The meaning of Thanksgiving can sometimes get lost among the fun of food and family. Discuss the meaning of Thanksgiving with this fun activity.

Teach your child about the importance and meaning behind bowing in Asian cultures and help her expand her cultural horizons with this fun activity.

Help your child be a word detective as he builds excellent reading and comprehension skills on his search for clues to decipher meanings of unfamiliar words.

Take the classic game to a new level, by including super fun directions inside the chalk-drawn boxes.

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

This colorful garland can be strung across a fireplace and remind you of your blessings well into the new year.

Celebrate Kwanzaa with your fourth grader, or introduce them to a new cultural practice, by showing them how to weave a Kwanzaa mat out of an ordinary paper bag!

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

Even the most reluctant beginning writers love to experiment with the "cliffhanger."

Help your second grader observe the phases of the moon, and then let the fun loose: he'll get to chart his observations with marshmallows!

Thanksgiving placemats are a great craft for your kid, and a beautiful addition to the dinner table. Make Thanksgiving placemats with your kid for the holiday.

Encourage a spirit of giving and sharing with this meaningful tzedakah box craft project. 

Prepare your child for winter with a fake igloo and a list of cozy and chilly vocabulary words.

In this activity, your child will prepare for the first night of Passover by creating her own Seder plate.

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

Create your own jigsaw puzzle using a blown-up family photo, and reconstruct the image as many times as you like. Here's how kids can make this gift.

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

Put your second grade scientist to work this Fourth of July with our colorful "liquid fireworks" project!

El dia de los muertos (the day of the dead) is a Mexican holiday celebrated on November 1st and 2nd every year. Other Latin American countries celebrate a variation of the holiday, but it originates in Mexico and is unique to this country. These two days