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The meaning of Thanksgiving can sometimes get lost among the fun of food and family. Discuss the meaning of Thanksgiving with this fun activity.

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.

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?

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 game reinforces the meaning of the term "multiples" and is fast enough to hold the attention of your fourth-grader.

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.

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!

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.

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

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!

This activity will help your child tackle those tricky fraction word problems by way of a hands-on method.

Inspire a love for the written word by creating an illustrated nature poetry book with your kids.

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

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

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

Incorporate a lesson about metaphors into a writing and drawing project featuring one of the most classically recognizable of holiday icons: Rudolph!

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

Start a unique tradition with your fourth grader; bake and paint one-of-a-kind Olympic pins--out of salt dough!

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!

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

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

The ability to identify number patterns is one of the building blocks to success in higher-level math and this game is the perfect way to practice.

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.

Science fair project which tests various sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks to find out whether one rock family is stronger than the others.

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.

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.

Find out whether a longer airplane will fly farther or a wider paper airplane.

Unlike other seed sprouting projects, this one allows kids to compare five different sprouts (either 5 herbs or 5 flowers) by watching them grow in a glove.

Celebrate autumn with a seasonal bash. Welcome the fall with a festive party for your little one and her friends, full of crafts, snacks and fun games.

In this social emotional learning activity, you will help your child practice mindfulness of emotions, guiding them to create a word search to understand and explain feeling words.