Explore Pilgrim foodways with three heritage cornbread recipes.

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

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.

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.

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

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".

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

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

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

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!

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.

This project examines whether people's taste perception is influenced by what they see.

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.

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

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

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

This science fair project idea measures out the sugar of various foods and find out whether people can correctly determine how much sugar is in common foods.

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.

Ancient Greek vases were not only utilitarian, they were also works of art. Jump into ancient cultures by decorating your own vase in classic Greek style.

The words of great thinkers throughout the ages have changed the course of history. Have your kid find an inspiring quote and create a work of art around it.

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

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

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.

Every year at the Passover Seder, the Ten Plagues are mentioned as part of the ritual. Have your kid draw the plagues to help him remember their importance.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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