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Many of the world's most important historical documents were written with quill pens. Have your kid make his own quill pen and put his penmanship to the test!

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

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

This family project is a fun way to teach your child about her heritage and practice her geography.

This Haggadah scroll activity is great for getting kids to practice handwriting, but it will also get them thinking about the meaning behind Passover.

Send your child on an online hunt where he will practice working with search engines and use his reading comprehension skills to find specific information.

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

In this activity, your first grader will practice calendar skills, observe the weather and learns to read calendar words. Here's how to get started:

Write to a deployed soldier to help your child practice reading, writing, and get a better understanding of what it means to serve our country.

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

This project, focused on the burial practices of ancient Egyptians, is a great addition to a social studies curriculum.

Inspire your fifth grader to explore a new culture and determine her New Year's fortune by playing this German wax dripping game.

Help your child put a new spin on her favorite myth by turning it into a mad lib! Guaranteed to bring the giggles, this fun activity also packs in the learning.

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

Get your creative kid into tasseography! The ancient art of reading tea leaves gets a modern update in this simplified version for youthful fortune tellers!

Help your child create his own pinata in this fun and easy activity. Use paper mache and fingerpaint for a party pinata everyone will love.

Spark your child's interest in current events by encouraging them to write a letter to the U.S. president.

Dive into U.S. colonial history by making a simple bottle gourd water cooler, crafted by colonists of Roanoke Island in the 16th century.

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!

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

Create a compass rose from sidewalk chalk in this summer geography project!

In this activity, your child will create a red envelope that can be filled with money to spread good will and ward off evil spirits in the New Year.

Make this dragon relief with your first grader to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and teach her about an important part of Chinese culture.

Children tap into their own imaginative storytelling skills by creating and writing a richly embellished folk tale about their favorite member of the animal kingdom.

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

Tell the Purim story in a new way: By making a set of puppets out of an old deck of cards!

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

During the Passover Seder, many Jewish families pour a cup of red wine for Elijah. This year, help your child create his own welcoming glass for Elijah.

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

Celebrate the holidays by making farolitos, paper lanterns with elaborate designs and historical roots.