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

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.

Test your learner's knowledge of Barack Obama by challenging your child to complete a crossword puzzle about the President after reading a short biography.

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.

Learn how to count in Spanish. Your child will practice her numbers and build her reading skills while learning a bit about Latino culture along the way.

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

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.

Fish for headlines! This fun and exciting social studies activity is a great way to get your fifth grader reading and understanding newspaper articles.

Send your child on an online hunt where he will practice working with search engines and use his reading comprehension skills to find specific information.

Get your creative kid into tasseography! The ancient art of reading tea leaves gets a modern update in this simplified version for youthful fortune tellers!

Teach your child about the importance of Labor Day by helping her learn about the different hats that are worn by workers in various occupations.

This cultural craft makes a pretty decoration and teaches kids about other cultures.

In this activity, your child will reference Matisse and also learn about patterns.

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.

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

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

Learn more about the fascinating folk art of Pennsylvania Dutch hex signs with this easy craft.

Word color association is just a fancy way to talk about the way we connect colors with words.

Conduct a mock interview with the President to teach your child about politics, the president and the world she lives in.

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

Explore the world from your own home by conducting research about other cultures with your 4th grade child.

In this activity, your child will create a fun lion mask and learn a little about Chinese culture too!

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

What could be more fun than doing sidewalk art? How about making your own colored sidewalk chalk!

This family project is a fun way to teach your child about her heritage and practice her geography.

How can your child learn about nations during the Olympics? By adopting 5 teams as his own! Here's how.

Learn an ancient craft with this introduction to weaving. A great tie-in for kids learning about ancient cultures.

Learn about the beautiful Indian art of Madhubani painting with this fun and creative project.

Teach your child about the importance and peacefulness of Ramadan as she gets creative drawing domes, minarets and prayer halls.

In this activity you and your child will learn about the African Americans that changed history in a fun quiz format.