This science project has students collect wood samples and invent new uses for different types of wood based on its properties.

Using only straight-line sewing, your fourth can create a nifty felt pencil case perfect for his busy life.

Help your child get a grasp on what it was like to build gigantic ancient structures with this easy engineering activity about science and physics.

Make this mason jar craft that looks like a glowing snowflake and works like a lantern!

Make an initiation shield like the ones from the Kikuyu tribe in Africa for an art project.

Want to build your child's literary repertoire with tools like foreshadowing and description? Try a spooky Halloween story!

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!

Have a young architect or designer on your hands? Here's an easy activity for him to learn the basics of landscape and architecture while having fun!

In this activity, your child will watch a video about empathy and practice speaking to someone with empathy. They will also discuss how empathy supports living in a community with others.

Leadership is a word that can hold many meanings. In this activity, your child will define the word "leadership," learn more about a leader they admire, and reflect on their leadership. Finally, your child will reflect on how they too are a leader!

Explore history and prepare for backyard battle with this samurai helmet craft.

Give your emerging writer a better feel for terminal punctuation with this activity that will have her mix up punctuation marks in a favorite childhood book.

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

Get inspired by the great outdoors and help your child make a quirky jewelry tree out of chopsticks!

This science project teaches students the relationship between compost and plant growth. Students conduct an experiment with different types of compost.

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

Create a beautiful piece of pottery by hand using a few simple ingredients, and learn about the Native American Acoma tribe while doing it!

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

Invite your child and a few friends to get crabby in this game of soccer with a twist: Instead of running, players "crab crawl" around the playing field.

Whatever is stacked in your cupboard can be used to help your child learn how to compare fractions and decimals. A great hands-on math lesson!

Here's a simple activity to reinforce your fourth grader's study of her home state and help her make a pretty keepsake.

This science fair project idea explores how enzyme inhibitors, active sites, non-competitive enzyme inhibitors, and substrates work.

How well can people recall what they have observed. Test your knowledge in this fun experiment.

Few architectural features are as recognizable as the Russian onion dome. In this project, your kid will recreate the striking beauty of this roof-top marvel.

Help your fourth or fifth grader design and write their own innovative greeting card by formulating a poem in the shape of their favorite object of choice.

Give your fourth grader a lesson in making blankets, and he'll be able to give the gift of warmth. Fleece blankets are especially fun to make, and they're cozy!

Help your young sewer create a delightful owl egg cosy out of just a few felt scraps and some embroidery floss.

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.

Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

Teach your fourth grader how to craft her own decorative felt eggs, a perfect way to symbolize spring and new beginnings!