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Whether you're teaching your children about the Native peoples of the American Southwest or simply looking for a fun project, sandpainting is a great activity.
Make a Native American Sandpainting
First Grade
Community & Cultures
Build a decorated box and fill it with research that can help you get the your dream location someday!
Build a Dream Vacation Box
Fourth Grade
Geography
Encourage your child to learn about the Japanese culture as you make a traditional Japanese fan out of paper.
Craft a Japanese Fan!
First Grade
Community & Cultures
This Fourth of July, play a fun history-inspired math and logic puzzle game for your kids to play!
Cross the River, Patriot!
Fourth Grade
US History
Practice math and social studies skills with this fun game based on the Battle of Lexington and Concord.
Use Math Coordinates to Find the Lost Redcoat
Fourth Grade
US History
Help your child create his own pinata in this fun and easy activity. Use paper mache and fingerpaint for a party pinata everyone will love.
Make Your Own Pinata!
First Grade
Community & Cultures
Help your kids map the 'global footprint' of your family's grocery cart by investigating how far your food travels before landing on your dinner table.
Map Your Food
Fourth Grade
Geography
Jump into Japanese culture with your child by making your own calligraphy scroll. Try your hand at painting kanji on paper just like Zen masters of old!
Craft a Japanese Scroll
Fourth Grade
World Cultures
Enhance fourth-grade measurement making skills and social studies learning with this stitching project.
Sew a Colorful Amish Potholder
Fourth Grade
US History
Using butcher paper, ink and charcoal, your child will explore ancient motifs such as buffalo, bison and hunters, creating their very own cave painting.
Make Cave Paintings
Fourth Grade
History
It's always fun to recycle household items into something great. Here's a quick and easy way to turn a used juice box into a police radio for hours of play!
Juice Box Police Radio
First Grade
Community & Cultures
Next time you're headed out on the road with your fourth grader, try this alphabet-geography game that the whole family can play.
Geography Travel Game
Fourth Grade
Geography
Boost your child's sense of self by celebrating ME! She'll explore her family, draw a self portrait and more, a perfect exercise for building self-confidence.
Celebrate ME (7)
First Grade
Community & Cultures
Hold on tight as you go on an educational journey with these activities all about travel and geography.
'You're Going Somewhere, Kid!' 6 Travel Activities (6)
Fourth Grade
Geography
Try these fun recipes to experience other cultures and places!
9 World Dishes (9)
Fourth Grade
World Cultures

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