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Children will learn about diversity, hear a story that reflects appreciation and acceptance of differences, and connect with a pen pal in another country through writing and drawing a letter.

Say thanks this Thanksgiving by surprising a friend, a teacher or a grandparent with this paper plate turkey which doubles as a festive wall hanging.

How often do we eat with awareness and really taste our food and think about where the food came from? Mindful eating is a great way to practice mindfulness infused with gratitude and appreciation for our food.

Make these crazy shaped bubbles from simple items in the kitchen, and teacher your kids to experiment and hypothesize. Here's how:

Learn all about colors with the best teachers of all -- cupcakes!

Make Hanukkah gift bags with your child this holiday season. These Hanukkah gift bags are great for passing out gelt to teachers and friends.

This fun experiment provides a concrete and visually striking illustration of photosynthesis.

Which music genres have the fastest tempos? The slowest? This experiment determines if there's a relationship between beats per minute in a song and its genre.

This science fair project idea investigates how magnetism can defy the force of gravity.

What animals are most popular? This project affords practice in data-collection, record-keeping and data-analysis through the investigation of this question.

This project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing it.

This project determines whether Styrofoam, paper, or plastic cups are best for preventing ice from melting.

This project is a vivid, concrete introduction to the basic but important idea that plants need sunlight and water to grow.

Make cards this May Day celebrating the arrival of springtime.

Make a "hands-on" barbecue apron for Dad this Father's Day!

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.

Your child grows a green thumb and flowers with this seed planting activity that also celebrates the 100th day of school!

This Mother's Day, help your child practice math measurement skills with this "mom" recipe card.

Play this daily money game with your 2nd grade child to help his math skills.

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

In this project children practice the scientific method while playing with puffy paint.

Let your child catch you making deliberate errors in this silly game that promotes serious learning about punctuation.

Help your first grader explore the world of scientific measurement by "weighing" fruit with a "water scale"!

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

In this activity, your child will consider the meaning of "culture" and what comprises their family's culture. They will draw pictures of aspects of their family's culture, then choose an aspect of it to explore further.

Give your second-grader insight into the Huichol culture of Mexico with this arts and craft activity by creating an ojo de Dios (eye of God), or yarn weaving.

Here's an idea for an edible Father's Day "note" that also happens to give your second grader practice in using a fancy new tool: the thesaurus.

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

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!

Make a bouquet of colorful duct tape flowers in this hands-on spring craft.