This spider mobile activity encourages learning about the science of motion, air currents and art.

Learners hypothesize about and experiment with soil erosion in this hands-on activity.

Forget mass-produced, store bought holiday ornaments. Your fifth grader can usher in the holidays by making his own homemade marbled Christmas balls!

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

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!

Help your child to make a beautiful Africa mask to help her reinforce important spatial and compositional skills.

Make Frankenstein bolts for your trick-or-treater this Halloween. These homemade Frankenstein bolts make your child look just like the popular monster.

Focus on tasty savory dishes instead of sweet treats this Valentine's Day: make Caprese salad with heart-shaped mozzarella.

This family project is a fun way to teach your child about her heritage and practice her geography.

Celebrate the life and work of Dr. King by making a timeline of some major events during his life and the Civil Rights Movement.

Celebrate Dia de los Muertos by baking pan de muerto. In this 5th-6th grade activity, your child will explore another culture while learning about baking.

In this activity, learners will discover how to make a basic water filtration system using common materials found around the house or outside.

Inspire your fifth grader to explore a new culture and determine her New Year's fortune by playing this German wax dripping game.

Show your young artist how to celebrate Mary Cassatt, an Impressionist painter, by creating a mother-child painting in her style.

Have fun making recycled paper using scraps of used paper in your home with this hands-on project.

Flip your way into the fall season with this easy and delicious pumpkin pancake recipe that your child can make on weekend mornings!

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

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.

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

Young artists will combine two animals into one in this imaginative art-project-slash-game!

Embrace the spooky and creepy thrills of Halloween night with a nightlight that will do more to frighten than soothe.

Nothing says fall like pumpkin soup, but it's also really good for you, with high amounts of fiber, iron, zinc and free radical busting antioxidants.

Be active while learning about American history with this twist on the classic running game "Capture the Flag."

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

Explore Pilgrim foodways with three heritage cornbread recipes.

Making gift bags for a Halloween party or tricker-treaters is a great way for your child to learn a bit about geometry and origami!

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.

Reinforce your child's measurement and problem solving skills this holiday season! This decadent bread pudding, dressed up with pumpkin and warm spices, is a holiday show-stopper.

Help your fifth grader trace your family's roots and interview all the living mothers to create a makeshift, 3-D family tree!

Explore geometry, patterns, and history by creating pretty decorative Islamic tile art.