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Explore Pilgrim foodways with three heritage cornbread recipes.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

This project examines whether people's taste perception is influenced by what they see.

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!

Being a kid is hard work. Soothe stresses and calm fears with this DIY Zen garden -- all you need is sand, stones and a shoebox.

Civil War soldiers didn't take their wives with them to the battlefield, but they took along a piece of home: little sewing kits called "housewives".

This science project encourages students to investigate the Mozart Effect, the idea that classical music promotes learning.

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

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

In this activity, your child will reference Matisse and also learn about patterns.

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

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

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!

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

Looking for a fun summer adventure? Learn what it was like to be a prospector during the California Gold Rush by panning for gold in a local creek.

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

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

Help your child create her own version of a Moroccan lantern to give her room an Arabian nights feel!

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

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

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.

Has your child ever told you he wants to travel the world and meet new people? Why not keep track of his future travel plans with some fun footprint art.

This science fair project teaches kids experimental design and how to test if subjects can really sense if they are being watched.

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.