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

Help your kids map the "global footprint" of your family's grocery cart by investigating how far your food travels before landing on your dinner table.

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

This Fourth of July, play a fun history-inspired math and logic puzzle game for your kids to play!

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

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

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

Attention, Anglophiles! Get your fill of artsy crafts and historical fun with this jewelry project.

Give your child a taste of life in Civil War era America by mixing up a batch of old-fashioned cornbread, adapted from a 19th century recipe.

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

This Presidents Day, meet four of our country's most important heroes with this Mount Rushmore writing activity.

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

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

Explore Pilgrim foodways with three heritage cornbread recipes.

This science fair project teaches kids experimental design and how to test if subjects can really sense if they are being watched.

This project, focused on the burial practices of ancient Egyptians, is a great addition to a social studies curriculum.

Create a yarn doll out of a few toothpicks and colorful string with this Guatemalan craft.

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!

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.

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

Making a freedom kite is a great way to show appreciation on Memorial Day or July 4th, and enjoy the summer sunshine with family.

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.

Looking for a fun summer adventure? Learn what it was like to be a prospector during the California Gold Rush by panning for gold in a local creek.

In honor of Black History Month, this activity encourages your child to focus on African American inventors, and do a little inventing of his own.

Create a compass rose from sidewalk chalk in this summer geography project!

Next time you're headed out on the road with your fourth grader, try this alphabet-geography game that the whole family can play.

Learn whether writing things down really makes things easier to remember.

This science fair project idea examines whether boys and girls differ in reflexes.

Helping your child write their own "Thanksgiving Proclamation" can help them grasp the spirit of the day, and develop more of an attitude of gratitude.

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