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.

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

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

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

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.

In this activity you and your child will learn about the African Americans that changed history in a fun quiz format.

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

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

With this activity, you'll create a family treasure...and reinforce social studies basics while you're at it!

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.

Spark your child's interest in international sporting events by creating a banner of world flags.

Light up the sky with this lotus lantern, a perfect way to explore Buddha Day.

Get started on an ofrenda for Dia de los Muertos with this easy edible sugar skull project.

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

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

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.

Encourage a spirit of giving and sharing with this meaningful tzedakah box craft project. 

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

Help your child appreciate grandparents, history, and societal changes while making a poster handmade, heartfelt grandparent's day craft.

Your first or second grader will delight in creating multi-colored confetti egg smashers, traditional in Mexico, called cascarones!

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

Celebrate Veterans Day with your child by helping them create and send a well-deserving veteran a "thank you" card via the U.S. Veteran's Affairs Department.

Teach your child about the importance and peacefulness of Ramadan as she gets creative drawing domes, minarets and prayer halls.

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

Explore geometric shapes and pattern as your child makes her very own Hawaiian kapa cloth.

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

Let your second grader pay homage to an ancient Olympic tradition with this modern day Olympic wreath!

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

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.

Teach your first or second grader about an important Mexican holiday, the Day of the Dead, with this traditional skeleton mask made out of a paper plate.