1st - 4th Grade Community and Culture Activities

Your child will learn a whole alphabet of different jobs while they complete this brain-teaser chart just in time to celebrate Labor Day!

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

Here's a great activity to help learners satisfy their snow play cravings in a cozy indoor setting!

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.

This easy craft project boosts counting and fine motor skills, and will help kids learn about Jewish culture.

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.

Encourage a spirit of giving and sharing with this meaningful tzedakah box craft project. 

Celebrate Black History Month by having your child make her own version of a kente cloth after learning what the different colors on a kente cloth symbolize.

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

Learn about the ancient art of Japanese calligraphy with this New Year's activity about kakizome.

Learn about the architecture of Asia by building your very own model of a pagoda!

Let your imagination take flight as you explore the beautiful continent of Africa! Do this fun writing activity with your child to honor Black History Month.

Give your child an American history lesson as you create a colorful mini totem pole!

An "I Love You" book is a perfect gift for a very special friend on Valentine's Day. Our "I Love You" book shares the love in eight different languages.

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

Jump into Japanese culture with your child by making your own calligraphy scroll. Try your hand at painting kanji on paper just like Zen masters of old!

Celebrate Ramadan by creating a crescent moon and star...out of stars! This craft is the perfect way to introduce your child to an important national symbol.

Have your kid create a chart of job titles. It's a great way to get them to recognize the people whose efforts benefit the community.

Help your child to make a beautiful Africa mask to help her reinforce important spatial and compositional skills.

This simple art project will help your child think of nice words to say that come from the heart.

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

Being a kid is hard work. Soothe stresses and calm fears with this DIY Zen garden -- all you need is sand, stones and a shoebox.

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.

Sultan Ahmed Mosque is often referred to as the Blue Mosque. In this activity, your kid will build his own Blue Mosque just in time for Ramadan!

Explore geometry, patterns, and history by creating pretty decorative Islamic tile art.

Have the children play a more active role in the Seder by helping them prepare paper puppets that represent the ten plagues.

Chinese New Year is a time when many different luck-bringing rituals are performed. In this activity your child will create a lucky trinket.

This Kool-Aid tie-dye activity is a kid-friendly craft that never gets old. Learn how to make tie-dye shirts using assorted Kool-Aid flavors here.

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!

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