Try this simple activity to stimulate some very complex thinking with your first grader to develop those all-important reading and comprehension skills.

Take a beach ball, a marker, and a first grader. What do you get? An outdoor activity that works on reading comprehension, in the midst of a game of catch!

Help your child gain reading comprehension skills, as well as listening and memory skills with this fun activity that uses his favorite book!

In this activity, your child will reflect on one role model in their life or research one historical figure that has displayed perseverance. Then, they will create a slideshow presentation or poster that defines and illustrates perseverance.

Lots of everyday objects can be fun, whether it's buttons, beans, or Lego blocks. Here's an activity that uses coins to build problem-solving strategies.

Back-to-back breathing is a great way to practice self-calming while also creating connection and developing trust.

This competitive inequalities card game is a great way to help your child understand the connection between numerals and the values they represent.

Encourage the brain-body connection in your child with movement games. This activity will decide who’s got the better moves, throughout the ages of music!

Work on finding means and medians in this fifth grade math card game.

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.

Combine your creative fifth grader's love of nature, art and poetry with leaf printing!

Help your fifth grader create an art card that celebrates the enduring values of Passover.

Experiment about connection of senses of taste and smell. Using blindfold and noseplugs, administer blind taste test. Analyze results and organize data.

Introduce your fifth grader to the irresistible fun of string art with this letter project!

This goofy scramble book activity will bring laughs...but also some good, solid comprehension skills too!

Here's an interactive, fast-paced game that will make your fifth grader feel more comfortable with simple equations.

Explore the math concept of probability with your fifth grader on "lucky" St. Patrick's day this year!

Let these cute shamrock earrings bring the luck of the Irish to your fifth grader's ears!

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

This brain teaser challenges your fifth grader to unscramble some specialized Winter Olympics language.

Show your fifth grader how to create a vivid and colorful, Picasso-inspired, 3-D mask.

Teach your fifth grader about the wonders of wind by making and observing this winter wind chime.

Let your fifth grader use his wits to challenge friends to complete their labyrinthine book of mazes!

Science isn't ho hum anymore when it involves building catapults to teach your fifth grader about projectile motion.

Invite your fifth grader to design a fleet of miniature paddle boats to race in the family bathtub.

For a fun way to encourage your child to read, try this comprehension technique made to satisfy visual learners.

Help your fifth grader bring the magnificent spirit of Rome to a modern day, personalized clay coin.

Make a wanted poster of a villain from a favorite book or fairy tale in this fun reading comprehension activity!

With help, your fifth grader can sew her own version of this pin cushion currently available at many craft fairs.

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