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

Kids practice their writing composition skills as they cut and paste nutsy headlines from old newspapers and write silly articles to go with them.

Help your kid get a handle on punctuation by challenging her to create a story that's truly out of this world.

Beginning poets can be overwhelmed keeping track of rhyme and rhythm. Have your little writer try a skeltonic poem, which focuses on end rhyme.

Challenge your child to a word count war, and practice good note-taking skills at the same time!

The purpose of this science fair project is to determine which conditions and materials quicken the composting process to make the best compost.

Jump into Japanese culture with your child by making your own calligraphy scroll. Try your hand at painting kanji on paper just like Zen masters of old!

Here's a great activity to get your child using imagination and artistic skills to create a handmade vocabulary book, complete with illustrations!

In this science fair project, apply the principles of leverage and force by building six simple machines designed to set weights in motion.

The purpose of this science fair project is to study the properties of sugar and examine individual preferences for sugar and other sweeteners.

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

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

Practice rhythm and rhyme with these step-by-step instructions for a pantoum poem!

Save the tiny tiles from the iconic board game and reuse them as a statement of scholarly style by making them into a crafty piece of jewelry.

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!

Have a bookworm on your hands? They'll boost their spelling and problem solving skills with this Oulipo activity re-writing lyrics to beloved Christmas songs!

The goal of this science fair project is to analyze differences between the taste and texture of frozen and fresh food.

Try your hand at writing jump rope rhymes by organizing your ideas first, then composing your creation like a poem.

Next time you're headed out on the road with your fourth grader, try this alphabet-geography game that the whole family can play.

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

Reinforce your child's measurement and problem solving skills this holiday season! This decadent bread pudding, dressed up with pumpkin and warm spices, is a holiday show-stopper.

In this real-world exercise about the Teal Pumpkin Project, your child will create a persuasive poster to spread the word about the project in the hopes of convincing people to offer non-food trinkets this Halloween season.

This science fair project idea explores the egg's thin membrane.

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

Children take inspiration from Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai to write their own blog listicle on a topic of their choosing.

The goal of this science fair project is to discover the science behind carbonated soft drinks and apply this knowledge to create a new one.

Invite your fourth grader--and her friends--to channel their inner rock stars as they make their own choreographed music video.

These secret code activities are fun, and also provide fourth graders with great opportunities to practice language development and logical reasoning.

How many ways can Christmas fun "add up"? Download this fourth grade math worksheet and find out!

Remember the classic card game, Go Fish? Here's a fun twist on it that will help your kid learn her the different parts of speech in a fun way!