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This activity with add some fun and education to long car trips. Perfect for family vacations!

Create a compass rose from sidewalk chalk in this summer geography project!

In this fun project, use a memory game to test various age groups and determine whether aging directly affects short-term memory loss.

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.

Learn whether writing things down really makes things easier to remember.

Making a freedom kite is a great way to show appreciation on Memorial Day or July 4th, and enjoy the summer sunshine with family.

Teach kids about a fun way they can remember this more efficiently- the power of mnemonics. Kids will be amazed.

Many of the world's most important historical documents were written with quill pens. Have your kid make his own quill pen and put his penmanship to the test!

Celebrate our nation's colonial history by making your very own weaving loom!

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

Make this African collar necklace for a lesson in crafting and African culture.

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

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".

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

Fish for headlines! This fun and exciting social studies activity is a great way to get your fifth grader reading and understanding newspaper articles.

Horse chestnuts are inedible, but British children found a fun use for them around the 1840s by turning them into a game called Conkers.

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

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

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.

Shadow puppets are a traditional form of folk art that originated in ancient China. Help your child create his own puppet and put on a show!

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

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.

Create a yarn doll out of a few toothpicks and colorful string with this Guatemalan craft.

Washi Ningyo, otherwise known as Japanese paper dolls, make fantastic bookmarks! Encourage your child to read more with this delightful, origami-inspired doll.

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

Your child is sure to find this colorful pink, green and white salad simply irresistible. For an added challenge, give your youngster a pair of chopsticks!

This Kool-Aid tie-dye activity is a kid-friendly craft that never gets old. Learn how to make tie-dye shirts using assorted Kool-Aid flavors here.

This science fair project idea examines how well individuals can remember a story they were told and how accurately they pass that story along.

This Pysanky egg-decorating activity is perfect for young artists. Bring a little color and creativity to any holiday with this traditional Ukrainian craft.

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