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Your fifth grade aspiring poet will be delighted to learn how to write limericks, funny poems that correspond to a simple rhyming structure.

Cultivating resilience is one of the most important ways we can overcome challenges and reach our goals. In this activity, children will explore the concept of resilience and then create a video to explain and teach resilience to others.

Fish for headlines! This fun and exciting social studies activity is a great way to get your fifth grader reading and understanding newspaper articles.

Does your fifth grader need a study buddy for geometry? Forget about a tutor. Help him make his own geometry dictionary!

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.

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

As your fifth grader brainstorms and creates a plan for peace, your child will give his creativity and fine motor skills a boost!

Not every poem needs to be about leaves and love. If your fifth grader is more attached to his phone or computer, introduce him to the apostrophe poem.

To help keep summer memories alive, have your fifth grader utilize their writing skills to create a summer book keepsake!

In celebration of Earth Day, help your fifth grader write a poem from the Earth to its inhabitants.

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

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

Celebrate the life and work of Dr. King by making a timeline of some major events during his life and the Civil Rights Movement.

Learn about the Bill of Rights this Presidents Day by playing a Pictionary-inspired drawing game. Players draw a right as others try to guess what it is.

If you can make a list, you can write a poem! Get your child to practice their writing and expression with a list poem.

Help your children practice their presentation skills by helping them create their very own show called "The Daily News."

Textbook studying doesn't have to be a slog. Here's an at-home activity for before your middle-schooler begins those end-of-the-chapter review questions.

Use a deck of playing cards to practice place value and other math concepts with your upper elementary child!

Science fair project which evaluates different athletic shoes in order to find out whether any of them affect a person's ability to run.

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.

Communicating using the written word doesn't have to be tough! It can be as simple and fun as composing a comic strip.

Here's a fun activity that will give your child a way to develop his sentences, making them more detailed and interesting.

Teach your child the art of the status update with this cutting-edge take on the old-fashioned book report: the social media book review!

This activity is a great way to engage learners in Earth Day celebrations while cultivating skills around nonfiction comprehension and research writing.

Students usually study for spelling tests by looking over the words and spelling them out loud. Here's a spelling game that gets the whole family involved!

Science fair project that examines albedo, and how this information is applied in the design of cars, sportswear, and other items. Which colors reflect light?

Here's a cheat sheet to help break down words in order to find their meaning.

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

To help your child turn a critical eye to his own school performance, and motivate him to take responsibility, make a progress portfolio!