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

Kids learn how to manipulate additive and subtractive colors to send secret messages with red colored filters in this cool science fair project idea.

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.

This bookmark is a helpful tool to use during and after reading to remind your child of "good reader" strategies that she can use on her own.

Use painted pasta to create your very own ancient Egyptian necklace.

Many kids find themselves especially challenged by writing in third grade. Here's how you can help, using a technique called "storyboarding."

Use pepper and soap to discover some fun facts about the properties of water.

Use a simple toothbrush and a splatter painting technique to create this sparkling skyline work of art!

Make use of your family's leftover Christmas cards and wrapping paper with a colorful letter craft activity!

Build second and third grade writing skills by using pictures to help kids "see" how to use details in their stories.

This activity will put those Halloween treats to good use by using candy corn to help your child with her subtraction skills.

What’s the best part of fall? Pumpkins! Use this easy recipe to help your child make some delicious smelling pumpkin play dough. They can use their math skills to measure and mix and then have hours of fun playing!

Use this interactive activity to help your third-grade child develop vocabulary skills and make a flipbook.

Learn about this simple machine and make a pulley of your own to use for fun science trials.

It’s the season for falling leaves, fall colors, and corn! Use this easy activity to help your child make some amazing paintings. They can use their math skills to design patterns for cards, paper, presents and more!

Your child can use colorful construction paper to make an easy paper basket to hold some of his special things!

Re-use old plastic food containers to create these uniquely beautiful stepping stones to embed in your backyard!

Use adorable animal photos from books or magazines to make these simple valentines that can be given to classmates or friends.

Play a math logic and critical thinking game using a deck of cards. Use addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in this fun activity.

In this science fair project, students use the streak test to tell minerals apart from each other.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to use simple materials to create a catapult for a small, lightweight toy.

Help your child to invent her own chore-helper to help her put that growing imagination to good use!

Use an old strawberry basket to create a decorative box for storing knickknacks, jewelry or odds and ends with this recycled craft.

This reading comprehension activity teaches children reading in reverse: how would you teach an alien to use a zipper?

This Labor Day, help your child explore various occupations by discussing the tools workers use on a daily basis at their jobs.

Use up your leftover hardboiled Easter eggs with our healthy, gourmet variations on an old classic: deviled eggs

In this exciting design challenge, your child will use design thinking skills to create a mixture that can inflate a balloon.

Help your child use an old water bottle and a few other household materials to make her own eco-friendly pal!

Instead of buying new sunglasses this summer, why not use recycled materials to make some of your own?

Your child can re-use and re-purpose old seeds and paper into something new: decorated paper that can be planted!