Eight Great Family-Friendly Activities

Help your child practice his writing skills, while ensuring he'll get some mail to call his own, by making Family Mailboxes, a fun arts and crafts project.

With this fun craft activity, your child can design and "make" his own money, for use as currency and math practice at home.

Have the kids use sidewalk chalk to draw portraits of their family and, in the process, learn about familial relationships.

Help your fourth grader affirm her place in the family and in the march of recent history with this family album project.

Practice reading and writing by helping your first grader create a family recipe book!

Make a family tree with your child to teach him about his personal history. Make a family tree with this tutorial, and teach your kid about his family history.

For a fun family activity to introduce your child to genetics, have your child go on a search for dominant and recessive family genes!

This family photo calendar can be made by your second grader. Make a family photo calendar with your child to celebrate another year together.