Dive into U.S. colonial history by making a simple bottle gourd water cooler, crafted by colonists of Roanoke Island in the 16th century.

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!

Here's a place mat your second grader can create, based on the classic frontier tradition of patchwork quilting.

This slightly tweaked version of "Hide and Go Seek" hones listening: a key skill for kindergarten.

Create a compass rose from sidewalk chalk in this summer geography project!

This simple movement activity helps improve listening skills, as your child will be required to discriminate between sound and silence.

In this activity, your child will create a red envelope that can be filled with money to spread good will and ward off evil spirits in the New Year.

Make a photo book to provide a reassuring guide for your child's first days and weeks of school.

El dia de los muertos (the day of the dead) is a Mexican holiday celebrated on November 1st and 2nd every year. Other Latin American countries celebrate a variation of the holiday, but it originates in Mexico and is unique to this country. These two days

Enhance fourth-grade measurement making skills and social studies learning with this stitching project.

Children tap into their own imaginative storytelling skills by creating and writing a richly embellished folk tale about their favorite member of the animal kingdom.

Make this dragon relief with your first grader to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and teach her about an important part of Chinese culture.

Celebrate our nation's colonial history by making your very own weaving loom!

This science fair project evaluates the suggestibility of males versus females in copying the actions of those around them.

Learn the chemistry and physics of the brain, how our nervous system work. Demonstrate that the brain is an electrical and chemical machine.

Tell the Purim story in a new way: By making a set of puppets out of an old deck of cards!

Make an initiation shield like the ones from the Kikuyu tribe in Africa for an art project.

Have your kid imagine that she is a TV personality who has been assigned to cover the Olympics.

There's no need to hunt down a cactus for this rainstick craft. In fact, you can recycle items you probably already have on hand.

Want to help your child learn more about his community while boosting creativity? Set up a post office play station right in your very own home!

Celebrate the holidays by making farolitos, paper lanterns with elaborate designs and historical roots.

Welcome the holiday season by making your own paper lantern. Learn about traditional light festivals from the United States with this fun, easy activity.

During the Passover Seder, many Jewish families pour a cup of red wine for Elijah. This year, help your child create his own welcoming glass for Elijah.

Explore geometry, patterns, and history by creating pretty decorative Islamic tile art.

Craft a patriotic placemat from red, white, and blue construction paper in this festive craft project!

To celebrate black history month, use this matching quiz to help your kid demonstrate their knowledge of famous African-Americans.

Have the children play a more active role in the Seder by helping them prepare paper puppets that represent the ten plagues.

Make sunomono, a simple Japanese cucumber vinegar salad, and kid-friendly chopsticks in this fun kindergarten activity.

Teach an important and often comical historical lesson with a prediction game that teaches youngsters about the fallibility of word-of-mouth talk.

Your first or second grader will delight in creating multi-colored confetti egg smashers, traditional in Mexico, called cascarones!