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African Flag Banner
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African Flag Banner
Second Grade
Community and Culture
Celebrate African heritage by making an African flag banner. This fun, culturally-inspired art project is perfect for Black History Month.
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African Flag Banner
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African Flag Banner
Celebrate African heritage by making an African flag banner. This fun, culturally-inspired art project is perfect for Black History Month.
Second Grade
Community and Culture
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Make Your Own Piñata!
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Make Your Own Piñata!
First Grade
Community and Culture
Help your child create his own pinata in this fun and easy activity. Use paper mache and fingerpaint for a party pinata everyone will love.
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Make Your Own Piñata!
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Make Your Own Piñata!
Help your child create his own pinata in this fun and easy activity. Use paper mache and fingerpaint for a party pinata everyone will love.
First Grade
Community and Culture
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Can You Keep a Secret?
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Can You Keep a Secret?
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Stories change as you retell them. The objective of this science fair project is to demonstrate how information gets interpreted, distorted and changed.
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Can You Keep a Secret?
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Can You Keep a Secret?
Stories change as you retell them. The objective of this science fair project is to demonstrate how information gets interpreted, distorted and changed.
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Job Hats
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Job Hats
First Grade
Community and Culture
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.
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Job Hats
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Job Hats
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.
First Grade
Community and Culture
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Mini Piñata Craft
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Mini Piñata Craft
First Grade
Community and Culture
Nothing says party like a bright and bursting piÃata! Create your own mini festive centerpiece with paper towel rolls and ribbons.
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Mini Piñata Craft
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Mini Piñata Craft
Nothing says party like a bright and bursting piÃata! Create your own mini festive centerpiece with paper towel rolls and ribbons.
First Grade
Community and Culture
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Silly Star Fireworks
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Silly Star Fireworks
Pre-K
Civics and Government
Celebrate the colors of the American flag with this playful craft project!
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Silly Star Fireworks
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Silly Star Fireworks
Celebrate the colors of the American flag with this playful craft project!
Pre-K
Civics and Government
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Papel Picado
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Papel Picado
Second Grade
Community and Culture
Introduce your second grader to a fun Mexican custom by showing her how to make papel picado, a beautiful creation of cut-out tissue paper.
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Papel Picado
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Papel Picado
Introduce your second grader to a fun Mexican custom by showing her how to make papel picado, a beautiful creation of cut-out tissue paper.
Second Grade
Community and Culture
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The Right Tool for the Job
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The Right Tool for the Job
Second Grade
Community and Culture
This Labor Day, help your child explore various occupations by discussing the tools workers use on a daily basis at their jobs.
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The Right Tool for the Job
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The Right Tool for the Job
This Labor Day, help your child explore various occupations by discussing the tools workers use on a daily basis at their jobs.
Second Grade
Community and Culture
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Craft a Guatemalan Worry Doll
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Craft a Guatemalan Worry Doll
First Grade
Community and Culture
Ancient tribes believed that these dolls kept worries away at night. Your 1st grader can make his own and learn about history, culture, and art in this activity
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Craft a Guatemalan Worry Doll
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Craft a Guatemalan Worry Doll
Ancient tribes believed that these dolls kept worries away at night. Your 1st grader can make his own and learn about history, culture, and art in this activity
First Grade
Community and Culture
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Homemade Sidewalk Chalk
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Homemade Sidewalk Chalk
Second Grade
History
What could be more fun than doing sidewalk art? How about making your own colored sidewalk chalk!
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Homemade Sidewalk Chalk
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Homemade Sidewalk Chalk
What could be more fun than doing sidewalk art? How about making your own colored sidewalk chalk!
Second Grade
History
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Ojo de Dios
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Ojo de Dios
Second Grade
Community and Culture
Give your second-grader insight into the Huichol culture of Mexico with this arts and craft activity by creating an ojo de Dios (eye of God), or yarn weaving.
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Ojo de Dios
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Ojo de Dios
Give your second-grader insight into the Huichol culture of Mexico with this arts and craft activity by creating an ojo de Dios (eye of God), or yarn weaving.
Second Grade
Community and Culture
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Presidential Info Board
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Presidential Info Board
First Grade
History
Introduce your first grader to our country's most famous leaders with an artsy info board full of facts, patriotic colors and coins!
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Presidential Info Board
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Presidential Info Board
Introduce your first grader to our country's most famous leaders with an artsy info board full of facts, patriotic colors and coins!
First Grade
History
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Make a "Today Is" Poster
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Make a "Today Is" Poster
Pre-K
Reading
In this activity, your first grader will practice calendar skills, observe the weather and learns to read calendar words. Here's how to get started:
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Make a "Today Is" Poster
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Make a "Today Is" Poster
In this activity, your first grader will practice calendar skills, observe the weather and learns to read calendar words. Here's how to get started:
Pre-K
Reading
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Mosque Pictures
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Mosque Pictures
Second Grade
Community and Culture
Teach your child about the importance and peacefulness of Ramadan as she gets creative drawing domes, minarets and prayer halls.
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Mosque Pictures
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Mosque Pictures
Teach your child about the importance and peacefulness of Ramadan as she gets creative drawing domes, minarets and prayer halls.
Second Grade
Community and Culture
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Bento Box Lunch
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Bento Box Lunch
Second Grade
Community and Culture
Your child will look forward to lunchtime with this artistic reinterpretation of the same old cold lunch.
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Bento Box Lunch
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Bento Box Lunch
Your child will look forward to lunchtime with this artistic reinterpretation of the same old cold lunch.
Second Grade
Community and Culture
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How to Make Peanut Butter
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How to Make Peanut Butter
First Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Help kids tap into their inner inventor by teaching them how to make peanut butter through trial, error, and lots of taste testing!
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How to Make Peanut Butter
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How to Make Peanut Butter
Help kids tap into their inner inventor by teaching them how to make peanut butter through trial, error, and lots of taste testing!
First Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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What Were the Ten Plagues?
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What Were the Ten Plagues?
First Grade
Community and Culture
Have the children play a more active role in the Seder by helping them prepare paper puppets that represent the ten plagues.
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What Were the Ten Plagues?
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What Were the Ten Plagues?
Have the children play a more active role in the Seder by helping them prepare paper puppets that represent the ten plagues.
First Grade
Community and Culture
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Seder Plate Foods
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Seder Plate Foods
Second Grade
Community and Culture
In this activity, your child will prepare for the first night of Passover by creating her own Seder plate.
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Seder Plate Foods
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Seder Plate Foods
In this activity, your child will prepare for the first night of Passover by creating her own Seder plate.
Second Grade
Community and Culture
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Crescent Moon and Star
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Crescent Moon and Star
First Grade
Community and Culture
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.
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Crescent Moon and Star
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Crescent Moon and Star
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.
First Grade
Community and Culture
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Chinese Scroll Painting
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Chinese Scroll Painting
Second Grade
Community and Culture
Encourage your child to make a Chinese scroll painting as part of his world history or art studies, or just to pass the time on a weekend.
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Chinese Scroll Painting
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Chinese Scroll Painting
Encourage your child to make a Chinese scroll painting as part of his world history or art studies, or just to pass the time on a weekend.
Second Grade
Community and Culture
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Emotion Faces
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Emotion Faces
First Grade
Community and Culture
This construction paper activity helps your child to assemble a variety of emotions on a face so she can recognize how she and everyone around her is feeling.
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Emotion Faces
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Emotion Faces
This construction paper activity helps your child to assemble a variety of emotions on a face so she can recognize how she and everyone around her is feeling.
First Grade
Community and Culture
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How to Bow
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How to Bow
Second Grade
Community and Culture
Teach your child about the importance and meaning behind bowing in Asian cultures and help her expand her cultural horizons with this fun activity.
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How to Bow
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How to Bow
Teach your child about the importance and meaning behind bowing in Asian cultures and help her expand her cultural horizons with this fun activity.
Second Grade
Community and Culture
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Learn about Community Helpers
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Learn about Community Helpers
First Grade
Community and Culture
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.
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Learn about Community Helpers
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Learn about Community Helpers
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.
First Grade
Community and Culture
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Make a Chinese Dragon
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Make a Chinese Dragon
First Grade
Community and Culture
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.
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Make a Chinese Dragon
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Make a Chinese Dragon
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.
First Grade
Community and Culture
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Grandparents Day Craft
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Grandparents Day Craft
Second Grade
History
Help your child appreciate grandparents, history, and societal changes while making a poster handmade, heartfelt grandparent's day craft.
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Grandparents Day Craft
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Grandparents Day Craft
Help your child appreciate grandparents, history, and societal changes while making a poster handmade, heartfelt grandparent's day craft.
Second Grade
History
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Japanese Calligraphy
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Japanese Calligraphy
Second Grade
Community and Culture
Learn about the ancient art of Japanese calligraphy with this New Year's activity about kakizome.
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Japanese Calligraphy
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Japanese Calligraphy
Learn about the ancient art of Japanese calligraphy with this New Year's activity about kakizome.
Second Grade
Community and Culture
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Patriotic Centerpieces
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Patriotic Centerpieces
Second Grade
Community and Culture
Invite children to create a Fourth of July centerpiece with this simple craft activity!
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Patriotic Centerpieces
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Patriotic Centerpieces
Invite children to create a Fourth of July centerpiece with this simple craft activity!
Second Grade
Community and Culture
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Chinese Hand Drum
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Chinese Hand Drum
First Grade
Community and Culture
During your next craft time, strike up the band with this homemade Chinese instrument.
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Chinese Hand Drum
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Chinese Hand Drum
During your next craft time, strike up the band with this homemade Chinese instrument.
First Grade
Community and Culture
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How to Make Cascarones
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How to Make Cascarones
Second Grade
Community and Culture
Your first or second grader will delight in creating multi-colored confetti egg smashers, traditional in Mexico, called cascarones!
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How to Make Cascarones
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How to Make Cascarones
Your first or second grader will delight in creating multi-colored confetti egg smashers, traditional in Mexico, called cascarones!
Second Grade
Community and Culture
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Host a Royal Ball!
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Host a Royal Ball!
First Grade
Community and Culture
Host a royal party full of "please and thank you" - even the queen would approve. Have a ball while your kids practice etiquette!
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Host a Royal Ball!
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Host a Royal Ball!
Host a royal party full of "please and thank you" - even the queen would approve. Have a ball while your kids practice etiquette!
First Grade
Community and Culture
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