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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.

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.

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.

Celebrate Black History Month by having your child make her own version of a kente cloth after learning what the different colors on a kente cloth symbolize.

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

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

As your fifth grader brainstorms and creates a plan for peace, your child will give his creativity and fine motor skills a boost!

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

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

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

Show your kid how to put a new spin on an old classic with this fun party game.

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

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

Help your fifth grader bring the magnificent spirit of Rome to a modern day, personalized clay coin.

Introduce your fifth grader (and friends) to a unique Jewish tradition by paying homage to the Maccabiah games by engaging them in their own makeshift games!

Test your learner's knowledge of Barack Obama by challenging your child to complete a crossword puzzle about the President after reading a short biography.

Help your fifth grader embrace the roots--literally--of Mother's Day by growing carnations to honor mothers in you family's history.

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

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.

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.

Help your kids put together a travel journal for your family's next vacation to get them reading, writing, and thinking about what's happening on the trip.

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!

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!

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.

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.

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

Liven up your sixth grader's study of world geography with these three fun challenges.

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!

Draw your own beautiful mandala with this easy technique that ensures symmetrical results every time!