Make sourdough bread...and learn some colonial history and modern science in the process!

Help your fifth grader bring the magnificent spirit of Rome to a modern day, personalized clay coin.

This Labor Day, help your child explore various occupations by discussing the tools workers use on a daily basis at their jobs.

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!

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

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!

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

Test your kid's knowledge of presidents one through forty-four with this fun and educational matching game!

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

In Japan, ozoni is one of the main dishes eaten on New Year's Day. Here's how to make this delicious traditional dish with your child.

In Colonial times, fixing a chair was a lot easier than making one! Any fifth-grader can wrap up a mirror or photo frame the same way Colonists caned chairs.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Explore Pilgrim foodways with three heritage cornbread recipes.

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

Ignite your child's creativity by having them design their own clay version of an alebrije, a traditional fanciful creature like the ones made in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Teach your child about Chinese New Year by creating a dragon float inspired by the brilliant traditional ones seen in Chinese new year parades.

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

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!

Craft a patriotic placemat from red, white, and blue construction paper in this festive craft project!

Explore history and prepare for backyard battle with this samurai helmet craft.

Celebrate our nation's colonial history by making your very own weaving loom!

Learn about the architecture of Asia by building your very own model of a pagoda!