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Here's a fun activity to show your child how to use prefixes and root words to "root out" the meaning of a word!

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

Celebrate the 100th day of school by counting and spelling your way to a "$1.00" word in this 3rd grade math and reading game.

This game will help build your child's word bank as she competes with family members for the "Word of the Day" champion title.

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.

Here's a cheat sheet to help break down words in order to find their meaning.

There's only one word that rhymes with orange. This is bad news for poets who want to write about oranges. But what if they use word play instead?

In this real-world exercise about the Teal Pumpkin Project, your child will create a persuasive poster to spread the word about the project in the hopes of convincing people to offer non-food trinkets this Halloween season.

This game reinforces the meaning of the term "multiples" and is fast enough to hold the attention of your fourth-grader.

This November, it's elephant versus donkey! Does your third grader understand the meaning behind the animals political parties choose to represent them?

This Haggadah scroll activity is great for getting kids to practice handwriting, but it will also get them thinking about the meaning behind Passover.

Make this delicious coconut cream pie recipe this Kwanzaa, and teach your kids the meaning of this important African-American holiday.

In this experiment, students find out what happens when a less-dense fluid interacts with a denser one, replicating the effect of cooler solid rock on magma.

Leadership is a word that can hold many meanings. In this activity, your child will define the word "leadership," learn more about a leader they admire, and reflect on their leadership. Finally, your child will reflect on how they too are a leader!

One way to "trick" your child into getting extra practice with one-step equations is to play a variation of the classic game, tic tac toe.

This project compares the strength of one, two, and three-ply toilet paper.

Young artists will combine two animals into one in this imaginative art-project-slash-game!

Give your number one dad something that he truly deserves this Father's Day!

In this activity, your child will reflect on one role model in their life or research one historical figure that has displayed perseverance. Then, they will create a slideshow presentation or poster that defines and illustrates perseverance.

Observe how your brain works while it is focused on one thing, and how it works while you are distracted by another thing.

Your fourth grader will get their mind working with this simple "Chanukah" anagram game. They will hone their language and spelling skills with this one!

Want a word game to play? How about just a fun way to spend the afternoon? Get creative thinking going and have fun with vocabulary!

This activity will help your child tackle those tricky fraction word problems by way of a hands-on method.

Inspire a love for the written word by creating an illustrated nature poetry book with your kids.

Bake a delicious cherry pie in remembrance of one of country's most famous presidents -- George Washington!

Test your kid's knowledge of presidents one through forty-four with this fun and educational matching game!

Challenge your child to create a lipogram, or a piece of writing that omits one specific letter. This activity strengthens writing and language skills.

Teach your little one to appreciate all the best things in life with a keepsake Thanksgiving plate.

Challenge your child to a word count war, and practice good note-taking skills at the same time!

Incorporate a lesson about metaphors into a writing and drawing project featuring one of the most classically recognizable of holiday icons: Rudolph!