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

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

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.

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!

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.

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

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".

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.

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

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.

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