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Help your child to make a beautiful Africa mask to help her reinforce important spatial and compositional skills.

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

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

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.

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

Using butcher paper, ink and charcoal, your child will explore ancient motifs such as buffalo, bison and hunters by creating her very own cave painting.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Your child will create their very own traditional Indian Toran wall hanging using construction paper, yarn and paint.

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

Promote your child's appreciation for Jackie Robinson, an important figure in African-American history, by having your child create a baseball card!

Learn whether writing things down really makes things easier to remember.

Make ancient Egypt come alive by showing kids how to make their own mini sarcophagus out of a shoe box.

Ancient Greek vases were not only utilitarian, they were also works of art. Jump into ancient cultures by decorating your own vase in classic Greek style.

Make an initiation shield like the ones from the Kikuyu tribe in Africa for an art project.

Make Korean vegetable pancakes with your child! This dish is delicious way to get your child cooking as you introduce her to recipes from different cultures.

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.

Conduct a mock interview with the President to teach your child about politics, the president and the world she lives in.

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

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

Challenge your fourth grader to try to recreate the geography of her state using just flour, salt, and water.

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

Check out this sweet recipe idea perfect for celebrating Dia de los Muertos.

Capture a bit of mythological magic with this clever sock craft!

Help your child comprehend the past by using hands-on activities like this homemade lantern project.

Whether your child is celebrating a great American holiday or simply feeling patriotic, this american flag craft is sure to please your little artist.

Teach an important and often comical historical lesson with a prediction game that teaches youngsters about the fallibility of word-of-mouth talk.