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Race to double numbers in this competitive card game. Try one-digit or two-digit numbers, or more!

This activity will inspire adults and kids alike to take time to explore the beauty in their community and discover the colors of fall while developing their descriptive and creative writing skills!

Sharing can be a challenge, and division doubly so! Practice halving numbers in this competitive card game.

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.

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

Coil your daughter's two favorite colors into a wearable pendant with just a few scraps of felt!

Help your child improve his coin counting skills in these two math games that have him race to reach $1.00.

Help your third grader create a Venn diagram fantasy creature by combining two different creatures to create a fantasy creature based on their similarities.

Your child can make a sweet and savory spinach strawberry salad; two ingredients that come together for a light and fresh summer dish!

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

Most often, a collage is 2-dimensional, but instead of using paper as a base, this project uses an inexpensive pumpkin from the craft store.

In this activity, your child will write stories about two different people. The stories will include similarities and differences in the ways each person lives in their communities.

El dia de los muertos (the day of the dead) is a Mexican holiday celebrated on November 1st and 2nd every year. Other Latin American countries celebrate a variation of the holiday, but it originates in Mexico and is unique to this country. These two days

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.

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 child learn the parts of speech! Start with adjectives and have your child describe Santa Claus to someone who has never heard of him.

Try adding a splash of color to editing and revising with rainbow editing.

This project will help keep your child's thoughts in order as he creates stories from the beginning all the way through to the end.

This reading comprehension activity teaches children reading in reverse: how would you teach an alien to use a zipper?

Your child can transform an everyday sight into a persuasive writing exercise by starting with the "product" she knows best: her family!

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

Make a homemade doll out of recycled materials, similar to dolls made by pioneer children.

Nothing says fall like pumpkin soup, but it's also really good for you, with high amounts of fiber, iron, zinc and free radical busting antioxidants.

Practice of math facts is usually limited to drill sheets and flashcards. But kids are more likely to tune in to math facts if practice is presented as a game!

Here's a pumpkin nut bread recipe that makes for a wonderful project on a crisp autumn afternoon.

Kids will learn some cool stuff about chemical reactions by determining what happens when you mix different concentrations of hydrogen peroxide and yeast.

A tall glass of lemonade is the perfect summer treat. Make it even better with these creative twists on classic lemonade!

These gingerbread cookies can be baked by your third grader. Make a warm batch of gingerbread cookies to bring some extra holiday cheer to your home.

Challenge your third grader and a few friends to teamwork and laughs with these boisterous indoor Christmas games.

Help your child create an autumn poem full of colorful sensory details.