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.

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

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.

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.

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!

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

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

This project, focused on the burial practices of ancient Egyptians, is a great addition to a social studies curriculum.

Mix up a batch of molasses cookies, and you'll have a delicious chance to teach your child some math and social studies in the process!

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

In honor of Black History Month, this activity encourages your child to focus on African American inventors, and do a little inventing of his own.

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.

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

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.

Help your kids put together a travel journal for your family's next vacation to get them reading, writing, and thinking about what's happening on the trip.

Combine music, history and craft by making a Native American instrument of your own

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

Help your fourth grader design a first class postage stamp for a hero who stood up for the dignity of people from all walks of life.