Edible scavenger hunt
Give your third-, fourth-, or fifth-grader healthy detective work with this nutritious game.
california reading gap
Hispanic students in California continue to lag behind white students in reading skills.
Kahn Academy summer camp
Online education guru to launch Bay Area summer camp.
Bright ideas: Evaluating after-school programs
Our readers share their experiences with after-school programs.
Does your child know your family tree?
Putting together a family tree is a great educational activity that uses math, writing, research, and history skills.
How to write a fairy tale
Helping your child write their own fairy tale offers a surefire way to build writing skills and craft a custom happily ever after.
What's the scoop?
Junior journalists can get their start with a homegrown publication.
Activity: Food fractions
Try these tasty and creative ways to review fractions with your child.
Activity: Does it sink or float?
Have your child test objects in water to see if they sink or float.
Activity: Speed spelling
How you can help at home: Try this fun word-building activity that the whole family can play.
Activity: Keeping a journal
How You can help at home: Have your child keep a journal and build reading and writing skills.
Activity: Accordion book fun
How you can help at home: Make a homemade book with your child and build his reading and writing skills.
Activity: Let music be their muse
How you can help at home: Your first-grader listens to music and then draws a picture that illustrates how the music makes her feel.
Activity: Create a mummy
How you can help at home: Make shawabtis, small mummy-like statues, to introduce your child to the art of ancient Egypt.
Activity: Create a noisemaker
How you can help at home: This easy-to-make noisemaker reinforces the science skills of observation.
Activity: Travel games for the road
From counting cows to tracking miles, here's a collection of travel games to keep the whole family happy on your next vacation.
Seeding literacy activity: Make a reading tree
One of the many ways to make reading fun? Do an art project! In this literacy activity, help your child make a reading tree to keep track of all the books they read.
Activity: Jumping raisins
Let this simple science experiment inspire your child to hone her powers of scientific observation.
Activity: Develop a mental image
How you can help at home: Have your child make a mental image of a passage that has been read aloud.
Activity: Make a self-portrait
How you can help at home: Making a self-portrait is an engaging art project for your child.
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