St. Patrick's Day may be all about the 'luck" of the Irish, but this project encourages your child to share her personal experience with luck.

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

Before your crafty kid moves on to sewing needles and thread, help her create a beautiful cross-stitch pattern with markers!

Encourage your child to explore her favorite fairy tale, and learn about characters, plot, setting and story sequence as she draws her own pictures.

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