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The next time you've got a restless second grade earth scientist on your hands, use this experiment to demonstrate crystals and make a tasty treat, too!

Have a young architect or designer on your hands? Here's an easy activity for him to learn the basics of landscape and architecture while having fun!

Is your child struggling to remember the rules of place value? Here's a fun series of hands-on activities to help your child put the value in place value!

Have a bookworm on your hands? They'll boost their spelling and problem solving skills with this Oulipo activity re-writing lyrics to beloved Christmas songs!

What is persistence of vision? With this hands-on science fair project idea, students will demonstrate this cool and dramatic phenomenon in their own classroom.

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.

Whatever is stacked in your cupboard can be used to help your child learn how to compare fractions and decimals. A great hands-on math lesson!

This trick uses vertical and horizontal forces to help your child to push apart your hands apart, no matter how hard you try to keep them together!

This science fair project idea determines which method of hand cleansing is the most effective.

Teach your fourth grader foreshortening, a type of visual perspective in art with this fun and easy activity!

In this activity, your child will learn about the benefits of yoga and will practice different yoga poses. Then, they will teach someone else three poses and explain how yoga can help us find calmness and ease.

Need an outdoor activity for your next party or family gathering? Try this wacky group relay game that's fun for adults and kids alike.

Encourage your child to think outside the bathtub by making her very own handmade soaps! Perfect as a present, a decoration, or just to pamper herself.

In this activity, your child will use mindfulness to practice staying as still as they can. Then, during a freeze dance activity, they will pay attention to the constellation of sensations and feelings throughout parts of their bodies.

Cheer on your home team with a savory snack shaped just like a real football!

This simple sewing activity results in a pair of homemade fleece mittens!

Expand on your childâs time-telling skills by helping him learn how an analog clock and a digital clock correspond.

A great way to cultivate awareness, focus and attention in the present is through movement. Mindful movement can also decrease stress and anxiety and increase calm.

Teach your child about the art of ancient Australia by creating your own handprint art just like Aboriginal artists did thousands of years ago.

Stay active over summer vacation with this fun take on the old favorite Red Rover!

Fall in love with Cupid this Valentine's Day, specifically an adorable paper version of the classic Roman god!

If your fourth grader is obsessed with all things glow-in-the-dark, then here's an activity that will really light up her imagination!

Introduce your fourth or fifth grader to volume by having him build rectangular prisms, and then count each sugar cube to check his volume calculations.

Popcorn pops get a Valentine's Day twist with pink popcorn and a red candy center. Make popcorn pops as a special treat for Valentine's Day or any day.

Candy cane cookies are a great alternative to traditional candy canes, and your family will have a blast making them over the holidays!

Celebrate the season with a fall centerpiece art project your child can display for the whole family!

This fun game helps children learn to estimate the most basic unit of time--a minute--without a clock.

This cultural craft makes a pretty decoration and teaches kids about other cultures.

Add simple fractions in this fun math card game for second graders. This game is very similar to Blackjack, or 21, but it's entirely kid friendly!

This science fair project on testing water hardness is a great introduction to practical chemistry. Test and learn the difference between hard and soft water.