Community and Culture Activities

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

As your fifth grader brainstorms and creates a plan for peace, your child will give his creativity and fine motor skills a boost!

Use the appeal of the common road sign to your advantage by creating a game with hidden learning opportunities.

Here's a great activity to help learners satisfy their snow play cravings in a cozy indoor setting!

Make a Korean paper fan! This activity is a great way to help your child explore different cultures while she builds her fine motor and arts and crafts skills.

This easy craft project boosts counting and fine motor skills, and will help kids learn about Jewish culture.

Play loteria, a Mexican board game! Help your child make this fun and festive game to help her build her vocabulary and have a blast while she's at it.

Lots of kids wonder what it would be like to be a police officer. Celebrate the people who help keep our communities safe with this fun craft.

Encourage a spirit of giving and sharing with this meaningful tzedakah box craft project. 

Celebrate Black History Month by having your child make her own version of a kente cloth after learning what the different colors on a kente cloth symbolize.

Help your child discover the difference between his wants and needs using this poster.

Draw your own beautiful mandala with this easy technique that ensures symmetrical results every time!

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

Shadow puppets are a traditional form of folk art that originated in ancient China. Help your child create his own puppet and put on a show!

Make this African collar necklace for a lesson in crafting and African culture.

Learn about the architecture of Asia by building your very own model of a pagoda!

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.

Give your child an American history lesson as you create a colorful mini totem pole!

Get ready for Thanksgiving by explaining the importance of the harvest. This craft is a great way for her to show thanks for all that delicious food!

Make a garland of paper flags representing your child's favorite countries.

An "I Love You" book is a perfect gift for a very special friend on Valentine's Day. Our "I Love You" book shares the love in eight different languages.

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

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

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!

Celebrate Ramadan by creating a crescent moon and star...out of stars! This craft is the perfect way to introduce your child to an important national symbol.

Have your kid create a chart of job titles. It's a great way to get them to recognize the people whose efforts benefit the community.

Help your child to make a beautiful Africa mask to help her reinforce important spatial and compositional skills.

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

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

Being a kid is hard work. Soothe stresses and calm fears with this DIY Zen garden -- all you need is sand, stones and a shoebox.