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Challenge your third-grader to sharpen her new math skills--and maybe do the planet a favor, too.

Help your third grader learn time zones with this fun map activity!

Encourage a group of third graders to play this fun game of Whistle Hide-and-Seek as a warm-up to get them prepared for finding a "lost" camper.

Make an initiation shield like the ones from the Kikuyu tribe in Africa for an art project.

Show your third grader how to string together a pretty, decorative harp.

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!

Want to go paperless this holiday season? Here's a delicious way to get your third grader started (and practice some writing in the process!)

Take advantage of the upcoming Irish holiday, Saint Patrick's Day, to encourage your third grader to flex his poetry muscles and come up with a haiku.

Spice up your Easter routine this year by making these stunningly sparkly eggs with your third grader. This is a great activity to do to celebrate the holiday.

This holiday season, help your third grader celebrate gifts--so often both cost-free and priceless--that the family has shared this year.

Help your third grader make the Scoop 'N Catch--a great choice for a fun and inexpensive afternoon.

As Mother's Day approaches, everyone's grateful! Let your third grader assemble this special book with words from the whole family.

Kids are acutely aware of what's "fair" and what's not. Here's a quirky way to teach your first grader the importance of voting and democracy.

You can try this simple activity with your third grader to get him thinking about the real world math you use everyday.

Engage your third-grader in this version of the classic game and she will get lots of practice using mental math to solve addition and subtraction problems.

Let your third grader newscaster practice presentation skills with this video "card" to celebrate Dad this Father's Day!

Is it a bird? Is it Superman? No, it's your third grader's homemade miniature plane zooming across the room on a zip line.

Help your second grader to a better understanding of how to count and represent money with age old game of tic-tac-toe.

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

Make a clay sculpture of a fall tree to celebrate the changing seasons and bring out the artist in your third grader.

Find the area in this fun math card game. You'll help your child start thinking in terms of units as you create shapes out of playing cards.

Let your fourth grader contribute to your 4th of July picnic with this creative caddy craft project.

Liven up a lesson about graphing by helping your third grader compile a bar graph from his classmates' birthday data.

This writing activity to get your third grader to combine the fun of poetry with the excitement of celebrating a birthday.

Make a personalized pillowcase for your third grader with his old-fashioned silhouette image. You won't be able to find these in stores!

Want to reuse materials that would otherwise get tossed in the trash? Show your third grader how to get crafty with old newspaper and fabric.

This St. Patrick's day, stretch your third grader's social studies and math skills with this fun, cooperative learning game.

Banish your third grader's rainy day boredom by guiding his play group through a collaborative art project that leads up to the unveiling of a crazy creature!

On Martin Luther King Day, help your third grader create an original "scratch art" card to thank a person who has made a difference in his life.

Is your precocious third grader a Shakespeare in the making? Challenge her growing vocabulary with a group game that rewards her wordy ways