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Fish for headlines! This fun and exciting social studies activity is a great way to get your fifth grader reading and understanding newspaper articles.

Teach your child about Chinese New Year by creating a dragon float inspired by the brilliant traditional ones seen in Chinese new year parades.

When it comes to helping your third grader manage a school backpack, small steps now bring big payoffs later.

Teach your first or second grader about an important Mexican holiday, the Day of the Dead, with this traditional skeleton mask made out of a paper plate.

In this activity, your first grader will practice calendar skills, observe the weather and learns to read calendar words. Here's how to get started:

Help your second grader celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King with this rainbow table mat.

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

Make an initiation shield like the ones from the Kikuyu tribe in Africa for an art project.

Your second grader can honor two renowned U.S. Presidents--Abraham Lincoln and George Washington--by crafting larger-than-life pennies and quarters!

Help your fifth grader create an art card that celebrates the enduring values of Passover.

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.

Help your fifth grader trace your family's roots and interview all the living mothers to create a makeshift, 3-D family tree!

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

Your child can create a portrait of himself or his loved ones in the style of Modigliani with the help of oil pastels!

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

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.

On Martin Luther King Day, help your third grader create an original "scratch art" card to thank a person who has made a difference in his life.

As your fifth grader brainstorms and creates a plan for peace, your child will give his creativity and fine motor skills a boost!

Help your fifth grader bring the magnificent spirit of Rome to a modern day, personalized clay coin.

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

Help your fifth grader embrace the roots--literally--of Mother's Day by growing carnations to honor mothers in you family's history.

Introduce your fifth grader (and friends) to a unique Jewish tradition by paying homage to the Maccabiah games by engaging them in their own makeshift games!

With a handful of craft supplies, your fourth grader can capture some of the artistic magic of the ancient Maya.

Here's a place mat your second grader can create, based on the classic frontier tradition of patchwork quilting.

Your first or second grader will delight in creating multi-colored confetti egg smashers, traditional in Mexico, called cascarones!

What are the rules of your home? Help your fifth grader draft a Family Constitution and even give it an aged look using soaked tea bags.

This November, it's elephant versus donkey! Does your third grader understand the meaning behind the animals political parties choose to represent them?

Introduce your first grader to our country's most famous leaders with an artsy info board full of facts, patriotic colors and coins!

Inspire your fifth grader to explore a new culture and determine her New Year's fortune by playing this German wax dripping game.

Make this dragon relief with your first grader to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and teach her about an important part of Chinese culture.