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Get your child writing as she describes the four seasons, then decorates a shape for each to hang in the house!

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.

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.

Use painted pasta to create your very own ancient Egyptian necklace.

Use pepper and soap to discover some fun facts about the properties of water.

Build second and third grade writing skills by using pictures to help kids "see" how to use details in their stories.

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

What’s the best part of fall? Pumpkins! Use this easy recipe to help your child make some delicious smelling pumpkin play dough. They can use their math skills to measure and mix and then have hours of fun playing!

Learn about this simple machine and make a pulley of your own to use for fun science trials.

It’s the season for falling leaves, fall colors, and corn! Use this easy activity to help your child make some amazing paintings. They can use their math skills to design patterns for cards, paper, presents and more!

Your child can use colorful construction paper to make an easy paper basket to hold some of his special things!

Re-use old plastic food containers to create these uniquely beautiful stepping stones to embed in your backyard!

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

In this science fair project, students use the streak test to tell minerals apart from each other.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to use simple materials to create a catapult for a small, lightweight toy.

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

Use an old strawberry basket to create a decorative box for storing knickknacks, jewelry or odds and ends with this recycled craft.

This Labor Day, help your child explore various occupations by discussing the tools workers use on a daily basis at their jobs.

Help your child use an old water bottle and a few other household materials to make her own eco-friendly pal!

Instead of buying new sunglasses this summer, why not use recycled materials to make some of your own?

Your child can re-use and re-purpose old seeds and paper into something new: decorated paper that can be planted!

Your child can use watercolors to paint butterflise and to practice the "wet into wet" technique, an important step in art.

In this writing activity, let your child reflect on the past and practice their writing skills and word usage as they create an "I Used to, Now I" poem.

Help your child use recycled materials, a little imagination and some writing skills to build his very own recycled creature.

In this science fair project, we'll use a liquid crystal thermometer to find out whether exercising makes a difference in people's temperature.

The possibilities are endless with this fun Halloween-themed STEM activity! With simple supplies, your child will experiment, adapt, and use their creativity while they build structures using different specifications.

In this activity you'll use coffee...to paint! It's a wonderful way to provide your child with a hands-on experience with natural dyes.

In this activity, kids will create a peace corner in their bedroom or home and reflect on ways they may use their peace corner through drawing and discussion.

This activity challenges students to use computational thinking as they create a sequence of commands that will make a robot navigate around several obstacles.

Use a deck of playing cards to practice place value and other math concepts with your upper elementary child!