This chore obstacle course will keep your child entertained and engaged, while also helping them improve their efficiency at everyday tasks.

Taking a moment to pause, feel our breath, and to notice the things around us can support a heightened sense of focus and can bring kind attention to the present moment and to tasks at-hand. In this activity, your child will practice the STOP method and

This reading comprehension activity teaches children reading in reverse: how would you teach an alien to use a zipper?

In this activity, your child will practice mindfulness, choose one thing to do in which they can slow down, and reflect on this experience. You can even try slowing down together!

In this activity, your child will experience multitasking, then mindfulness and compare the two in terms of productivity and calmness.

Transform your home into a theater with this fun Fall Family Theater Night activity! Invite the family to gather together to practice reading a fun fall-themed story in the format of a play.

Handedness and footedness refer to whether people prefer to use their left or right hand and foot. In this experiment, test hand and foot dominance.

Help your third grader practice his writing skills and learn to operate household appliances like the washing machine or DVR with this Family How-to guide!

Learn whether writing things down really makes things easier to remember.

Strengthen your fourth grader's reading skills with this analytic "reader's theater" activity.

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

This kinesthetic game will help your child practice rounding and get the adrenaline rushing!

Your spotlight-loving third or fourth grader will be delighted to play this improvisational game of freeze theater with family or friends.

Your fourth grader will be astonished to discover the significance and intricacies of his spine as he builds a model of a human vertebral column.

Make a poster with your child about what she wants to be when she grows up, while helping her practice her writing, researching, and artistic skills.

Magic, science, or household cleanser? Let your second grader decide with this practical, nontoxic chemistry experiment with acids and bases.

Help your child to invent her own chore-helper to help her put that growing imagination to good use!

Try this concrete, hands-on organization system and you can count on more efficient, less stressful evenings this school year.

Conduct a mock interview with the President to teach your child about politics, the president and the world she lives in.

Here's an authentic writing task that is perfect for Earth Day, or any day! In this activity, your child's pen becomes an instrument of planetary importance.

In this hands-on design challenge your child will make their very own Rube Goldberg Machine.

Teach your child about the importance and meaning behind bowing in Asian cultures and help her expand her cultural horizons with this fun activity.

Help your child to make a beautiful Africa mask to help her reinforce important spatial and compositional skills.

A riff on the classic board game, St. Patrick's Day Snakes and Ladders is a fun game the whole family can enjoy.

This science fair project idea examines the reason boats are shaped and engineered.

Kids explore how a single movable pulley can confer a mechanical advantage over a fixed pulley in this cool engineering science fair project for 2nd grade.

Plan a family dinner based on the "Little House" books, and encourage reading in the household!

The objective of this science fair project is to examine the effects of temperature on salt and water solutions, as they form crystals over time.