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For a fun way to encourage your child to read, try this comprehension technique made to satisfy visual learners.

Children read a famous letter from the American Civil War, then write a response, in this thoughtful history activity.

Science isn't ho hum anymore when it involves building catapults to teach your fifth grader about projectile motion.

The objective of this science fair project is to set up a compost bin to convert food scraps and organic waste.

In this science fair project, apply the principles of leverage and force by building six simple machines designed to set weights in motion.

Your child can turn cookie dough into a big pile of colorful painted fall leaves ready for eating!

Here's a game your child is sure to love playing with her friends: French Cricket. Just grab a baseball bat and a tennis ball, and you're set.

Start by writing an acrostic poem, but then get ready for a writing challenge that makes an acrostic trickier to write.

Help your child get ready for back to school with this fun fifth grade activity, which has him creating an "I'm Studying" door sign.

There are hundreds of properties in rocks which you can describe, so get your geology goggles on and get ready to rock your child's science skills.

Here's an activity to help your child manage their nonfiction reading by focusing on the most important elements of what she's read.

Children will reflect on the importance of performing acts of kindness for the Earth, hear a story about easy ways they can care for the Earth, and set goals to conserve more in their everyday lives.

New Year's Eve invitations are festive and easy for kids to make. Create a set of New Year's Eve invitations to invite guests to your home this December 31.

This experiment explores whether reading text on a computer screen or type on paper leads to better retention of the information read.

Merge the excitement of basketball tournaments with students’ excitement about books! This activity gives kids a chance to read and form opinions about the books.

Washi Ningyo, otherwise known as Japanese paper dolls, make fantastic bookmarks! Encourage your child to read more with this delightful, origami-inspired doll.

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.

Here's an easy project: create a homework helper bookmark so your fourth grader can write down assignments and mark the pages he needs to read.

Watch pre-packaged seeds and seeds taken from inside fruits and vegetables grow. Which ones will grow faster? Read more in this science fair project idea.

Your child will reflect on the term "beauty" and the things they are grateful for. They will read the book All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon and reflect on how focusing on the small and big things of beauty around them can benefit themselves and others.

Here's a great activity that will bring out the performer in your child!

Discover how and which salt melts ice the quickest.

Pureed ripe peaches, vanilla yogurt, agave nectar, and juicy chunks of peach come together to form a refreshing pop that hits the spot on a hot summer day.

This writing activity help give your child ideas for personal essays, important thoughts, and positive feelings throughout the holiday season.

Help your aspiring fashion designer give new life to a pair of drab shoes with this colorful craft.

Perform a special St. Patrick's Day magic trick with this fun craft project! 

Let your child create a fun and easy locker blackboard out of an old cereal box!

Part food craft, part witchcraft, this is a yummy delight your middle schooler will want to make à and eat!

Help your second grader embrace his "green" side by recycling empty citrus peels into fruity ice cream bowls!