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Introduce your second grader to a fun Mexican custom by showing her how to make papel picado, a beautiful creation of cut-out tissue paper.

Chinese New Year is a time when many different luck-bringing rituals are performed. In this activity your child will create a lucky trinket.

During Chinese New Year festivities, you see lanterns everywhere. Your child can make her very own red and gold lanterns to display at home.

This experiment explores how listening in to a one-sided conversation affects concentration.

Learn an ancient craft with this introduction to weaving. A great tie-in for kids learning about ancient cultures.

Play loteria, a Mexican board game! Help your child make this fun and festive game to help her build her vocabulary and have a blast while she's at it.

Maracas are most commonly found in music around the world. Introduce your child to percussion and rhythm with this easy-to-make instrument.

This science fair project idea studies past and current fads and trends.

Test of the effect of exercise on rote memory. Prepare a single list of 40 randomly chosen words. Have volunteers recall as many words as possible.

Kids are acutely aware of what's "fair" and what's not. Here's a quirky way to teach your first grader the importance of voting and democracy.

Celebrate the popular holiday Diwali with a craft! Make a homemade diya lamp to welcome light over darkness.

This science fair project idea examines whether people can decode scrambled messages.

Can you fool your eyes and your brain with an optical illusion? The purpose of this science fair project is to demonstrate various kinds of optical illusions.

Encourage your child to learn about the Japanese culture as you make a traditional Japanese fan out of paper.

Practice counting to100 independently with this American flag craft project! 

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

Kokeshi dolls have been around since the 17th century, and now your child can recreate a piece of Japanese history and culture right at home.

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.

This gluten free recipe for coconut rice is a tasty way to help any picky eater expand her culinary horizons. She'll get great measuring practice along the way!

Help kids tap into their inner inventor by teaching them how to make peanut butter through trial, error, and lots of taste testing!

Welcome the holiday season by making your own paper lantern. Learn about traditional light festivals from the United States with this fun, easy activity.

What are the benefits of good posture? Kids will learn about the cognitive effects of good posture through conducting and observing a controlled experiment.

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.

In this science fair project, students evaluate the alleged pain-relieving properties of amber.