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In this activity, your child will interview a caring adult or friend to ask them when they have seen them at their best.

In this experiment, young ecologists will learn about a type of edge effect: how trees and plants at the edge of a forest can act as a weed filter.

Wiggly worms are known for staying buried in the soil, but how does that affect plants? Are earthworms and plant growth related?

Make mini heating pads for the special animal in your household or to use the next time you or your child has some aches and pains.

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

These gingerbread cookies can be baked by your third grader. Make a warm batch of gingerbread cookies to bring some extra holiday cheer to your home.

Here's a guide to help you design a challenging pool obstacle course for your elementary school children with ordinary pool toys and household objects.

Here's a fun activity that takes "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" to a new level--and builds strong kindergarten reading and writing skills

Help your child get comfortable with the concept of estimation, which will come in handy during everything from standardized tests to future shopping trips!

This simple illuminaria can be made for any season or holiday. It's so fun that parents and kids alike will enjoy making a new one for each special holiday!

Satisfy your sweet tooth with this easy summer activity! Make homemade ice cream and let your child practice his science skills.

Do plants breathe? Not exactly. They do respire though! This activity will help your child with see that plants are producing the oxygen we need to survive.

Make a Christmas countdown calendar to get your child excited about the coming holiday. This Christmas countdown calendar helps you make holiday memories.

Use chemical analysis to identify a variety of mystery powders that look the same but actually have very different properties.

In this game, players will learn interesting facts about animal adaption and practice them using a fun matching card game!

The next time you've got a restless second grade earth scientist on your hands, use this experiment to demonstrate crystals and make a tasty treat, too!

Introduce your first grader to our country's most famous leaders with an artsy info board full of facts, patriotic colors and coins!

Here's an activity to encourage your young artist to read. Invite your child to visualize directions on colors, numbers, and shapes to create cool pictures!

Make a story summary folder with your child to help develop reading comprehension and critical thinking skills.

Here's a fun at-home activity that will help your child strengthen math skills using high and low temperature data, and become a master temperature tracker!

This taste buds science experiment demonstrates how strongly our sense of smell controls what we taste.

Do plants get crowded? Have your curious kid investigate how plants respond if they're forced to grow together in a confined space.

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!

Kids will learn how to measure the viscosity of liquids by making their own homemade viscometer in this great science fair project idea.

Here's a creative and engaging activity to get your child on track with that pesky little line.

Based on the concept of water's "freezing point," this activity entails the lowering of water's freezing point to chill ice cream!

Don't despair if numerators and denominators seem like a bore to your child. This colorful collage is sure to show him the brighter side of fractions.

Plan ahead for summer, by constructing a holiday calendar with your child. A great way to teach kids about time!

Learn with makes water molecules work with this fun and easy science activity!

This game reinforces the meaning of the term "multiples" and is fast enough to hold the attention of your fourth-grader.