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

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!

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Make Korean vegetable pancakes with your child! This dish is delicious way to get your child cooking as you introduce her to recipes from different 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 Pilgrim foodways with three heritage cornbread recipes.

This Kool-Aid tie-dye activity is a kid-friendly craft that never gets old. Learn how to make tie-dye shirts using assorted Kool-Aid flavors here.

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".

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

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.

Kids are acutely aware of what's "fair" and what's not. Here's a quirky way to teach your first grader the importance of voting and democracy.

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.

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

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