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Give your child a glimpse of how another set of students approach reading by teaching him how the blind use braille.

Most of us are familiar with haiku, but the tanka is an even older form of Japanese poetry. Learn to write a tanka poem with this activity.

These secret code activities are fun, and also provide fourth graders with great opportunities to practice language development and logical reasoning.

Help your second grader celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King with this rainbow table mat.

It doesnât take long for flashcard drills about prefixes and suffixes to get old. Turn the learning process into a treasure hunt with this fun activity!

On Martin Luther King Day, help your third grader create an original "scratch art" card to thank a person who has made a difference in his life.

What could be more fun than doing sidewalk art? How about making your own colored sidewalk chalk!

Save the tiny tiles from the iconic board game and reuse them as a statement of scholarly style by making them into a crafty piece of jewelry.

Even the most reluctant beginning writers love to experiment with the "cliffhanger."

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.

Want to do something a little different for Dad this year? Have your child design his very own Father's Day "Greatest Hits CD" card.

Remember the classic card game, Go Fish? Here's a fun twist on it that will help your kid learn her the different parts of speech in a fun way!

Enlist the whole family and helpful friends in this heartwarming activity for Dad. Boost kids' writing skills in the process, too!

Kids can turn a favorite fairy tale into a rebus puzzle by replacing the nouns in the story with pictures that they draw themselves.

This activity will help generate ideas for your child to write about...without the moans and groans!

Help your third grader author a lovely limerick in honor of Valentine's Day! He'll be delighted to compose and recite this nonsensical poem.

This hands-on activity will introduce your third grader to the concepts of positive and negative space as she makes a shamrock!

Make fractions easy for your child to understand by incorporating their discussion and practice into meals and cooking that you two participate in together.

Help your child learn about animal classification with this fun and delicious activity.

This game will help build your child's word bank as she competes with family members for the "Word of the Day" champion title.

This project examines if computer screen and text color affect retention and if people subconsciously prefer combinations of colors that help their retention.

Learn whether writing things down really makes things easier to remember.

Throughout history, people have used song as a teaching and memory tool. This project explores whether song improves a person's ability to retain information.

Help your child get more comfortable with rhyme schemes with The Bear in Despair by Amanda Bray Cody.

If you love the look of yarn but aren't in the mood for complicated knitting or crocheting, have your child create simple and beautiful yarn letters.

Work on reading fluency with your child. This fun game will even engage her concentration skills without her knowing.

Make a phonics paper egg to help your child build up his reading and writing skills.

Use a basic tape recorder and some favorite books to help your first grader read smoothly--and make someone's day in the process!

If helping your child learn parts of speech makes you want to take a nap, try this exercise. It's a sure way to keep those creative juices flowing.