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

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.

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.

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.

This science fair project idea explores whether cats can be trained in the same way that dogs can.