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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.

This Santa puppet brings a little extra cheer to your Christmas celebration. Make a Santa puppet with your child this holiday season.

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

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.

Embrace the spooky and creepy thrills of Halloween night with a nightlight that will do more to frighten than soothe.

How do you tell time without a watch? Use the sun! This simple activity will show your child how to build his own sundial.

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.

How does distance affect the spreading of light? Kids see diffraction and the inverse square law of light in action with this great science fair project idea.

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

Can you increase the light and plant growth in your garden using mirrors? In this experiment, measure light reflection and find out!

Here's a fun family activity: have your child make a cameo appearance by creating and drawing on their own silhouettes!

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!

Create your very own creepy, haunted castle sitting in a turbulent field of flowing grass, eerily surrounded by dark, ominous clouds.

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.

Based upon traditional Indonesian Wayang puppets; kids will make their very own puppet in this activity, with movable arms that can be operated with sticks.

Show your fourth grader how to use sequins to create a gorgeous, gold-plated Easter egg.

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

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 art exercise is great way to help kids learn how to see just like a professional painter, while experimenting and having fun with monochromatic color!

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

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.

Plan a family dinner based on the "Little House" books, and encourage reading in the household!

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!