Understanding how a map works is tricky for kids, so why not make it into a fun activity for the whole family?

Your child can create an interactive map of his neighborhood focusing on the different textures he finds!

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

In this activity, your second grader will design her very own heart map to show what she's really made of.

How many steps long is the hallway? Kids put their graph-making skills to work as they make a step map of their own house.

In this kindergarten activity your child will create a map of your house and use a magnet to move pictures of your family through the house!

Guide your first grader through a map drawing project inspired by her favorite fairy tale. Its masked as a fun art activity, but it also packs learning punch!

Build your child's vocabulary and get his body moving at the same time with this fun dance map activity!

Air invisible; it doesn't make sounds; you can't pick it up and throw it. So how do we know it exists? Help your second grade scientist figure it out.

Bring the crisscrossing lines of highways and the sprawling webs of metropolitan cities to your dinner table!

Find out whether we can create motion in a dish and as a result, create a wonderful and colorful show.

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

Water can go from solid to liquid to gas...but how does popcorn go from kernel to snack? Invite your first grade scientist to find out.

Use a basic tape recorder and some favorite books to help your first grader read smoothly--and make someone's day in the process!

Practice early social studies skills and get your child excited about the new school year with this fun activity.

Expand your child's geographic awareness with these fun and easy map lessons.

This craft is an excellent way to learn about African-American history, and it also provides fine motor practice.

Help your kindergartener use a map to find "leprechaun gold"--and build early social studies skills in the process!

It's always good to have a little help during the holiday. Show your child how to set a table setting and then help him create a placemat map.

Celebrate spring with a cute cut-out bug button your child can make out of colorful felt and markers!

What's the science behind those out-of-sight roots? Find out if you can trick roots into growing in different directions.

Practicing letters and words by writing them out is all well and good, but spelling out your practice words with old puzzle pieces is a lot more fun!

Did you know a mouse eats almost fifty times as much as a cow? Find out how and test out the strange science with your friends!

Picking words out can be tricky. In this early reading activity, your child will place letter markers on a grid to make words appear out of the jumble.

This cut-out craft makes an elegant Mother's Day gift.

Covered in patterns and reflective texture, this paper purse is sure to stand out!

Act out the Three Billy Goats Gruff with this adorable paper plate mask.

Draw some educational value out of a summer stocked full of adventures!

How much water comes out of snow? Explore this timely question with your kindergarten scientist with this easy winter experiment.

Make these edible dreidels out of marshmallows, pretzels and chocolate chips for Hanukkah.