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This season is a great time to explore the many shapes, sizes, and species of evergreen trees. Download our "field guide" activity and learn more!

Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.

The power of gratitude is endless! Research shows that cultivating a gratitude practice can gratitude strengthen relationships, improve physical and emotional well-being, deepen empathy skills, and improve self-esteem. With such wide-spread benefits, how

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 allow your child to express himself by making a flag of his own design, then writing an accompanying story.

Kids entranced by Little House on the Prairie? This popsicle stick "log cabin" is a great introduction to pioneer history.

Compare fractions in this two-player math game. The objective of the games is to work together to determine who has created the largest fraction.

Help your child create a magical miniature garden in the most unlikely of places: a recycled plastic bottle!

What if your child couldn't see the pictures of a picture book? In this activity, she'll listen to a story without looking at the images, and create her own.

Turn wait time in the doctor's office or travel time in the car into fun time with your own version of I Spy.

Jazz up your holiday greetings with a textured and artsy paper poinsettia!

Exponents can be tricky to learn. Fortunately this game provides plenty of multiplication practice for your math student!

Turn learning fractions into a pizza party in this fun second grade math game.

This activity will not only teach your child important math concepts regarding money and value, but also how to hunt for bargains!

Bring barnyard fun to a rainy day by making this simple pig nose, or make several noses and round up two of your child's friends to act out Three Little Pigs.

This math game helps fourth graders improve their understanding of positive and negative integers in a fun way.

Gather the family around for this fun song and game that will get your holiday started!

This Christmas plate features your child's favorite holiday things through drawings. Make a Christmas plate with your child this holiday season.

Teach your child how to create lots and lots of line designs by wrapping string around wooden blocks, and using them to create line-filled prints.

Who says you have to buy your toys at the toy store? In this activity, you can plan and build a pretend play city entirely out of recycled materials.

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.

This marshmallow snowman craft is a festive way for your child to practice counting and art. Make a marshmallow snowman with your child this holiday season.

With a little guidance from parents, youngsters can create a Christmas tree using their thumb as a stamp.

Disguise a lesson focused on shape recognition as a Santa collage, and your pre-kindergartener won't even realize she's learning!