Help your second grader understand compound words by doing this fast, goofy three legged race.

Textbook studying doesn't have to be a slog. Here's an at-home activity for before your middle-schooler begins those end-of-the-chapter review questions.

Here's an activity to help your child manage their nonfiction reading by focusing on the most important elements of what she's read.

Students usually study for spelling tests by looking over the words and spelling them out loud. Here's a spelling game that gets the whole family involved!

Show your second grader how to celebrate nature by turning some collected pencil shavings into miniature 3-D designs.

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

Making a calendar is a great way for third graders to identify those words that are always capitalized. Here's how to get started.

Fish for headlines! This fun and exciting social studies activity is a great way to get your fifth grader reading and understanding newspaper articles.

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 will help keep your child's thoughts in order as he creates stories from the beginning all the way through to the end.

Here's an activity to teach your fourth grader how to reflect on her past year and set specific, attainable goals to reach in the New Year.

Try this concrete, hands-on organization system and you can count on more efficient, less stressful evenings this school year.

Here's a fun way for your child to exercise his writing chops...and prove a point! A great way to practice persuasive writing.

In this outdoor science activity you'll find tips on how to create a nature journal by choosing a native plant or animal and tracking that species.

This science project teaches students about organic farming and the benefits and disadvantages of commercial plant food.

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

Science fair project which evaluates different athletic shoes in order to find out whether any of them affect a person's ability to run.

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.

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.

Help you child create an inspirational quote board out of foam that will motivate her to produce her best work and maintain a positive attitude.

Looking for a way to make vocab practice a little more engaging? This easy twist on the classic game is a great way to build your child's vocabulary.

I see fun in your future! Your child will love making homemade Popsicles and creating jokes or fortunes to write on the Popsicle sticks.

To help your child turn a critical eye to his own school performance, and motivate him to take responsibility, make a progress portfolio!

Here's a writing activity that helps young learners explore an ant's perspective...and practice writing, too!

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

Here's a great activity to get your child using imagination and artistic skills to create a handmade vocabulary book, complete with illustrations!

Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

Labor Day is the perfect time to celebrate our postal workers. Have your kid write a thank you note to your local post office to show his appreciation.

Is your precocious third grader a Shakespeare in the making? Challenge her growing vocabulary with a group game that rewards her wordy ways