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Looking for a unique arts and crafts activity that gives some writing practice? Help your child make her own back-to-school business cards!

Make a paper jack-o'-lantern treat bucket this Halloween! While crafting, your kid will learn about the process of creating self-standing sculptural objects.

Trying to find sums of groups of multiples is a great way to practice your addition. Be sure to double check your work. If you clear all of the cards, you win!

Explore form, space, and texture with your child this Valentine's Day by making a charming papier-mâché heart sculpture!

This recipes is so easy your child gets to be master chef for this kitchen activity. He'll bake peanut butter banana oatmeal cookies that happen to be vegan!

Santa needs all the helpers he can get, so why not create your very own holiday elf to watch over your presents.

Make “teal the new orange” this Halloween season! Help your child learn about the Teal Pumpkin Project and paint the color teal on a pumpkin to advertise that your family will offer non-food toys as a treat, or “trinket” option.

Make practicing addition facts more fun and teach your child the helpful strategy of adding quickly to 10 in this fun and easy-to-make card game!

Help your child improve his coin counting skills in these two math games that have him race to reach $1.00.

Here's an arts and crafts activity that has your first-grader experimenting with math concept of multiples and patterns with her own printing plate.

Countries all around the world have been using the abacus for thousands of years to make math easier. Have your kid make his own abacus to practice arithmetic.

This Thanksgiving, make a pine cone turkey that can double as a personalized place setting for each family member.

Slip some science into storm watching with a homemade rain gauge!

This variation on the game of tag combines exercise, teamwork, and a little friendly trickery.

This weather spinner will improve observation skills by encouraging children to examine and track weather details and patterns.

Pizza for breakfast? Celebrate Father's Day with a fun filled cooking treat.

Oragami Christmas ornaments make a beautiful addition to your family's tree. Make origami Christmas ornaments out of old wrapping paper this holiday season.

Try this experiment to give your curious kid a more "solid" understanding of how temperature affects the states of matter.

Turn learning fractions into a pizza party in this fun second grade math game.

This science fair project idea investigates how optical distances change the apparent size of an object as seen through a magnifying lens.

Create a mini plant habitat with your kid to help teach him what it takes to make an ecosystem work.

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.

Here's a creative way to build second grade writing skills this Easter.

Help your child make her very own clock with a recycled, thrift store find to give as a gift or keep for yourself!

Home made candles make for great home made gifts at Christmas, Mother's Day, birthdays. Great presents for any special occasion!

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.

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

On Father's Day, delight Dad--and stretch your early reader, too!--with this adorable ABC book of "Fun with Dad."

Teach children how to upcycle dried-out markers with this homemade paint-making activity!

Plants and light seem to be good buddies, but how far does the friendship really go?