Understanding how a map works is tricky for kids, so why not make it into a fun activity for the whole family?

Your child can create an interactive map of his neighborhood focusing on the different textures he finds!

In this activity, your second grader will design her very own heart map to show what she's really made of.

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

In this kindergarten activity your child will create a map of your house and use a magnet to move pictures of your family through the house!

How many steps long is the hallway? Kids put their graph-making skills to work as they make a step map of their own house.

Guide your first grader through a map drawing project inspired by her favorite fairy tale. Its masked as a fun art activity, but it also packs learning punch!

Build your child's vocabulary and get his body moving at the same time with this fun dance map activity!

Bring the crisscrossing lines of highways and the sprawling webs of metropolitan cities to your dinner table!

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

Practice early social studies skills and get your child excited about the new school year with this fun activity.

This fall-themed missing letter activity is a great way to help your child learn the alphabet, build their vocabulary and bolster letter recognition skills.

Expand your child's geographic awareness with these fun and easy map lessons.

Help your kindergartener use a map to find "leprechaun gold"--and build early social studies skills in the process!

This fill-in-the-blanks game is a little like Mad Libs, but for emerging writers. Get ready for some silly sentences!

Here's an wholesome arts and crafts activity for your kid: create awesome handmade apple note cards with just some paint and blank paper!

It's always good to have a little help during the holiday. Show your child how to set a table setting and then help him create a placemat map.

Create a special Father’s Day surprise by planning and mapping a hike around the neighborhood!

Choose a destination and "race" your way there! This activity is a great for charting progress and motivation.

Let your child help you create a fire escape plan poster to hang in the house in case of an emergency!

Make a kindergarten "discovery table" that reinforces both science and writing skills. Here's how:

Children will love this arts and crafts activity. Write an "invisible" message in white crayon, then paint over it to reveal the secret!

This first grade science activity is great for winter! Your child will grow and observe her own amaryllis bulb, keeping a journal of her scientific findings.

Spark your child's interest in international sporting events by creating a banner of world flags.

Making a calendar is a great way for third graders to identify those words that are always capitalized. Here's how to get started.

Paying attention to headers and subheaders is a great way to orient your child to the text they're tackling. Here's how:

Build second and third grade writing skills by using pictures to help kids "see" how to use details in their stories.

A car game for road trips with children.

Use this fun math board game to improve your first grader's confidence with addition facts.

This simple fall-themed syllable game is a great way to introduce the concept of a syllable to your young learner.