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            <title>Explore Mexican Traditions: Papel Picado</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[<img style="float:left; padding:10px;" src = "http://www.education.com//themes/sky/i/activity/activity.topic.socialstudies.jpg" /><p>In Mexico, few holidays go by that do not feature colorful tissue paper banners strung along the streets. Help you child discover the beautiful results that can be achieved by folding tissue paper multiple times before cutting it.</p>]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Smash Cascarones Art</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[<img style="float:left; padding:10px;" src = "http://www.education.com//themes/sky/i/activity/activity.topic.socialstudies.jpg" /><p>In Mexico, many festival days, holidays, and saint day celebrations involve the making and smashing of cascarones. Introduce your child to this fantastic custom by helping him make is own!</p>]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Create an African Flag Notebook</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[<img style="float:left; padding:10px;" src = "http://www.education.com//themes/sky/i/activity/activity.topic.math.jpg" /><p>Employ Africa's flags to introduce shapes and other basic mathematical concepts to your child. He will create an African flag reference book that will also bring his drawing skills into play, making a great keepsake!</p>]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Trace Your Ancestors' Routes Around the Globe</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[<img style="float:left; padding:10px;" src = "http://www.education.com//themes/sky/i/activity/activity.topic.socialstudies.jpg" /><p>In second grade, your child will need to differentiate between things that happened long ago and things that happened yesterday. This family history activity will also help her develop map skills and practice describing locations of people, places, and environments!</p>]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Game Show Fun for the Whole Family</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[<img style="float:left; padding:10px;" src = "http://www.education.com//files/72201_72300/72270/file_72270.jpg" /><p>Does your child have difficulty studying material and retaining vocabulary for certain subjects in school? Have your child create his very own custom Jeopardy game for the family! It's simple and will work for all subject areas. </p>]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Travel the World with a Postcard Collection Map</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[<img style="float:left; padding:10px;" src = "http://www.education.com//files/72001_72100/72078/file_72078.jpg" /><p>Spark your childâs curiosity about the world by bringing geography to life with this exciting postcard map. In this ongoing activity, your child will track your family's travels and explore other countries vicariously through friends and pen pals.</p>]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Craft a Native American Worry Doll</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[<img style="float:left; padding:10px;" src = "http://www.education.com//themes/sky/i/activity/activity.topic.socialstudies.jpg" /><p>Ancient Indian tribes believed that if they told their worries to tiny dolls and placed them under their pillows at night, the dolls would take care of all the worrying for them. With clothespins and fabric, your child can set his own troubles away!</p>]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>The Mayflower Compact: Would You Sign?</title>
            <link>http://www.education.com/activity/article/mayflower_compact/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[<img style="float:left; padding:10px;" src = "http://www.education.com//files/72101_72200/72155/file_72155.jpg" /><p>After 66 days of being crammed into a 90 foot ship with 127 other people, you have finally reached land. Unfortunately, though, there is no sign of civilization as you know it. Would you sign the Mayflower Compact? Read it and see!</p>]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Three Kinds of Colonial Cornbread</title>
            <link>http://www.education.com/activity/article/Indian_pudding/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[<img style="float:left; padding:10px;" src = "http://www.education.com//files/71701_71800/71730/file_71730.jpg" /><p>Back in the 1620's, when our Mayflower ancestors were struggling to survive, corn became a lifesaver. But for the Pilgrims, "cornbread" wasn't necessarily the fluffy, cake-like mixture we eat today. Here are three recipes that harken back to those early times. Taste and explore!</p>]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Three Outdoor &quot;Pilgrim&quot; Games</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[<img style="float:left; padding:10px;" src = "http://www.education.com//files/71801_71900/71809/file_71809.jpg" /><p>When you're running off a big turkey dinner, your family may have traditions such as family football or pick-up basketball. But if you're interested in adding a historic theme, we've got three games that came from colonial times--and we think are still great fun today!</p>]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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