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

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 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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Put your kid's Internet research skills to the test with this activity that will help him learn more about the history and cultural significance of fireworks.

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!