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Help your child practice multiplication tables with this mental and physical multitasking game that uses a hula hoop to get into the swing of things.

Have a blast celebrating the poetic prose of Dr. Seuss as you hop your way to better vocabulary and reading skills. Play Hop on Pop Hopscotch!

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.

In this activity, your child will consider the meaning of "culture" and what comprises their family's culture. They will draw pictures of aspects of their family's culture, then choose an aspect of it to explore further.

Learn about the microclimate of your backyard by tracking rainfall, temperature, and observed weather with hand drawn charts and graphs.

Like "Mother, May I?", this following directions tag game focuses on gross motor skills, but to the theme Itsy Bitsy Spider. Fun indoors or outside!

Not only is homemade wrapping paper pretty, but by experimenting with decorative tools, kids are also doing science, art, and small-motor muscle building.

Develop your kindergartener's fine motor skills while tracing shadows on a sunny day with this fun kindergarten activity.

To help your child learn how to use a thermometer, try this temperature collecting activity at home.

Those second grade spelling lists may be getting serious, but that's no reason to stop having fun. Here's a high-energy hopscotch game to try.

Children use their design thinking skills and powers of observation to create and construct a bird nest.

Try turning the evening ritual of asking about your kid's school day into a challenging game that consists of twenty questions.

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.

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!

With school, home, and activities in between, life can sometimes feel chaotic to kids. Help your child learn how to stop and relax with handmade peace rocks.

Children will deepen their understanding of global citizenship and create a collage that illustrates all of the ways many communities are connected.

Make counting coins make "cents" to your second grader while giving her the chance to practice her math skills by playing this fun game with her.

Blend art and science in this hands-on activity that shows your kindergartener how primary colors combine to make secondary colors.

Help your child celebrate the summer and the sun by making a sandy seascape.

This recipe makes bubbles that not only blow up nice and big, but do tricks and experiments! How do you do it? It's not a secret, it's science!

Follow this Colonial recipe for candied rose petals, and share the sweets with friends, family or classmates.

This activity allows your kindergartener to translate what they observe into a beautiful poem.

Get your child outside to observe the clouds, and get a fun exercise in science, writing, and arts and crafts! Here's how.

Help your child make a beautiful homemade sandcastle that will last!

Help your first grader practice sight words with this fun activity. Learn how to put together a puzzle while practicing common sight words.

Throughout history, people have used song as a teaching and memory tool. This project explores whether song improves a person's ability to retain information.

In this simple and social activity, children use size comparison skills to find objects in nature that are bigger, smaller, longer, and shorter.

Help your preschooler combine a lesson about numbers with a silly, snowy game of hopscotch.

Teach your kindergartener or first grader about the art of correspondence by guiding them to create their own postcards out of favorite family photographs.

Tea time is a chance for a lesson in etiquette while she plays. Quality time to read a book and talk about good manners.