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Give your fourth grader a head start in poetry with a simile writing activity that guides him in crafting a cute poem about the beloved family pet.

Inspire young anthropologists with this 5th grade art project: make patterned pottery in the Anasazi style! All you need are a paper plate and markers to start.

Science fair project in which you will start a fire from scratch without using matches or a lighter.

Enlist your fifth grader's help in making homemade mistletoe. Every time someone passes under it, he will express appreciation to another family member!

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.

Use muffin tins to create a simple, affordable and fun game to help your child practice their vocabulary!

In this social emotional learning activity, you will help your child practice mindfulness of emotions, guiding them to create a word search to understand and explain feeling words.

Teach your child how butter is created by shaking up cream the old-fashioned way.

Send your child on an online hunt where he will practice working with search engines and use his reading comprehension skills to find specific information.

Learning to identify prime numbers can be tricky. But this fun card game can make memorizing some basic prime numbers a breeze.

Invite your child to craft dream cloud magnets to display their hopes and visions for the future!

Combat summer boredom with this easy and fun game. Race against each other to see who can fill their bucket the fastest using leaky cups!

Save money by having your tween rock these homemade jeggings, a good craft for a lazy afternoon.

Give your child an introduction to food preservation by making and canning your own yummy, homemade pasta sauce!

This activity encourages self-expression. When your child is finished she will have created a personalized pin to wear or give as a gift!

Encourage your child to think outside the bathtub by making her very own handmade soaps! Perfect as a present, a decoration, or just to pamper herself.

In this unique 5th grade arts and crafts project, your budding artist can imitate ancient rock art by creating his own petroglyphs on sandpaper with crayons.

Learn about Andy Warhol and his famous portraits with your child by creating your own self-portrait in his trademark style.

Make your own picture frame! Show your fourth grader how to construct the an adorable, decorative picture frame for her favorite photo.

Making your own glass cleaner is easy, effective and inexpensive!

Could there be toxic chemicals lurking in the cupboards and closets of your home?

Boost your child's imagination and creativity by having her design her own deck of trading cards.

Your child can re-use and re-purpose old seeds and paper into something new: decorated paper that can be planted!

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

Show your fourth grader how to see her heart in action. Make a simple device out of a drinking straw and clay to help her spot the movement of her pulse!

Let your child find her place among the politicians, the flyers, the debates and the countless television ads with a slogan and poster of her very own.

Can you plant the insect-attracting borage plant to increase the amount of beneficial insects in your garden? Find out in this experiment!

Celebrate Black History Month by having your child make her own version of a kente cloth after learning what the different colors on a kente cloth symbolize.

Here's a hands-on activity that helps your child understand the concept of "circumference."

Here's a homemade bulletin board project to help your fourth grader's school year start off right.