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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 your own recycling game that helps teach your child what can and should be recycled.

Teach your little one to appreciate all the best things in life with a keepsake Thanksgiving plate.

This family project is a fun way to teach your child about her heritage and practice her geography.

Teach children how to upcycle dried-out markers with this homemade paint-making activity!

Conduct a mock interview with the President to teach your child about politics, the president and the world she lives in.

Teach your fourth grader how to craft her own decorative felt eggs, a perfect way to symbolize spring and new beginnings!

These flying potato poppers make a cool sound, create a celebratory mood, and they can teach your child about the power of air pressure.

Mix up a batch of molasses cookies, and you'll have a delicious chance to teach your child some math and social studies in the process!

Our baked French toast recipe is particularly tasty on a chilly winter morning. Make our baked French toast recipe with your child to teach them about measuring.

Here's an activity to teach your fourth grader how to reflect on her past year and set specific, attainable goals to reach in the New Year.

Honor the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by interviewing someone in your community who lived it.

Make over an old shirt that's destined for the thrift shop with this heart cut-out craft for Valentine's Day.

This Santa puppet brings a little extra cheer to your Christmas celebration. Make a Santa puppet with your child this holiday season.

Using low-tech supplies and a little extra ingenuity you can help your fourth grader create this unique, heartfelt Valentine card.

Halloween is a great opportunity to look around and see faces that are funny, scary, happy and sad.

Give your child some simple craft supplies and see what happens in this heartwarming and artistic contribution to the Seder table this year.

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

Incorporate a lesson about metaphors into a writing and drawing project featuring one of the most classically recognizable of holiday icons: Rudolph!

Celebrate autumn by making a beautiful pastel art piece with corn as its theme.

El dia de los muertos (the day of the dead) is a Mexican holiday celebrated on November 1st and 2nd every year. Other Latin American countries celebrate a variation of the holiday, but it originates in Mexico and is unique to this country. These two days

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

Decorate with a banner made from paper, clover shapes and buttons to celebrate spring or St. Patrick's Day!

This spider mobile activity encourages learning about the science of motion, air currents and art.

In this real-world exercise about the Teal Pumpkin Project, your child will create a persuasive poster to spread the word about the project in the hopes of convincing people to offer non-food trinkets this Halloween season.

Help your fourth grader design a first class postage stamp for a hero who stood up for the dignity of people from all walks of life.

Learn how to make a trick-or-treat bag for Halloween. See how to make a decorative trick-or-treat bag with this Halloween craft tutorial.

Use the holiday gift giving season as an excuse to give your fourth grader a valuable lesson in making and keeping a budget!