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

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

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.

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

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.

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

To pay tribute to the ancient Mexican art of mosaics, your child can craft a colorful mosaic using old magazines, a paper plate and lots of imagination.

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.

Your child can make her own Mexican tin art mirror with cardboard, a mirror, and an aluminum pan.

Celebrate the holidays by making farolitos, paper lanterns with elaborate designs and historical roots.

Kokeshi dolls have been around since the 17th century, and now your child can recreate a piece of Japanese history and culture right at home.

Science fair project which determines whether people are more likely to follow rules if they are easy to understand.

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

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

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 Japan, ozoni is one of the main dishes eaten on New Year's Day. Here's how to make this delicious traditional dish with your child.

Retablos are a kind of Latin American folk art that blend personal and spiritual themes. Have your child create her own version of retablo artwork.

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

Test your kid's knowledge of presidents one through forty-four with this fun and educational matching game!

Being a kid is hard work. Soothe stresses and calm fears with this DIY Zen garden -- all you need is sand, stones and a shoebox.

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

Help your kid keep track of all the developments that led to the American Revolution, by portraying the steps visually and literally!

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

Inspire young anthropologists with this 5th grade art project: make patterned pottery in the Anasazi style! All you need are a paper plate and markers to start.

Learn about the beautiful Indian art of Madhubani painting with this fun and creative project.

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

Help your fifth grader create an art card that celebrates the enduring values of Passover.

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

Let your child find her place among the politicians, the flyers, the debates and the countless television ads with a slogan and poster of her very own.

Take advantage of the fact that ink and water don't mix and introduce your kid to suminagashi, a Japanese form of art.