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Stuck inside on a rainy day? Teach your child a classic kid's game: Five Stones. All you need are five stones and a flat surface.

Graph are a great way to organize information. Your child will get to practice graphing by creating a bar graph and a pictorial graph of her friend's names.

Help your child get ready for back to school with this fun fifth grade activity, which has him creating an "I'm Studying" door sign.

Tracing is a great technique for clearing your mind and relaxing. Help your child learn how to calm themselves down and clear their minds by tracing their hands.

Whatever the season, celebrate greenery and growth by helping your child study some delightful spring words.

Help your child get to know the least-appreciated of the five senses, the sense of smell, with a smelling station.

This study evaluates if electronic devices commonly found in most households emit radiation, and if they do, how much?

Strong writing engages all five senses, and this fabulous fall-themed simile activity is the perfect way to celebrate sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch.

The purpose of this study is to determine if people can tell the difference between organic and conventional food from looking at, smelling and tasting it.

Looking for an enjoyable evening activity you can do with your kids? Study the stars: help them learn about constellations by making one of their own.

Study the life cycle of the common blowfly as it relates to forensic investigation. Record the first time you see flies, maggots, and eggs.

Here's an activity to help your child create her very own time capsule to unearth and open in one, five, or even ten years later!

Collect meteorite dust with a magnet in your very own backyard! The objective of this science fair project is to gather meteorite dust to study outer space.

This science project challenges students to study deer behavior in their natural habitat- the feeding patterns, social behaviors, male to female ratio, etc.

Encourage your child to take ownership of a plant by creating a care plan and following it over the course of a couple of weeks.

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

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

With this activity, you'll create a family treasure...and reinforce social studies basics while you're at it!

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

Indulge in an American classic with a twist and seize the opportunity to cook with your child, helping her build those math and social studies skills.

This easy-to-make perfume powder will keep your kid smelling fresh and clean. Got a birthday or special occasion coming up? It also makes a great gift!

Halloween bingo is a fun Halloween word and symbol activity for ghosts and ghouls of all ages. Play Halloween bingo this October to get into the spooky spirit.

Want to help your child learn to fit homework time into a real-life schedule? Here's a tool that can help the whole family.

Do you love to make Jell-O? Find out in this science fair project idea if it is possible to make Jell-O with just warm water.

Learn about the microclimate of your backyard by tracking rainfall, temperature, and observed weather with hand drawn charts and graphs.

The goal of this evaporation experiment is to learn about how different external conditions affect drying time.

Try this concrete, hands-on organization system and you can count on more efficient, less stressful evenings this school year.

In this social emotional learning activity, kids will reflect on the past goals they've accomplished, then brainstorm new ideas, inventions, or goals they would like to accomplish and make a prototype to help visualize their achievement.

The purpose of this science fair project is to demonstrate how yeast, a fungus, causes bread to rise.

Young scientists will investigate people's preferences for saltiness, and make some inferences about genetics and diet.