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

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

Invite children to create a Fourth of July centerpiece with this simple craft activity!

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

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

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

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

Learn about the architecture of Asia by building your very own model of a pagoda!

Being a kid is hard work. Soothe stresses and calm fears with this DIY Zen garden -- all you need is sand, stones and a shoebox.

Explore history and prepare for backyard battle with this samurai helmet craft.

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

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

Challenge your fourth grader to try to recreate the geography of her state using just flour, salt, and water.

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.

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

Help your kids put together a travel journal for your family's next vacation to get them reading, writing, and thinking about what's happening on the trip.

Stories change as you retell them. The objective of this science fair project is to demonstrate how information gets interpreted, distorted and changed.

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

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.

Civil War soldiers didn't take their wives with them to the battlefield, but they took along a piece of home: little sewing kits called "housewives".

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".

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

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

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

Explore African and Asian traditions with this recipe for homemade henna ink!

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.

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

This Kool-Aid tie-dye activity is a kid-friendly craft that never gets old. Learn how to make tie-dye shirts using assorted Kool-Aid flavors here.

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!

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