Liven up your sixth grader's study of world geography with these three fun challenges.

Here's a simple activity to reinforce your fourth grader's study of her home state and help her make a pretty keepsake.

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

Practice early social studies skills and get your child excited about the new school year with this fun activity.

Here's a social studies activity to help your middle-school or high-school teenager better understand how contour maps work using only the back of her hand.

Next time you're headed out on the road with your fourth grader, try this alphabet-geography game that the whole family can play.

Challenge your fourth grader to try to recreate the geography of her state using just flour, salt, and water.

When it comes to helping your third grader manage a school backpack, small steps now bring big payoffs later.