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Now you can have baby chicks around any time of year, with this simple egg carton craft idea.

Paying attention to headers and subheaders is a great way to orient your child to the text they're tackling. Here's how:

Okay, identifying place value isn't as fun as eating ice cream, but with a few index cards and a competitive spirit, it can be disguised a game!

Celebrate African heritage by making an African flag banner. This fun, culturally-inspired art project is perfect for Black History Month.

Help your child celebrate the summer and the sun by making a sandy seascape.

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

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.

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

Let your child catch you making deliberate errors in this silly game that promotes serious learning about punctuation.

If your child enjoys drawing, here's a fun way to learn about compound words that uses art as a visual aid.

Help your child to invent her own chore-helper to help her put that growing imagination to good use!

This activity provides a solution to all those leaves on your doorstep, while also giving your child a fun science lesson.

Celebrate Mother's Day with this easy, attractive pop-up flower card.

Creating a home for a toad is an easy and fun project for kids. Here's how to make your very own toad abode.

Learn about coins and their value by making an animal piggy bank. Here's how to make a lion, pig, or sheep bank!

Help your child make his very own stationery, then take the opportunity to teach him how to write a letter!

Based on the popular "I Spy" game, this activity lets your kid practice important skills like number identification and place value.

Get in the 4th of July spirit by whipping up a batch of frosty snow cones, sweetened with syrup in a patriotic palette.

Before your next family getaway, make a set of picture/word vocabulary cards together. These cards will build your child's language and comprehension skills.

This bookmark is a helpful tool to use during and after reading to remind your child of "good reader" strategies that she can use on her own.

Using simple materials, children will create a movement card game that the whole family can play together.

With this activity, you'll create a family treasure...and reinforce social studies basics while you're at it!

Use adorable animal photos from books or magazines to make these simple valentines that can be given to classmates or friends.

Make this easy homemade tie for a great Father's Day gift this year.

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

The next time you're trapped indoors on a dreary day, try this take on dodgeball. All you need are a group of kids, an open area and a soft, spongy ball.

Make a wanted poster of a villain from a favorite book or fairy tale in this fun reading comprehension activity!

Introduce your child to the concept of the melting pot by decorating a patriotic 4th of July planter.

This year on Mother's Day, here's a gift that builds vocabulary while bringing a smile to Mom's face!

This activity will put those Halloween treats to good use by using candy corn to help your child with her subtraction skills.