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!

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

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

Travel to ancient Mesopotamia with your kids by carving your own unique cuneiform cylinder seals.

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

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.

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

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

Make a garland of paper flags representing your child's favorite countries.

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

Explore Pilgrim foodways with three heritage cornbread recipes.

Enhance fourth-grade measurement making skills and social studies learning with this stitching project.

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.

Puppets can help preschoolers practice communication and conflict resolution.

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

Shadow puppets are a traditional form of folk art that originated in ancient China. Help your child create his own puppet and put on a show!

Send your child on an online hunt where he will practice working with search engines and use his reading comprehension skills to find specific information.

This writing activity will promote dialogue about racial segregation and its impact on African-Americans throughout history with your child.

Create a yarn doll out of a few toothpicks and colorful string with this Guatemalan craft.

Help your child discover the difference between his wants and needs using this poster.

How well can people recall what they have observed. Test your knowledge in this fun experiment.

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

El dia de los muertos (the day of the dead) is a Mexican holiday celebrated on November 1st and 2nd every year. Other Latin American countries celebrate a variation of the holiday, but it originates in Mexico and is unique to this country. These two days

Choose a destination and "race" your way there! This activity is a great for charting progress and motivation.

Let your child find her place among the politicians, the flyers, the debates and the countless television ads with a slogan and poster of her very own.

Help your kids map the "global footprint" of your family's grocery cart by investigating how far your food travels before landing on your dinner table.

Play loteria, a Mexican board game! Help your child make this fun and festive game to help her build her vocabulary and have a blast while she's at it.

Conduct a mock interview with the President to teach your child about politics, the president and the world she lives in.

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

Is it a square or a circle? See if you can trick your friends with this zany science project!