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Test your kid's knowledge of presidents one through forty-four with this fun and educational matching game!

Try this recipe with your child and explore Ethiopia through one of its dietary staples: injera, or flat bread!

Take a stab at 18th century American cooking with your kids by following this tasty recipe from one of the first colonial cookbooks.

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.

This Labor Day, encourage your child to learn more about the different tools and supplies found in a doctor's bag by having her create one of her own!

In Colonial times, fixing a chair was a lot easier than making one! Any fifth-grader can wrap up a mirror or photo frame the same way Colonists caned chairs.

Free science fair project idea that examines the differences between cats and dogs. Analyze objective qualities rather than subjective ones.

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

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.

Teach your child about Chinese New Year by creating a dragon float inspired by the brilliant traditional ones seen in Chinese new year parades.

Explore Pilgrim foodways with three heritage cornbread recipes.

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

Make sourdough bread...and learn some colonial history and modern science in the process!

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".

Mix up a batch of molasses cookies, and you'll have a delicious chance to teach your child some math and social studies in the process!

Learn whether writing things down really makes things easier to remember.

Learn an ancient craft with this introduction to weaving. A great tie-in for kids learning about ancient cultures.

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

Give your child a taste of life in Civil War era America by mixing up a batch of old-fashioned cornbread, adapted from a 19th century recipe.

Give your second-grader insight into the Huichol culture of Mexico with this arts and craft activity by creating an ojo de Dios (eye of God), or yarn weaving.

Make a Korean paper fan! This activity is a great way to help your child explore different cultures while she builds her fine motor and arts and crafts skills.

Teach kids about a fun way they can remember this more efficiently- the power of mnemonics. Kids will be amazed.

Make Korean vegetable pancakes with your child! This dish is delicious way to get your child cooking as you introduce her to recipes from different cultures.

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

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

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

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

Kids often ask, "how tall am I?" This science fair project seeks to determine how well kids can guess their own heights.

Help your child observe Veterans Day by having him create a paper chain American flag; it's a fun and crafty way to show your patriotism.

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.