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Help your child learn about the world through this 3rd-4th grade geography activity: start a postcard collection and mark where they came from on a world map.

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

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

Help your kids map the "global footprint" of your family's grocery cart by investigating how far your food travels before landing on your dinner table.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Write to a deployed soldier to help your child practice reading, writing, and get a better understanding of what it means to serve our country.

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.

Learn how to count in Spanish. Your child will practice her numbers and build her reading skills while learning a bit about Latino culture along the way.

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

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

Create a compass rose from sidewalk chalk in this summer geography project!

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

Build a decorated box and fill it with research that can help you get to your dream location someday!

Here is a hands-on activity to help third graders understand the four points of a compass...and how we use them to get around.

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

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

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.

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

Tell the Purim story in a new way: By making a set of puppets out of an old deck of cards!

Use the appeal of the common road sign to your advantage by creating a game with hidden learning opportunities.

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!

Make a photo book to provide a reassuring guide for your child's first days and weeks of school.

Have the children play a more active role in the Seder by helping them prepare paper puppets that represent the ten plagues.