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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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Bring a bit of the fun of Yuan Xiao Jie to your home with this lantern activity. Happy New Year!

Your child will look forward to lunchtime with this artistic reinterpretation of the same old cold lunch.

Help your second grader celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King with this rainbow table mat.

This is a healthy dish that'll bring color to any meal but simple enough that kids of all ages can take the lead in making this delicious Korean dish.

What could be more fun than doing sidewalk art? How about making your own colored sidewalk chalk!

This project examines whether people's taste perception is influenced by what they see.

Teach an important and often comical historical lesson with a prediction game that teaches youngsters about the fallibility of word-of-mouth talk.

On Martin Luther King Day, help your third grader create an original "scratch art" card to thank a person who has made a difference in his life.