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Help your child make a picture of a four-leaf clover this St. Patrick's Day. It's thought that whoever finds a four-leaf clover will enjoy good luck!

Here are two fun, rhythmic jump rope chants to help your first grader learn the days of the week, practice reading skills, and stay fit!

Improve your child's hand-eye coordination with this outdoor group ball game that's similar to Four Square.

Are you ready to be a detective for science? Then get out your magnifying glass and start studying fingerprints!

Help your child get ready for back to school with this fun fifth grade activity, which has him creating an "I'm Studying" door sign.

Delicious nachos are easy and fun to make any day of the week. Here's how to master this easy nacho recipe.

Here are four chocolate bark ideas to prepare with your kids that everyone will love.

Whatever the season, celebrate greenery and growth by helping your child study some delightful spring words.

Help your preschooler learn the Four Questions prior to the big night with a homemade book, complete with words and illustrations!

Be a chemist for a day and study the simple reaction between sugar and heat. Try heating sugar and see what happens!

Get your child writing as she describes the four seasons, then decorates a shape for each to hang in the house!

Conduct a simple experiment with your child to study how dirt tracks change as they age in this 1st grade science activity.

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

Study the life cycle of the common blowfly as it relates to forensic investigation. Record the first time you see flies, maggots, and eggs.

This science project challenges students to study deer behavior in their natural habitat- the feeding patterns, social behaviors, male to female ratio, etc.

Study science with your first grader in this arts and crafts activity that models the reason why fall leaves change color with some paint and crayons.

Here is a hands-on activity to help third graders understand the four points of a compass...and how we use them to get around.

Encourage your child to take ownership of a plant by creating a care plan and following it over the course of a couple of weeks.

Here's a motivational kit that lets your emerging reader know you're with him for the whole wild ride.

With this activity, you'll create a family treasure...and reinforce social studies basics while you're at it!

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

Dads, this activity's for you. Brighten mom's day with a set of kid-designed "mom coupons" that are sure to keep mom happily pampered for weeks.

Encourage your child to make a Chinese scroll painting as part of his world history or art studies, or just to pass the time on a weekend.

Here's a great early reading and science activity for curious children. Learn how to plant your child's name in seeds for a growing writing activity!

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

Chemistry is a blast with this backyard bomb made from a sandwich bag. All you need are ingredients from the pantry to create a satisfying, and safe, explosion.

Blend science and math to explore a very important first grade social studies question: does our planet contain more land or more water?

Check out this silly game that will put your kid's animal habitat knowledge (and acting skills) to the test.

Children learn the six parts of a plant...but do they really understand? Try this plant-themed meal plan to bring school science into the home.

Making a calendar is a great way for third graders to identify those words that are always capitalized. Here's how to get started.