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With this cool floating rocks project, your child will get some hands-on experience with buoyancy and learn why certain rocks like pumice are able to float.

Whatever is stacked in your cupboard can be used to help your child learn how to compare fractions and decimals. A great hands-on math lesson!

A great way to cultivate awareness, focus and attention in the present is through movement. Mindful movement can also decrease stress and anxiety and increase calm.

Teach your fourth grader foreshortening, a type of visual perspective in art with this fun and easy activity!

Your child will love making this adorable clover clock that will help him learn how to tell time.

Introduce your fourth or fifth grader to volume by having him build rectangular prisms, and then count each sugar cube to check his volume calculations.

In this activity, you and your child will practice taking a movement or calming break during homework or when feeling tired. Then, your child will write about and draw what the experience was like for them.

This science fair project idea determines which method of hand cleansing is the most effective.

Help children understand the power of germs and the importance of hand washing with this visual activity that introduces the concept of scientific inquiry.

The chalkboard surface on this desk globe tempts kids to grab their chalk and start mapping out their next adventures.

This fun game helps children learn to estimate the most basic unit of time--a minute--without a clock.

This handprint reindeer adds some whimsy to your Christmas decorations. Make a handprint reindeer with your child out of paper and pom poms.

This reading activity combines some of the most common sight words with a pictograph puzzle that's sure to keep your kindergartener engaged.

In this activity, children create rising foam as they reflect on the many ways they have grown over the past months and learn how a "beginner's mind" is helpful.

Use your kindergartener's handprint to create a sweet and personalized apple craft.

With nothing more than a flat open space and some lively kids, you can reinforce key concepts of punctuation while having lots of healthy laughs.

Need an outdoor activity for your next party or family gathering? Try this wacky group relay game that's fun for adults and kids alike.

Encourage your child to think outside the bathtub by making her very own handmade soaps! Perfect as a present, a decoration, or just to pamper herself.

Challenge your fourth grader to try to recreate the geography of her state using just flour, salt, and water.

How often do we eat with awareness and really taste our food and think about where the food came from? Mindful eating is a great way to practice mindfulness infused with gratitude and appreciation for our food.

In this activity, your child will make her own "quicksand" to better understand how a substance can be both fluid and solid at the same time.

In this activity, your child will use mindfulness to practice staying as still as they can. Then, during a freeze dance activity, they will pay attention to the constellation of sensations and feelings throughout parts of their bodies.

Encourage your child to practice skip counting by turning number patterns into this fun and interactive game of catch.

Play this game that lets you create your own silly monster drawing and helps your child practice her counting skills!

Want a fun way to teach your kid to tell time? Making a plate clock is a great way for him to learn how to tell time in a way he'll actually find exciting.

In this activity students first send kindness to themselves and then they send it to others.

Show your kindergartener how to count to 100 by tens, and he'll get an adorable cheerio necklace in the process!

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

Teaching your child some basic words in Spanish is a breeze at home, with this simple and fun activity that doesn't require special educational materials.

In this spooky and colorful Halloween craft, your child will make a terrifying green monster! She'll also practice counting as she traces her fingers.