Make a family cookbook
Your child can practice valuable skills and you can make a memorable gift when you create a family cookbook together.
Make an alphabet book
Help your child create a personalized alphabet book.
Make your own Play-Doh
Help your kindergartner master measurements with this pliable project.
The art and science of canning
Third, fourth, and fifth graders explore the science of canning by making marmalade.
Learn from spice cookies
Teach preschoolers or kindergartners about the origin of spices by baking fragrant goodies.
Building reading skills at home
If your child struggles with reading, use these tips to support him at home.
Activity: Make a pop-up book
How you can help at home: In this activity your child makes a creative book to write a story in.
Countdown to back-to-school: get organized!
Take advantage of the end of summer with these few easy steps that will set up your family for a less stressful school year.
5 reasons to let kids play
Reading and writing isn't the only way kids learn. (So don't skip the playing!)
Grade-grubbing parents
Advocating for their child, some parents lobby the teacher for good grades. Could your hard-working student's grades be nullified by her peers' grade inflation?
Video: Introduction to evolution and natural selection
Introduction to evolution and natural selection.
Activity: Create crazy captions
Boost your child's writing ability with Caption Madness.
Make a paper quilt
A fun activity that teaches math skills and creative problem solving.
Create a scroll
How you can help at home: Learn about an important aspect of Egyptian culture and art by creating your own scroll.
Color and shape abstract art activity
In this art activity, your child explores different shapes to create abstract art.
Activity: Map that house
Practice beginning mapping skills with your third grader by mapping your house onto graph paper.
Frijole formula
Help your kindergartner build math skills with this bean-counting activity.
Make a mold garden
Encourage your child to develop skills of observation with this moldy experiment.
Staying back a grade
The practice of grade retention is increasingly common — but research suggests it can be harmful. What are parents of struggling kids supposed to do?
Skipping a grade: pros and cons
Is skipping ahead the answer for gifted students?
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