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To help your child shake the big number blues, here's a handy strategy to make your child a place value pro!

Start by writing an acrostic poem, but then get ready for a writing challenge that makes an acrostic trickier to write.

Batik is a traditional Indonesian craft, which uses a technique of drawing wax on fabric to create patterns before dying.

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.

Play multiplication war, a fun card game, with your child and before long those annoying multiplication facts will be part of her mathematical skill set.

In this activity, your kid will watch coal turn into crystals right before her very eyes, and learn some science along the way!

Textbook studying doesn't have to be a slog. Here's an at-home activity for before your middle-schooler begins those end-of-the-chapter review questions.

Help your kids map the "global footprint" of your family's grocery cart by investigating how far your food travels before landing on your dinner table.

Children reflect on ways they have cared for themselves, others, and the Earth before building a garden to share beauty with others in their community.

This game is a great way to help your child remember the names of shapes. Give it a go and before you know it, your kid will have all her shapes down pat.

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.

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

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

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

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.

Take a stab at 18th century American cooking with your kids by following this tasty recipe from one of the first colonial cookbooks.

Invite your fourth grader to celebrate one of four holidays by creating a kid-friendly homemade Menorah, Advent Wreath, Kinara, or Diya!

Have your child build a model of a coral polyp, one of the tiny animals that composes a coral reef.

Boost your child's listening, verbal and teamwork skills with this unique trust game in which one player guides another through a maze using only words.

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?

Start a unique tradition with your fourth grader; bake and paint one-of-a-kind Olympic pins--out of salt dough!

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

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

Introduce your budding chef to a traditional Irish dish this St. Patrick's Day by making Irish lamb stew, a fantastic one-pot meal the whole family can enjoy.

Teach your fifth grader the ancient Japanese art of origami with this incredible origami balloon that uses just one piece of paper!

Make environmentally friendly, chemical-free toothpaste using one of the most common, inexpensive pantry staples in the American kitchen: baking soda.

Celebrate autumn with a seasonal bash. Welcome the fall with a festive party for your little one and her friends, full of crafts, snacks and fun games.

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

The ability to identify number patterns is one of the building blocks to success in higher-level math and this game is the perfect way to practice.

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!