Kindergarten - 4th Grade Social Studies Activities : Page 3

To celebrate black history month, use this matching quiz to help your kid demonstrate their knowledge of famous African-Americans.

Summer is a good time to teach children about other kinds of community helpers, such as lifeguards, forest rangers, and librarians. This activity is a fun way to get them introduced!

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

Make a lei and bring a touch of the tropical lifestyle into your home!

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".

Learn about the ancient art of Japanese calligraphy with this New Year's activity about kakizome.

Kick off the spookiest time of the year with an art project inspired by the ancient Egyptian process of mummification.

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

Explore African culture by helping your child make his very own djembe drum! Help your child explore music and rhythm as he celebrates Black History Month.

Learn about sound physics and do a survey experiment to explore the difference between sound and noise in this science project.

Whether your child is celebrating a great American holiday or simply feeling patriotic, this american flag craft is sure to please your little artist.

Practice counting to100 independently with this American flag craft project! 

Children tap into their own imaginative storytelling skills by creating and writing a richly embellished folk tale about their favorite member of the animal kingdom.

Help your third grader learn time zones with this fun map activity!

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

Celebrate Ramadan by creating a crescent moon and star...out of stars! This craft is the perfect way to introduce your child to an important national symbol.

What better way to remember the achievements of past U.S. Presidents than with a game of memory!

Ancient tribes believed that these dolls kept worries away at night. Your 1st grader can make his own and learn about history, culture, and art in this activity

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

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.

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.

Learners can hone their cutting skills while making this patriotically festive star collage!

Add a little island flavor to your next lazy afternoon with a Hawaiian arts and craft project!

Show your patriotism on the next great American holiday by making a shooting star spangled banner that's reminiscent of the American flag.

An "I Love You" book is a perfect gift for a very special friend on Valentine's Day. Our "I Love You" book shares the love in eight different languages.

It's rhyme time! With this science fair project idea, your child will find out which words can be considered easy rhyming words, and why.

In this activity, your child will prepare for the first night of Passover by creating her own Seder plate.

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.

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

Test your learner's knowledge of Barack Obama by challenging your child to complete a crossword puzzle about the President after reading a short biography.