This Presidents Day, meet four of our country's most important heroes with this Mount Rushmore writing activity.

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.

Help your child construct and author a "sempuyo," a traditional Japanese book with accordion-style pages; she will develop her writing and fine motor skills.

Explore Pilgrim foodways with three heritage cornbread recipes.

Celebrate Hanukkah the old-fashioned way with an oil lantern. This craft is a perfect opportunity to teach your child the history of this special holiday.

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.

Play food isn't just for preschoolers! Help your child create a fun Passover craft that doubles as tea-party play food for younger siblings.

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 fun activity that will allow your child to express himself by making a flag of his own design, then writing an accompanying story.

How well can people recall what they have observed. Test your knowledge in this fun experiment.

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

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.

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

Celebrate the colors of the American flag with this playful craft project!

Civil War soldiers didn't take their wives with them to the battlefield, but they took along a piece of home: little sewing kits called "housewives".

This science project encourages students to investigate the Mozart Effect, the idea that classical music promotes learning.

This science fair project teaches kids experimental design and how to test if subjects can really sense if they are being watched.

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

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

Free science fair project idea that examines the differences between cats and dogs. Analyze objective qualities rather than subjective ones.

Create a yarn doll out of a few toothpicks and colorful string with this Guatemalan craft.

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

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

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.

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

Introduce your second grader to a fun Mexican custom by showing her how to make papel picado, a beautiful creation of cut-out tissue paper.

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.

Looking for a fun summer adventure? Learn what it was like to be a prospector during the California Gold Rush by panning for gold in a local creek.

Help your third grader learn time zones with this fun map activity!

This science fair project idea measures out the sugar of various foods and find out whether people can correctly determine how much sugar is in common foods.