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.

What could be more fun than doing sidewalk art? How about making your own colored sidewalk chalk!

Here's a list of suggestions for parents on how to whet your child's political appetite.

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

This shamrock magnet is the perfect project for St. Patrick's Day. It's simple to make and will fill your refrigerator with Irish spirit!

Have your child create her own version of an ancient Egyptian jewelry cuff similar to one that a goddess might have worn with this fun recycled craft.

This science project encourages students to investigate the Mozart Effect, the idea that classical music promotes learning.

Practice early social studies skills and get your child excited about the new school year with this fun activity.

This slightly tweaked version of "Hide and Go Seek" hones listening: a key skill for kindergarten.

Get your child excited for the seemingly stuffier side of these chilly months with a mock debate.

Bring history to life by helping your child create her own cartouche like the Egyptians did thousands of years ago.

In this game, your child and his friends will need to use their observational skills as they try to figure out who's got the peanut!

Your child will learn a whole alphabet of different jobs while they complete this brain-teaser chart just in time to celebrate Labor Day!

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

Help middle schoolers use maps, math, and history for some Fourth of July fun.

Give your child an American history lesson as you create a colorful mini totem pole!

Here's an arts and crafts activity for preschoolers and pre-kindergarteners: build brick buildings with homemade mud bricks made from dirt and water.

Sometimes a sandwich is just ho hum boring. Help your kid make lunch fun by threading her favorite ingredients on a skewer for a quick and easy sandwich kabob.

This project will explore whether music influences physical endurance.

This low-prep party game is a perfect for entertaining all-too-easily-bored teens, and an easy way to lighten the mood during a group study session.

Puppets can help preschoolers practice communication and conflict resolution.

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

Practice math and social studies skills with this fun game based on the Battle of Lexington and Concord.

This family project is a fun way to teach your child about her heritage and practice her geography.

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

Improve your kindergartener's vocabulary with this fun, quick, and simple improvisation activity! He'll love acting while practicing directionality words.

Teach an important and often comical historical lesson with a prediction game that teaches youngsters about the fallibility of word-of-mouth talk.

In Japan, ozoni is one of the main dishes eaten on New Year's Day. Here's how to make this delicious traditional dish with your child.

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

Determine the effect of homework on academic performance. Collect grade info at the end of a semester, determine correlation between grades, amount of homework