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Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

If you are looking for a special way to celebrate dad on his day, help your little one to design a creative letter photo collage.

Help your child create a rebus message for a unique Father's Day card or poster; it's like a collage and encoded message all in one!

Celebrate Earth Day by making a poster that encourages people not to litter.

Focus on tasty savory dishes instead of sweet treats this Valentine's Day: make Caprese salad with heart-shaped mozzarella.

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.

Make a creative Father's Day art card to celebrate your family's beloved guy!

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?

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

Decorate with a banner made from paper, clover shapes and buttons to celebrate spring or St. Patrick's Day!

Create a special Father’s Day surprise by planning and mapping a hike around the neighborhood!

In this activity, your child will design their own Best Self Journal to reflect on ways they have been their best each day.

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.

Introduce your fourth grader to the concepts of solstices by observing the length of her shadow on the shortest day of the year, compared to other solstices.

If there's a special person in your fourth grader's life, show him how to create this beautiful photo frame luminary as an extra special Valentine's Day gift!

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!

Looking for a fun group activity for kids? Offering writing practice, grammar review, and plenty of hands-on creativity, wacky word art is the way to go.

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.

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!

Honor dad's fatherly achievements with a handmade plaque for a job well done!

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

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

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

There's no better way to show mom you love her than with the tried and true breakfast in bed routine. Make whole wheat waffles along with a vase just for mom.

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

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

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

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.

Thanksgiving dinner can be filled with fun and memorable interactions between family members. This holiday, why not memorialize some of those details and events with a family poem? You can create a lasting memory in the form of a poem with contributions f