Help your fifth grader embrace the roots--literally--of Mother's Day by growing carnations to honor mothers in you family's history.

On Martin Luther King Day, help your third grader create an original "scratch art" card to thank a person who has made a difference in his life.

What better way to remember the achievements of past U.S. Presidents than with a game of memory!

Help your fifth grader bring the magnificent spirit of Rome to a modern day, personalized clay coin.

This Presidents Day, meet four of our country's most important heroes with this Mount Rushmore writing activity.

Learn about the Bill of Rights this Presidents Day by playing a Pictionary-inspired drawing game. Players draw a right as others try to guess what it is.

Helping your child write their own "Thanksgiving Proclamation" can help them grasp the spirit of the day, and develop more of an attitude of gratitude.

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.

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

Pop up a pup tent, just like Civil War soldiers did on the battlefield.

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

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

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

Have you ever taken a bag of snacks with you on a road trip? If you lived in the 19th century, you might have taken hardtack instead.

In Colonial times, fixing a chair was a lot easier than making one! Any fifth-grader can wrap up a mirror or photo frame the same way Colonists caned chairs.

Craft a paper rocket in this hands-on activity inspired by the life of Mae Jemison!

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.

Dive into U.S. colonial history by making a simple bottle gourd water cooler, crafted by colonists of Roanoke Island in the 16th century.

Children read a famous letter from the American Civil War, then write a response, in this thoughtful history activity.

In this activity, your child will learn how to make a drop spindle with a handy vegetable.

Follow this Colonial recipe for candied rose petals, and share the sweets with friends, family or classmates.

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.

Travel to ancient Mesopotamia with your kids by carving your own unique cuneiform cylinder seals.

Test your kid's knowledge of presidents one through forty-four with this fun and educational matching game!

Make sourdough bread...and learn some colonial history and modern science in the process!

Inspire young anthropologists with this 5th grade art project: make patterned pottery in the Anasazi style! All you need are a paper plate and markers to start.

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

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

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.