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

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

Craft a paper rocket in this hands-on activity inspired by the life of Mae Jemison!

Turn your child's learning about ancient civilizations into a swashbuckling adventure by having her make an ancient treasure map!

Show your patriotism on the next great American holiday by making a shooting star spangled banner that's reminiscent of the American flag.

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

Help your high school revive some Renaissance history with art by making a silverpoint sketch. In this activity, make your own stylus and special paper.

Have your kid create a chart of job titles. It's a great way to get them to recognize the people whose efforts benefit the community.

In this activity, your child will reference Matisse and also learn about patterns.

Follow this Colonial recipe for candied rose petals, and share the sweets with friends, family or classmates.

Help your middle school or high school child make informed decisions about managing his finances and saving wisely for his future.

Do lefties just write different or are their brains different? This science project has students explore what it means to be left handed.

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.

In honor of Black History Month, this activity encourages your child to focus on African American inventors, and do a little inventing of his own.

This science fair project idea addresses tempo, and whether faster or slower music works better as a study aid.

Encourage your child's interest in other cultures by helping him create his own colorful prayer flag inscribed with a special message for the world.

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

Science fair project which determines whether people are more likely to follow rules if they are easy to understand.

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

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

Learn about the Bill of Rights this Presidents Day by playing a Pictionary-inspired drawing game. Players draw a right as others try to guess what it is.

Ancient Greek vases were not only utilitarian, they were also works of art. Jump into ancient cultures by decorating your own vase in classic Greek style.

Word color association is just a fancy way to talk about the way we connect colors with words.

The words of great thinkers throughout the ages have changed the course of history. Have your kid find an inspiring quote and create a work of art around it.

In this activity, your child will make her own book of Swahili numbers filled with pictures of animals found throughout Africa.

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!

Liven up your sixth grader's study of world geography with these three fun challenges.

Teaching your child some basic words in Spanish is a breeze at home, with this simple and fun activity that doesn't require special educational materials.

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.

Help your child create his own pinata in this fun and easy activity. Use paper mache and fingerpaint for a party pinata everyone will love.