Turn an empty cereal box into a teacher appreciation card in this eco-friendly craft project! 

Start the school year off on the right foot by treating your child's new teacher to a special heart-felt surprise!

This art activity encourages your child to create her own papier-mache apple sculpture to give to a special teacher.

In this activity, your child will reflect on one role model in their life or research one historical figure that has displayed perseverance. Then, they will create a slideshow presentation or poster that defines and illustrates perseverance.

Enlist your fifth grader's help in making homemade mistletoe. Every time someone passes under it, he will express appreciation to another family member!

Promote your child's appreciation for Jackie Robinson, an important figure in African-American history, by having your child create a baseball card!

Making a freedom kite is a great way to show appreciation on Memorial Day or July 4th, and enjoy the summer sunshine with family.

This year on Mother's Day, try this gift project that brings together an appreciation for gardening with a hands-on lesson in art history.

Get your little traveler ready for a âround-the-world adventure! Kids will get a geography lesson, writing practice and a great appreciation for traveling.

Children will learn about diversity, hear a story that reflects appreciation and acceptance of differences, and connect with a pen pal in another country through writing and drawing a letter.

Labor Day is the perfect time to celebrate our postal workers. Have your kid write a thank you note to your local post office to show his appreciation.

How often do we eat with awareness and really taste our food and think about where the food came from? Mindful eating is a great way to practice mindfulness infused with gratitude and appreciation for our food.

Say thanks this Thanksgiving by surprising a friend, a teacher or a grandparent with this paper plate turkey which doubles as a festive wall hanging.

Make these crazy shaped bubbles from simple items in the kitchen, and teacher your kids to experiment and hypothesize. Here's how:

Nature is the greatest teacher, and you can help facilitate the lesson! Here's how to create a supply backpack to get your kid ready for science action!

Looking for a teacher gift? Here's a way for your preschooler to show off her growing writing skills and create a cute picture frame to show her thanks, too!

Here's a fun car game for you: Blind Distance. Blind Distance is a great way to bond with your child and teacher her about depth perception at the same time.

Learn all about colors with the best teachers of all -- cupcakes!

Make Hanukkah gift bags with your child this holiday season. These Hanukkah gift bags are great for passing out gelt to teachers and friends.

This project is a vivid, concrete introduction to the basic but important idea that plants need sunlight and water to grow.

Make a "hands-on" barbecue apron for Dad this Father's Day!

This Mother's Day, help your child practice math measurement skills with this "mom" recipe card.

Explore the world from your own home by conducting research about other cultures with your 4th grade child.

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

In this activity, your child will write a poem recognizing and appreciating the beauty inherent in diversity.

In this arts and crafts activity, help your kindergartener make friendship bracelets with just safety pins, elastic, and some colorful beads.

Your mom works hard, and a homemade present is the perfect way to show how much you appreciate her.

Help your first grader explore the world of scientific measurement by "weighing" fruit with a "water scale"!

In this activity, your child will consider the meaning of "culture" and what comprises their family's culture. They will draw pictures of aspects of their family's culture, then choose an aspect of it to explore further.

Here's an idea for an edible Father's Day "note" that also happens to give your second grader practice in using a fancy new tool: the thesaurus.