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Use a deck of playing cards to practice place value and other math concepts with your upper elementary child!

For most second graders, a good secret code is just about irresistible. Here's one that builds math facts while you're at it!

Learn about the Bill of Rights this Presidents Day by playing a Pictionary-inspired drawing game. Players draw a right as others try to guess what it is.

Give your child some hands-on experience mixing autumn colors. All you need is a large piece of white paper and tempera paint.

Here's a fun holiday activity that will have you and your child singing, laughing, and using a thesaurus!

Counting syllables can be tough. Help your kid get some practice on Valentine's Day with this simple game.

This activity is a great way to engage learners in Earth Day celebrations while cultivating skills around nonfiction comprehension and research writing.

Making metric conversions is a difficult concept to master. Get in some extra practice by playing this Tic-Tac-Toe game with your learner.

You've probably played the game "I Spy." It's perfect for long car rides. But with a little tweaking, the game can also help kids practice syllables.

This alphabet hunt is pure pirate-loving fun. And it gives kids practice in learning to recognize letters and sounds-- a key skill for reading readiness.

Try this goofy, first grade phonics craft that focuses on the letter "F" as in "Frog" and helps build crucial reading and spelling skills in your child.

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

Is your precocious third grader a Shakespeare in the making? Challenge her growing vocabulary with a group game that rewards her wordy ways

Remember the classic card game, Go Fish? Here's a fun twist on it that will help your kid learn her the different parts of speech in a fun way!

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

Cornucopia still life painting is a great activity for your young artist to look at light and shadow, textures and composition in creating art at Thanksgiving!

This fill-in-the-blanks game is a little like Mad Libs, but for emerging writers. Get ready for some silly sentences!

Take paper football to the next level by creating a "field" with objects from around the house. A great indoor and rainy-day activity.

Teach your child the art of the status update with this cutting-edge take on the old-fashioned book report: the social media book review!

In this activity, your students will research a favorite superhero and discuss which of their powers are real and not real. Your students will be able to complete a simple research chart and graphic organizer.

Here's a pumpkin nut bread recipe that makes for a wonderful project on a crisp autumn afternoon.

Nothing says fall like pumpkin soup, but it's also really good for you, with high amounts of fiber, iron, zinc and free radical busting antioxidants.

Help your learner develop her fine motor and communication skills with this fun and festive fall activity.

Not sure what to do with all of those leftover boxes from holiday gifts? Tap into your crafty side by creating an adorable snow person with your child. This activity is sure to bring smiles to those who pass your yard or come into your home all season lon

Your fourth grader will love practicing his math facts with this fun computation game.

Master addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division through practice in this fun math game designed for fourth grade!

This fun activity encourages your child to develop their skills in not only taking measurements, but also in working with the measurements themselves.

Reinforce your child's measurement and problem solving skills this holiday season! This decadent bread pudding, dressed up with pumpkin and warm spices, is a holiday show-stopper.

Make English grammar fun with this engaging card game! Play a few rounds after a lesson on tenses to help students review what they have learned.

Want to build your child's literary repertoire with tools like foreshadowing and description? Try a spooky Halloween story!