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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Help your child learn about the world through this 3rd-4th grade geography activity: start a postcard collection and mark where they came from on a world map.

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

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

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

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

This November, it's elephant versus donkey! Does your third grader understand the meaning behind the animals political parties choose to represent them?

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!

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

Explore the world from your own home by conducting research about other cultures with your 4th grade child.

Have your child try her hand at creating a colorful, beaded necklace that's not only stylish, but also tells a story.

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

Have you ever wondered how many numbers most people can memorize? Test your friends to find out!

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

With a handful of craft supplies, your fourth grader can capture some of the artistic magic of the ancient Maya.

Encourage your child to memorize the items on the Seder plate and what they symbolize with this artsy activity.

Test your learner's knowledge of Barack Obama by challenging your child to complete a crossword puzzle about the President after reading a short biography.

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

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

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

Tu B'Shevat is a Jewish holiday during which the "new year" for trees is celebrated. In this activity your child will paint a pot to grow his own plant.

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.

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.

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.