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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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

Learn about sound physics and do a survey experiment to explore the difference between sound and noise in this science project.

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

In this activity, kids learn a little about Japanese culture by making their own windsock in the shape of a koi fish.

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

Teach your child about the importance and meaning behind bowing in Asian cultures and help her expand her cultural horizons with this fun activity.

Teach your child about Chinese New Year by creating a dragon float inspired by the brilliant traditional ones seen in Chinese new year parades.

Teach your child about the art of ancient Australia by creating your own handprint art just like Aboriginal artists did thousands of years ago.

Help your child learn about the world through this 3rd-4th grade geography activity: start a postcard collection and mark where they came from on a world map.

Teach your first or second grader about an important Mexican holiday, the Day of the Dead, with this traditional skeleton mask made out of a paper plate.

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

This Labor Day, encourage your child to learn more about the different tools and supplies found in a doctor's bag by having her create one of her own!

El dia de los muertos (the day of the dead) is a Mexican holiday celebrated on November 1st and 2nd every year. Other Latin American countries celebrate a variation of the holiday, but it originates in Mexico and is unique to this country. These two days

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.

Craft a paper rocket in this hands-on activity inspired by the life of Mae Jemison!

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

Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

Help your child make a recycling poster for your household and teach them how to take care of the environment!

Help your third grader learn time zones with this fun map activity!

This Labor Day, help your child explore various occupations by discussing the tools workers use on a daily basis at their jobs.

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