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

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.

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 child to make a beautiful Africa mask to help her reinforce important spatial and compositional skills.

Bring historical figures alive with this fun family activity! Your child will plan a founding fathers feast by researching historical figures.

Chinese New Year is a time when many different luck-bringing rituals are performed. In this activity your child will create a lucky trinket.

Help your second grader celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King with this rainbow table mat.

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

In this activity, your child will prepare for the first night of Passover by creating her own Seder plate.

Jump into Japanese culture with your child by making your own calligraphy scroll. Try your hand at painting kanji on paper just like Zen masters of old!

Make a Korean paper fan! This activity is a great way to help your child explore different cultures while she builds her fine motor and arts and crafts skills.

Invite children to create a Fourth of July centerpiece with this simple craft activity!

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

How well can people recall what they have observed. Test your knowledge in this fun experiment.

This project examines whether people's taste perception is influenced by what they see.

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

Play food isn't just for preschoolers! Help your child create a fun Passover craft that doubles as tea-party play food for younger siblings.

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

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

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

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

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.

Kids put their geography knowledge to the test in this balloon volley game inspired by the Dr. Seuss book "Oh the Places You'll Go".

Explore African and Asian traditions with this recipe for homemade henna ink!

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

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

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

Celebrate Hanukkah the old-fashioned way with an oil lantern. This craft is a perfect opportunity to teach your child the history of this special holiday.