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Help your child get more comfortable with rhyme schemes with The Bear in Despair by Amanda Bray Cody.

Here's a simple craft activity that can help your youngster better visualize the life cycle of a frog as a circle.

Most of us are familiar with haiku, but the tanka is an even older form of Japanese poetry. Learn to write a tanka poem with this activity.

The next time you are planning a Mexican-inspired menu, let your child contribute with a batch of this guacamole! Here's how.

Tangrams are a kindergarten staple, but now it's time to take them to the next level! Get your child started on geometry with this tangram puzzle.

Here's a hilarious alternative to those sugary conversation hearts...and a way to keep building first grade literacy skills while you're at it!

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.

Teach your child about the importance and meaning behind bowing in Asian cultures and help her expand her cultural horizons with this fun activity.

Want to capture this year? Make a time capsule of this period in your child's life! You may just be surprised at what you find, when you dig it up next year...

Your child will "build" a snowman and lace her way around the paper plates, boosting her manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination.

Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.

What's the science behind those out-of-sight roots? Find out if you can trick roots into growing in different directions.

Kids write about their favorite parts of school in 100 words to celebrate 100 days of school in this 5th grade writing activity.

Help your child learn grammar the fun way with this engaging clothespin game!

Guessing is more than pure fun, it's also a key part of kindergarten math. Here's a fun way to bring estimation to the breakfast table.

Got a shoelace? Got a kindergartener? Help your child learn to use the number line by creating one out of a lace.

This tissue paper painting activity has been developed especially with special needs children in mind, but is an enjoyable craft for just about anyone.

Use this simple and versatile sauce in pasta, sandwiches, or atop baked chicken.

Enlist your fifth grader's help in making homemade mistletoe. Every time someone passes under it, he will express appreciation to another family member!

St. Patrick's Day may be all about the 'luck" of the Irish, but this project encourages your child to share her personal experience with luck.

This children's menorah is a fun craft that lets your child celebrate Hanukkah while learning their ABCs. Make this children's menorah for the Festival of Lights.

Stock up on the colorful jelly beans available around Easter and put them to work in a piece of jelly bean art!

This project will help keep your child's thoughts in order as he creates stories from the beginning all the way through to the end.

In this activity, your child will explore what it means and how it feels to live in a community.

In this activity, you and your child will read a story about heartfulness, practice heartfulness by sending kind wishes to others, and draw pictures of those you both love and care for (such as family members, friends, or pets).

Honor the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by interviewing someone in your community who lived it.

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

Science fair project that compares the freezing temperature of salt water and freshwater in order to learn about supercooling and condensation nuclei.

Science fair project that compares the ecology of different soil samples by identifying which sample has the most invertebrates living in it.

Take a nature walk in your backyard or local park to find one object for every letter of the alphabet. Then put them together in this handy nature book.