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An ancient form of writing gets new life in an activity designed to help your child read understand what life was like for early Native Americans.

Enhance fourth-grade measurement making skills and social studies learning with this stitching project.

This science project encourages students to investigate the Mozart Effect, the idea that classical music promotes learning.

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

Celebrate Black History Month by having your child make her own version of a kente cloth after learning what the different colors on a kente cloth symbolize.

Explore history and prepare for backyard battle with this samurai helmet craft.

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

To celebrate black history month, use this matching quiz to help your kid demonstrate their knowledge of famous African-Americans.

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

Light up the sky with this lotus lantern, a perfect way to explore Buddha Day.

It's always good to have a little help during the holiday. Show your child how to set a table setting and then help him create a placemat map.

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

Diwali is a holiday celebrated in many Asian Pacific countries the world over. Make this delicious Indian treat with your child to celebrate the holiday.

What better way to remember the achievements of past U.S. Presidents than with a game of memory!

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

Here is a hands-on activity to help third graders understand the four points of a compass...and how we use them to get around.

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.

Explore Pilgrim foodways with three heritage cornbread recipes.

Attention, Anglophiles! Get your fill of artsy crafts and historical fun with this jewelry project.

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

Have your child try her hand at creating a colorful, beaded necklace that's not only stylish, but also tells a story.

Looking for a fun summer adventure? Learn what it was like to be a prospector during the California Gold Rush by panning for gold in a local creek.

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.

Your child will learn a whole alphabet of different jobs while they complete this brain-teaser chart just in time to celebrate Labor Day!

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

Here's a simple activity to reinforce your fourth grader's study of her home state and help her make a pretty keepsake.

Help your child comprehend the past by using hands-on activities like this homemade lantern project.

Next time you're headed out on the road with your fourth grader, try this alphabet-geography game that the whole family can play.

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.

Play loteria, a Mexican board game! Help your child make this fun and festive game to help her build her vocabulary and have a blast while she's at it.