This Labor Day, help your child explore various occupations by discussing the tools workers use on a daily basis at their jobs.

Puppets can help preschoolers practice communication and conflict resolution.

Make a photo book to provide a reassuring guide for your child's first days and weeks of school.

When it comes to helping your third grader manage a school backpack, small steps now bring big payoffs later.

This Labor Day, encourage your child to learn more about the different tools and supplies found in a doctor's bag by having her create one of her own!

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

Try this recipe with your child and explore Ethiopia through one of its dietary staples: injera, or flat bread!

Practice counting to 100 independently with this American flag craft project! 

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

In this activity, your first grader will practice calendar skills, observe the weather and learns to read calendar words. Here's how to get started:

This Haggadah scroll activity is great for getting kids to practice handwriting, but it will also get them thinking about the meaning behind Passover.

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

Host a royal party full of "please and thank you" - even the queen would approve. Have a ball while your kids practice etiquette!

Write to a deployed soldier to help your child practice reading, writing, and get a better understanding of what it means to serve our country.

Learn about the ancient art of Japanese calligraphy with this New Year's activity about kakizome.

Free science fair project idea that examines the differences between cats and dogs. Analyze objective qualities rather than subjective ones.

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

Word color association is just a fancy way to talk about the way we connect colors with words.

Teach your child about Chinese New Year by creating a dragon float inspired by the brilliant traditional ones seen in Chinese new year parades.

Here's a place mat your second grader can create, based on the classic frontier tradition of patchwork quilting.

Craft a patriotic placemat from red, white, and blue construction paper in this festive craft project!

Improve your kindergartener's vocabulary with this fun, quick, and simple improvisation activity! He'll love acting while practicing directionality words.

Make a Korean paper fan! This activity is a great way to help your child explore different cultures while she builds her fine motor and arts and crafts skills.

This writing activity will promote dialogue about racial segregation and its impact on African-Americans throughout history with your child.

Encourage your child to make a Chinese scroll painting as part of his world history or art studies, or just to pass the time on a weekend.

Learn an ancient craft with this introduction to weaving. A great tie-in for kids learning about ancient cultures.

This recipe provides a quicker, easier, and slightly healthier way to prepare this classic Louisiana Creole dish.

This easy craft project boosts counting and fine motor skills, and will help kids learn about Jewish culture.

Explore geometric shapes and pattern as your child makes her very own Hawaiian kapa cloth.

With this activity, you'll create a family treasure...and reinforce social studies basics while you're at it!