Representing the story in a visual way makes it easier for your child to compare the traits of various characters.

Take to the air with science by experimenting with helicopter seeds right in your own backyard!

Give your third grader's reading and writing skills a stretch: have her create a Care Manual for your pet the next time your family goes away.

Pine cone centerpieces make for a festive and natural holiday decoration. Make a pine cone centerpiece to display on your table or mantelpiece.

Explore African and Asian traditions with this recipe for homemade henna ink!

Multiplication facts are a necessary skill, and this board game provides a fun way for your third grader to practice them!

In this activity, your child will reference Matisse and also learn about patterns.

Observe with your third grader what happens when food starts to decompose, and boost science skills simultaneously with this experiment!

Celebrate the life and work of Dr. King by making a timeline of some major events during his life and the Civil Rights Movement.

Craft butterflies from coffee filters in this sweet spring craft project!

Don't despair if numerators and denominators seem like a bore to your child. This colorful collage is sure to show him the brighter side of fractions.

Looking for something to do on a slow afternoon? Try cornhole, a simple and fun tossing game. Make your own set with a few things from the recycling bin.

Brighten up the life lessons with a colorful and fun reward jar!

This hands-on activity will introduce your third grader to the concepts of positive and negative space as she makes a shamrock!

This science experiment tests whether warm or cold water works best in making cut flowers last longer.

Looking for way to help Japan? Start by making paper cranes! Learn how you and your child can show your support for Japan through the art of origami.

In this cool engineering science fair project, kids learn how to build Hero's engine: an enlightening example of Newton's third law.

Reuse old Christmas cards by showing your fourth grader how to weave strips of them together to create new and unique woven holiday cards!

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

Does your child know all the greatest kid-friendly places in town? Here's an activity that lets them create a cool city guide and work their writing chops, too!

Labor Day is the perfect time to celebrate our postal workers. Have your kid write a thank you note to your local post office to show his appreciation.

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

Children build a "Loving Kindness Garden" to represent what they have learned about love, mindfulness, and caring for others in community.

Turn your living room into a sophisticated café while your child and their friends explore the world of poetry with this unique and entertaining party idea.

In this popcorn experiment, students can explore how two things made out of the same material can have very different appearances and densities.

Create a DIY Electromagnet! Using a 9v battery to create an electrical field around a nail, students explore electromagnetism in this cool science project idea.

Looking for a fun group activity for kids? Offering writing practice, grammar review, and plenty of hands-on creativity, wacky word art is the way to go.

Help your kids put together a travel journal for your family's next vacation to get them reading, writing, and thinking about what's happening on the trip.

Help your fourth grader design a first class postage stamp for a hero who stood up for the dignity of people from all walks of life.

Put your young paleontologist's puzzle-solving skills to the test by having her hunt for dinosaur bones and then assemble them to create dinosaur skeletons.