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

This activity with add some fun and education to long car trips. Perfect for family vacations!

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

Follow this Colonial recipe for candied rose petals, and share the sweets with friends, family or classmates.

Make this African collar necklace for a lesson in crafting and African culture.

This Pysanky egg-decorating activity is perfect for young artists. Bring a little color and creativity to any holiday with this traditional Ukrainian craft.

Horse chestnuts are inedible, but British children found a fun use for them around the 1840s by turning them into a game called Conkers.

Get your creative kid into tasseography! The ancient art of reading tea leaves gets a modern update in this simplified version for youthful fortune tellers!

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

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.

Your child is sure to find this colorful pink, green and white salad simply irresistible. For an added challenge, give your youngster a pair of chopsticks!

Teach kids about a fun way they can remember this more efficiently- the power of mnemonics. Kids will be amazed.

Let your child find her place among the politicians, the flyers, the debates and the countless television ads with a slogan and poster of her very own.

This science fair project idea explores whether color affects a person's emotional state.

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.

Children read a famous letter from the American Civil War, then write a response, in this thoughtful history activity.

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

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.

Make sourdough bread...and learn some colonial history and modern science in the process!

This science fair project idea examines how well individuals can remember a story they were told and how accurately they pass that story along.

Do lefties just write different or are their brains different? This science project has students explore what it means to be left handed.

Show your kid how to put a new spin on an old classic with this fun party game.

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.

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

Introduce your fifth grader (and friends) to a unique Jewish tradition by paying homage to the Maccabiah games by engaging them in their own makeshift games!

Practice math and social studies skills with this fun game based on the Battle of Lexington and Concord.

Send your child on an online hunt where he will practice working with search engines and use his reading comprehension skills to find specific information.

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

Help your fifth grader bring the magnificent spirit of Rome to a modern day, personalized clay coin.

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.