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

Show your fourth grader how to make a delicate, dried flower bookmark with flowers native to their neighborhood.

This family project is a fun way to teach your child about her heritage and practice her geography.

This zombie shirt is a fun and incredibly simple Halloween costume. Have your kid don the shirt lurch around the neighborhood searching for brains...or candy!

Make water and clay play a little more scientific with this hands-on experiment that teaches displacement and shows how an object's shape affects its buoyancy.

Collect meteorite dust with a magnet in your very own backyard! The objective of this science fair project is to gather meteorite dust to study outer space.

In this activity, work with your child to build a chain of strengths, highlighting their individual strengths and unique abilities.

This cool and easy elementary school science fair project idea provides the basic information on the use of our senses to experience the world about us.

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.

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.

In this activity, students will create a peace treaty as a class and come up with guidelines for how they will manage conflict.

Honor the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by interviewing someone in your community who lived it.

Is your child struggling to remember the rules of place value? Here's a fun series of hands-on activities to help your child put the value in place value!

Here's an activity that takes fourth grade reading and writing skills beyond the classroom to offer a warm welcome to a new neighbor.

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.

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

Host a dog wash to raise money for yourself, for charity, or just for fun!

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

Kids put their geography knowledge to the test in this balloon volley game inspired by the Dr. Seuss book "Oh the Places You'll Go".

In this activity, your child will use mindfulness to practice staying as still as they can. Then, during a freeze dance activity, they will pay attention to the constellation of sensations and feelings throughout parts of their bodies.

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.

This science fair project examines how seeds hitchhike on animals and clothing.

Learn how to make a ping pong ball anemometerâa device used to measure wind speedâin this free science fair project idea.

Let your fifth grader use his wits to challenge friends to complete their labyrinthine book of mazes!

Challenge your learner to design and build a city of their own in this creative engineering activity.

Check out this fun and easy-to-play guessing game that will build your child's geometry vocabulary.

Looking for a simple, yet unique writing activity for your child on Valentine's Day? Try a hand at haiku!

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

Here's a party game that's guaranteed to bring along lots of laughs. Kids get creative as they act out improve scenes with some help from an audience.

Help your fourth grader make a homemade recipe book that's eye-catching, simple to construct and perfect for holding all of her favorite recipes!