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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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