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.

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

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!

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

Take a stab at 18th century American cooking with your kids by following this tasty recipe from one of the first colonial cookbooks.

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

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.