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To reach goals and gain accomplishments, you have to have a plan for success. This activity will help your child to create goals for the upcoming school year.

In this activity, your child will interview a caring adult or friend to ask them when they have seen them at their best.

This game will help your child write with more attention to detail.

Challenge your child to a word count war, and practice good note-taking skills at the same time!

In this activity, your child will experience multitasking, then mindfulness and compare the two in terms of productivity and calmness.

Re-purpose an old glass bottle into a cute vase using a few pieces of felt and a little imagination.

In this activity, your child will take a walk outside, listen to the silence in between sounds, and draw what the experience was like for them.

Transform an old chair into a chalkboard canvas! This painting activity is a useful and creative way to add some quirky charm to your existing furniture.

In this social emotional learning activity, your child will hear the story Zoo Zen: A Yoga Story for Kids, learn the benefits of yoga, and create their own yoga sequence to teach someone else.

Learn about magnifying glasses, concave lenses and inverted images by sending rays of light through a magnifying glass in this cool science fair project!

Unleash your child's imagination by inviting them to create a tall tale set in their own hometown.

Batik is a traditional Indonesian craft, which uses a technique of drawing wax on fabric to create patterns before dying.

This activity is a craft project and a math workshop all in one! Use found objects to encourage your child to imitate, extend, and create patterns.

In celebration of Earth Day, help your fifth grader write a poem from the Earth to its inhabitants.

Here's an interesting activity that will enable your child to make his own magnifier out of a drop of water

It's important to be able to add and subtract quickly and accurately, and this activity is the perfect way to practice.

Children have a naturally inquisitive mind. Foster their curiosity with a walk through an autumn field or park to answer age-old “why” questions. As you walk with your child, you can encourage them to ask questions.

Learn about the CUPS strategy, a useful tool for editing children's writing.

It's not always bad to think negatively -- step into the creative and unique world of negative space drawing!

Toss playing cards into boxes while you practice addition and multiplication with decimals in this fun, fifth grade math game.

Hone observational skills and introduce the basics of data interpretation with this data gathering activity all about the different colors people wear.

With school, home, and activities in between, life can sometimes feel chaotic to kids. Help your child learn how to stop and relax with handmade peace rocks.

A nonet is a 9-line poem. Like haiku, each line has a specific number of syllables, starting with nine in the first line and ending with only one in the last.

Transform a simple menu into a work of art! Let your child unleash her inner artist on tonight's menu for a beautiful display that the whole family can enjoy.

Celebrate the new school year with a back to school poem!

Your fourth grader will love practicing his math facts with this fun computation game.

Looking for a simple, yet unique writing activity for your child on Valentine's Day? Try a hand at haiku!

Stuck inside on a rainy day? Teach your child a classic kid's game: Five Stones. All you need are five stones and a flat surface.

This fall-themed drawing game is a great way to introduce your kid to some of the important symbols of the fall season.

Help build vocabulary and foster your kid's creative side by having her write a poem all about dinosaurs!