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Show your little poet how to create a beautiful acrostic poem for someone special this Valentine's Day.

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.

Help your kid get a handle on punctuation by challenging her to create a story that's truly out of this world.

Here's a great activity that uses corks and toothpicks to create a fleet of floating boats. Which design makes for the most seaworthy vessel?

Try a fun painting activity this Valentine's Day with your child. He can design abstract art and learn about color theory in an easy way!

Here's a hands-on activity that helps your child understand the concept of "circumference."

When you're studying the Mayflower, numbers can be an important part of the history...and a great chance to practice elementary math!

Turn all those broken bits of plates, random buttons, or other odds and ends into a lovely flower pot for Mom on Mother's Day.

Handedness and footedness refer to whether people prefer to use their left or right hand and foot. In this experiment, test hand and foot dominance.

Your child can transform plain yogurt into a healthy and tasty treat the whole family will love! She'll learn more about baking as well as how yogurt is made.

Did you know cooking supports your child in learning complex math skills? Reinforce your child's measurement and problem solving skills by whipping up some healthy sweet potatoes for a dinner side dish!

The ability to identify number patterns is one of the building blocks to success in higher-level math and this game is the perfect way to practice.

Do plants breathe? Not exactly. They do respire though! This activity will help your child with see that plants are producing the oxygen we need to survive.

Inspire young anthropologists with this 5th grade art project: make patterned pottery in the Anasazi style! All you need are a paper plate and markers to start.

Learn about Rosh Hashanah and other Jewish holidays by planning and creating a Jewish holiday calendar.

Enjoy some autumn fun, and develop measurement skills with this sweet-smelling fall art project.

Make English grammar fun with this engaging card game! Play a few rounds after a lesson on tenses to help students review what they have learned.

In this open-ended activity, students will be given a small quantity of three types of materials and asked to design a prototype for “something that will improve the school.”

Help your child show Dad how super he is by making this homemade superhero shirt.

Reinforce your child’s understanding of geometry and 2D shapes while learning about the artist Mary Blair and her amazing contributions to many loved movies, books, and characters throughout her career.

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

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

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

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.

Here's a great activity that will bring out the performer in your child!

Here's a fun game that you can play at home to get your child thinking about prefixes and suffixes.

Knowing your antonyms from your synonyms is an important part of the second grade writing curriculum, and is a real boon for vocabulary.

Use Martin Luther King, Jr's historical "I Have a Dream Speech" to inspire your child to write down her own dreams.

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

Celebrate Easter with this hands-on activity making your own eggs.