This Presidents Day, meet four of our country's most important heroes with this Mount Rushmore writing activity.

Learn whether writing things down really makes things easier to remember.

This writing activity will promote dialogue about racial segregation and its impact on African-Americans throughout history with your child.

Test the effects of left and right handedness on writing speed and penmanship. Volunteers hand-copy the same paragraph of text, which samples look neater?

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.

An ancient form of writing gets new life in an activity designed to help your child read understand what life was like for early Native Americans.

Show your teens the connection between making history and writing it by having them write, illustrate, and edit a newspaper from the past.

Write to a deployed soldier to help your child practice reading, writing, and get a better understanding of what it means to serve our country.

Help your child construct and author a "sempuyo," a traditional Japanese book with accordion-style pages; she will develop her writing and fine motor skills.

Let your imagination take flight as you explore the beautiful continent of Africa! Do this fun writing activity with your child to honor Black History Month.

Help your kids put together a travel journal for your family's next vacation to get them reading, writing, and thinking about what's happening on the trip.

Here's a fun activity that will allow your child to express himself by making a flag of his own design, then writing an accompanying story.

Spark your child's interest in current events by encouraging them to write a letter to the U.S. president.

Many of the world's most important historical documents were written with quill pens. Have your kid make his own quill pen and put his penmanship to the test!

Learn about the ancient art of Japanese calligraphy with this New Year's activity about kakizome.

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!

Helping your child write their own "Thanksgiving Proclamation" can help them grasp the spirit of the day, and develop more of an attitude of gratitude.

Help your child put a new spin on her favorite myth by turning it into a mad lib! Guaranteed to bring the giggles, this fun activity also packs in the learning.

With a handful of craft supplies, your fourth grader can capture some of the artistic magic of the ancient Maya.

Here's how teens can produce an audio guide of an exhibit, field trip, or ballgame, confess their thoughts in an audio diary or record a letter to a friend.

On Martin Luther King Day, help your third grader create an original "scratch art" card to thank a person who has made a difference in his life.

Celebrate Veterans Day with your child by helping them create and send a well-deserving veteran a "thank you" card via the U.S. Veteran's Affairs Department.

Retablos are a kind of Latin American folk art that blend personal and spiritual themes. Have your child create her own version of retablo artwork.

This simple art project will help your child think of nice words to say that come from the heart.

Your child will learn a whole alphabet of different jobs while they complete this brain-teaser chart just in time to celebrate Labor Day!

Bring history to life by helping your child create her own cartouche like the Egyptians did thousands of years ago.

Help your fifth grader create an art card that celebrates the enduring values of Passover.

Spark your child's interest in ancient history by making a round shield like the ones carried by hoplites, Ancient Greek citizen-soldiers.

The pottery technique of coiling may be old, but it's probably new to your kid! Make coil pots with your preschooler throw in a little cultural lesson too!

Help your fifth grader trace your family's roots and interview all the living mothers to create a makeshift, 3-D family tree!