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This Labor Day, encourage your child to learn more about the different tools and supplies found in a doctor's bag by having her create one of her own!

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.

Help your child comprehend the past by using hands-on activities like this homemade lantern project.

Your child will create their very own traditional Indian Toran wall hanging using construction paper, yarn and paint.

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

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

Encourage your child to memorize the items on the Seder plate and what they symbolize with this artsy activity.

What could be more fun than doing sidewalk art? How about making your own colored sidewalk chalk!

Celebrate Mexican heritage and inspire creativity in your budding artist with this unique arts and crafts activity.

Teach your child Morse code, and a little bit of history that she'll pick up in a flash!

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

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.

Make ancient Egypt come alive by showing kids how to make their own mini sarcophagus out of a shoe box.

Teach your child about Chinese New Year by creating a dragon float inspired by the brilliant traditional ones seen in Chinese new year parades.

Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

Has your child ever told you he wants to travel the world and meet new people? Why not keep track of his future travel plans with some fun footprint art.

Bring a bit of the fun of Yuan Xiao Jie to your home with this lantern activity. Happy New Year!

Learn an ancient craft with this introduction to weaving. A great tie-in for kids learning about ancient cultures.

Free science fair project idea that examines the differences between cats and dogs. Analyze objective qualities rather than subjective ones.

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

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.

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

An "I Love You" book is a perfect gift for a very special friend on Valentine's Day. Our "I Love You" book shares the love in eight different languages.

In this activity, kids learn a little about Japanese culture by making their own windsock in the shape of a koi fish.