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Invite children to create a Fourth of July centerpiece with this simple craft activity!

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

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.

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

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.

Is it a square or a circle? See if you can trick your friends with this zany science project!

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

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.

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!

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

Your child can create an interactive map of his neighborhood focusing on the different textures he finds!

Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

It's rhyme time! With this science fair project idea, your child will find out which words can be considered easy rhyming words, and why.

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

This writing activity will promote dialogue about racial segregation and its impact on African-Americans throughout history with your child.

It's always good to have a little help during the holiday. Show your child how to set a table setting and then help him create a placemat map.

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

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.

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

This science fair project idea examines whether boys and girls differ in reflexes.

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.

Stories change as you retell them. The objective of this science fair project is to demonstrate how information gets interpreted, distorted and changed.

Give your child a taste of life in Civil War era America by mixing up a batch of old-fashioned cornbread, adapted from a 19th century recipe.

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