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

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

This Haggadah scroll activity is great for getting kids to practice handwriting, but it will also get them thinking about the meaning behind Passover.

Host a royal party full of "please and thank you" - even the queen would approve. Have a ball while your kids practice etiquette!

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:

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.

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

Your second grader can honor two renowned U.S. Presidents--Abraham Lincoln and George Washington--by crafting larger-than-life pennies and quarters!

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.

Here's a place mat your second grader can create, based on the classic frontier tradition of patchwork quilting.

In this activity, your child will create a red envelope that can be filled with money to spread good will and ward off evil spirits in the New Year.

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.

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.

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

Tell the Purim story in a new way: By making a set of puppets out of an old deck of cards!

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

During the Passover Seder, many Jewish families pour a cup of red wine for Elijah. This year, help your child create his own welcoming glass for Elijah.

Craft a patriotic placemat from red, white, and blue construction paper in this festive craft project!

Teach an important and often comical historical lesson with a prediction game that teaches youngsters about the fallibility of word-of-mouth talk.

Have the children play a more active role in the Seder by helping them prepare paper puppets that represent the ten plagues.

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

Your first or second grader will delight in creating multi-colored confetti egg smashers, traditional in Mexico, called cascarones!

Choose a destination and "race" your way there! This activity is a great for charting progress and motivation.

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.

This is a healthy dish that'll bring color to any meal but simple enough that kids of all ages can take the lead in making this delicious Korean dish.

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

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.

Try this recipe with your child and explore Ethiopia through one of its dietary staples: injera, or flat bread!

Celebrate African heritage by making an African flag banner. This fun, culturally-inspired art project is perfect for Black History Month.

With this activity, you'll create a family treasure...and reinforce social studies basics while you're at it!