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

El dia de los muertos (the day of the dead) is a Mexican holiday celebrated on November 1st and 2nd every year. Other Latin American countries celebrate a variation of the holiday, but it originates in Mexico and is unique to this country. These two days

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

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!

Free science fair project idea that examines the differences between cats and dogs. Analyze objective qualities rather than subjective ones.

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

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

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

An "I Love You" book is a perfect gift for a very special friend on Valentine's Day. Our "I Love You" book shares the love in eight different languages.

This Haggadah scroll activity is great for getting kids to practice handwriting, but it will also get them thinking about the meaning behind Passover.

Invite children to create a Fourth of July centerpiece with this simple craft activity!

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

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

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.

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

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.

Determine if gender affects the ability to identify different smells.

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

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

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.

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

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.

Celebrate the colors of the American flag with this playful craft project!

Help your third grader learn time zones with this fun map activity!

Learn about sound physics and do a survey experiment to explore the difference between sound and noise in this science 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.

Bring a bit of the fun of Yuan Xiao Jie to your home with this lantern activity. Happy New Year!

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

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.

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.