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For a fun way to encourage your child to read, try this comprehension technique made to satisfy visual learners.

Children read a famous letter from the American Civil War, then write a response, in this thoughtful history activity.

Your child can transform a triangle of felt into a colorful and motivating pennant sharing all her favorite characteristics and traits.

Here's an activity to help your child manage their nonfiction reading by focusing on the most important elements of what she's read.

This experiment explores whether reading text on a computer screen or type on paper leads to better retention of the information read.

Merge the excitement of basketball tournaments with students’ excitement about books! This activity gives kids a chance to read and form opinions about the books.

Washi Ningyo, otherwise known as Japanese paper dolls, make fantastic bookmarks! Encourage your child to read more with this delightful, origami-inspired doll.

This Thanksgiving cornucopia activity will give you a nice homemade table decoration and will give your child a festive reason to read, write, and be thankful.

Watch pre-packaged seeds and seeds taken from inside fruits and vegetables grow. Which ones will grow faster? Read more in this science fair project idea.

Here's an easy project: create a homework helper bookmark so your fourth grader can write down assignments and mark the pages he needs to read.

Your child will reflect on the term "beauty" and the things they are grateful for. They will read the book All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon and reflect on how focusing on the small and big things of beauty around them can benefit themselves and others.

In this activity, your child will use two powerful questions to investigate a thought and the truth behind it. They will write and perform a skit using mindfulness and these important questions.

Greeting cards are nice, but after they've been opened most cards soon end up in the trash. This year, make Dad a Father's Day card he'll treasure forever.

Explore what freedom and liberty mean to you this Fourth of July with a beautiful portrait collage!

Here are three activities you can do at home and around town to bring algebra into your daily lives.

Learn about how to write a couplet poem in this easy introduction to the classic poetry style.

Use these pretty egg carton flowers to decorate a spring table. They don't require water, they'll never wilt, and they're perfect for Easter.

Science fair project which teaches you about the principles of physics within a vacuum by creating a vacuum chamber.

Help your 4th grade child work on understanding place values of digits in decimal numbers with this fun activity.

Want to play publisher for a day? Become a book jacket illustrator for this creative and fun project.

Here's a great activity that will bring out the performer in your child!

Add some artsy fun to your child's next reading adventure by letting them draw the characters.

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

Strengthen your fourth grader's reading skills with this analytic "reader's theater" activity.

If your fifth grader has a voracious appetite for reading, she'll be surprised to see many books she has devoured. Show her how to make a "100 Books" chart!

Test your learner's knowledge of Barack Obama by challenging your child to complete a crossword puzzle about the President after reading a short biography.

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.

Help your child put a new spin on her favorite myth by turning it into a mad lib! Guaranteed to bring the giggles, this fun activity also packs in the learning.

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