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

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

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.

Spark your child's interest in international sporting events by creating a banner of world flags.

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

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

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

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