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

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

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

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!

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.

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

Make a lei and bring a touch of the tropical lifestyle into your home!

An ancient form of writing gets new life in an activity designed to help your child read understand what life was like for early Native Americans.

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

Step into the fantastic world of colors with a project that explores what shade you -- and your friends -- like best.

Your second grader can honor two renowned U.S. Presidents--Abraham Lincoln and George Washington--by crafting larger-than-life pennies and quarters!

Celebrate Ramadan by recreating a scene depicting the inside of a mosque. Your kid will marvel at the beautiful stained glass effect of the finished project.

Welcome the holiday season by making your own paper lantern. Learn about traditional light festivals from the United States with this fun, easy activity.

Teach your child about the importance and peacefulness of Ramadan as she gets creative drawing domes, minarets and prayer halls.

Kids are acutely aware of what's "fair" and what's not. Here's a quirky way to teach your first grader the importance of voting and democracy.

Encourage your child to make a Chinese scroll painting as part of his world history or art studies, or just to pass the time on a weekend.

Learn about sound physics and do a survey experiment to explore the difference between sound and noise in this science project.

Stories change as you retell them. The objective of this science fair project is to demonstrate how information gets interpreted, distorted and changed.

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

Host a royal party full of "please and thank you" - even the queen would approve. Have a ball while your kids practice etiquette!

Learn more about the fascinating folk art of Pennsylvania Dutch hex signs with this easy craft.

Make ancient Egypt come alive by showing kids how to make their own mini sarcophagus out of a shoe box.

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

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.

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.

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

Here's a place mat your second grader can create, based on the classic frontier tradition of patchwork quilting.

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