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

Your child can now recreate history by building his very own fortified castle.

Practice math and social studies skills with this fun game based on the Battle of Lexington and Concord.

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.

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.

Help your high school revive some Renaissance history with art by making a silverpoint sketch. In this activity, make your own stylus and special paper.

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.

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

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 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.

Help your child put a new spin on her favorite myth by turning it into a mad lib! Guaranteed to bring the giggles, this fun activity also packs in the learning.

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!

To celebrate black history month, use this matching quiz to help your kid demonstrate their knowledge of famous African-Americans.

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.

What are the rules of your home? Help your fifth grader draft a Family Constitution and even give it an aged look using soaked tea bags.

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.

How can your child learn about nations during the Olympics? By adopting 5 teams as his own! Here's how.

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.

Ancient Greek vases were not only utilitarian, they were also works of art. Jump into ancient cultures by decorating your own vase in classic Greek style.

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!

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

Looking for a fun summer adventure? Learn what it was like to be a prospector during the California Gold Rush by panning for gold in a local creek.

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

Explore what freedom and liberty mean to you this Fourth of July with a beautiful portrait collage!