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Here is a guide to making a felt busy book that's perfect for focusing on specific learning areas with your child.

An "I Love You" book is a perfect gift for a very special friend on Valentine's Day. Our "I Love You" book shares the love in eight different languages.

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

Make a photo book to provide a reassuring guide for your child's first days and weeks of school.

Learn how to count in Spanish. Your child will practice her numbers and build her reading skills while learning a bit about Latino culture along the way.

Help your child construct and author a "sempuyo," a traditional Japanese book with accordion-style pages; she will develop her writing and fine motor skills.

Kids put their geography knowledge to the test in this balloon volley game inspired by the Dr. Seuss book "Oh the Places You'll Go".

Evaluate gender differences in processing visual information.

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

Children tap into their own imaginative storytelling skills by creating and writing a richly embellished folk tale about their favorite member of the animal kingdom.

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

Help your kid keep track of all the developments that led to the American Revolution, by portraying the steps visually and literally!

Batik is a fabric dying technique usually done with hot wax. This flour-and-water method is kid-safe and easy, and it creates beautiful batik designs.

Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

To channel your child's revolutionary ambitions, introduce her to the political process, and encourage her to campaign for her cause!

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

This Haggadah scroll activity is great for getting kids to practice handwriting, but it will also get them thinking about the meaning behind Passover.

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

Every year at the Passover Seder, the Ten Plagues are mentioned as part of the ritual. Have your kid draw the plagues to help him remember their importance.

Looking for a fun summer adventure? Learn what it was like to be a prospector during the California Gold Rush by panning for gold in a local creek.

Add a little island flavor to your next lazy afternoon with a Hawaiian arts and craft project!

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

Pop up a pup tent, just like Civil War soldiers did on the battlefield.

Help your child put a new spin on her favorite myth by turning it into a mad lib! Guaranteed to bring the giggles, this fun activity also packs in the learning.

Put your kid's Internet research skills to the test with this activity that will help him learn more about the history and cultural significance of fireworks.

Ignite your child's creativity by having them design their own clay version of an alebrije, a traditional fanciful creature like the ones made in Oaxaca, Mexico.

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

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

Get your creative kid into tasseography! The ancient art of reading tea leaves gets a modern update in this simplified version for youthful fortune tellers!

Explore geometry, patterns, and history by creating pretty decorative Islamic tile art.