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

Learn whether writing things down really makes things easier to remember.

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

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.

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.

Help your child construct and author a "sempuyo," a traditional Japanese book with accordion-style pages; she will develop her writing and fine motor skills.

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.

Here's a fun activity that will allow your child to express himself by making a flag of his own design, then writing an accompanying story.

Spark your child's interest in current events by encouraging them to write a letter to the U.S. president.

Many of the world's most important historical documents were written with quill pens. Have your kid make his own quill pen and put his penmanship to the test!

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

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!

Helping your child write their own "Thanksgiving Proclamation" can help them grasp the spirit of the day, and develop more of an attitude of gratitude.

Help your child put a new spin on her favorite myth by turning it into a mad lib! Guaranteed to bring the giggles, this fun activity also packs in the learning.

With a handful of craft supplies, your fourth grader can capture some of the artistic magic of the ancient Maya.

On Martin Luther King Day, help your third grader create an original "scratch art" card to thank a person who has made a difference in his life.

Celebrate Veterans Day with your child by helping them create and send a well-deserving veteran a "thank you" card via the U.S. Veteran's Affairs Department.

Retablos are a kind of Latin American folk art that blend personal and spiritual themes. Have your child create her own version of retablo artwork.

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

Help your fifth grader create an art card that celebrates the enduring values of Passover.

Help your fifth grader trace your family's roots and interview all the living mothers to create a makeshift, 3-D family tree!

Do lefties just write different or are their brains different? This science project has students explore what it means to be left handed.

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

What are the rules of your home? Help your fifth grader draft a Family Constitution and even give it an aged look using soaked tea bags.

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

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

Help your kids map the "global footprint" of your family's grocery cart by investigating how far your food travels before landing on your dinner table.

In this activity you and your child will learn about the African Americans that changed history in a fun quiz format.

In honor of Black History Month, this activity encourages your child to focus on African American inventors, and do a little inventing of his own.

Help your fourth grader design a first class postage stamp for a hero who stood up for the dignity of people from all walks of life.