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This science project encourages students to investigate the Mozart Effect, the idea that classical music promotes learning.

Explore geometry, patterns, and history by creating pretty decorative Islamic tile art.

Have your child try her hand at creating a colorful, beaded necklace that's not only stylish, but also tells a story.

Enhance fourth-grade measurement making skills and social studies learning with this stitching project.

Using butcher paper, ink and charcoal, your child will explore ancient motifs such as buffalo, bison and hunters by creating her very own cave painting.

Celebrate Dia de los Muertos by baking pan de muerto. In this 5th-6th grade activity, your child will explore another culture while learning about baking.

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.

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.

What are the benefits of good posture? Kids will learn about the cognitive effects of good posture through conducting and observing a controlled experiment.

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.

Fish for headlines! This fun and exciting social studies activity is a great way to get your fifth grader reading and understanding newspaper articles.

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

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

This science project allows students to study the psychology of happiness.

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

Science fair project which determines whether a person's taste in music is dictated by the key that the song is written in.

Shadow puppets are a traditional form of folk art that originated in ancient China. Help your child create his own puppet and put on a show!

In this activity, your child will reference Matisse and also learn about patterns.

Tu B'Shevat is a Jewish holiday during which the "new year" for trees is celebrated. In this activity your child will paint a pot to grow his own plant.

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

Pop up a pup tent, just like Civil War soldiers did on the battlefield.

Capture a bit of mythological magic with this clever sock craft!

Ignite your child's creativity by having them design their own clay version of an alebrije, a traditional fanciful creature like the ones made in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Car cluttered with old maps now that you've adopted GPS technology? Upcycle them in this fun geography craft.

Inspire young anthropologists with this 5th grade art project: make patterned pottery in the Anasazi style! All you need are a paper plate and markers to start.

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

This science fair project idea explores whether people have an innate feel for the passing of time from a few seconds to 20 minutes.

In Japan, ozoni is one of the main dishes eaten on New Year's Day. Here's how to make this delicious traditional dish with your child.

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.

Explore the world from your own home by conducting research about other cultures with your 4th grade child.