison!

Kids put their geography knowledge to the test in this balloon volley game inspired by the Dr. Seuss book "Oh the Places You'll Go".

The objective of this science fair project is to assess the benefits of the game system for improving player performance following use.

This experiment investigates whether the Ranschburg Effect is observed more frequently in older or younger adults.

Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

Stories change as you retell them. The objective of this science fair project is to demonstrate how information gets interpreted, distorted and changed.

This writing activity will promote dialogue about racial segregation and its impact on African-Americans throughout history with your child.

This scavenger hunt game is simple, but it's fun, and it will arm your children with the directional vocabulary they should master in time for kindergarten.

Learn about our cognitive capacity of attention and to learn about factors that influence attention.

Research optical illusions and human auras. Understand why the probable cause of perception is mach bands.

Evaluate whether people can raise the temperature of their finger using the power of their thoughts.

This science fair project idea explores whether there is a connection to the color a person wears and the way their emotional state is perceived by others.