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.

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

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.

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

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

Help your third grader learn time zones with this fun map activity!

Help your child learn about the world through this 3rd-4th grade geography activity: start a postcard collection and mark where they came from on a world map.

Build a decorated box and fill it with research that can help you get to your dream location someday!

Expand your child's geographic awareness with these fun and easy map lessons.

Help your kids put together a travel journal for your family's next vacation to get them reading, writing, and thinking about what's happening on the trip.

Here's a simple activity to reinforce your fourth grader's study of her home state and help her make a pretty keepsake.

This activity with add some fun and education to long car trips. Perfect for family vacations!

Car cluttered with old maps now that you've adopted GPS technology? Upcycle them in this fun geography craft.

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

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