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In this social emotional learning activity, your child will write loving kindness notes to place around the home to serve as a reminder (for themselves and others) to see the goodness within themselves.

Craft a paper rocket in this hands-on activity inspired by the life of Mae Jemison!

In this social emotional learning activity, your child will hear the story Zoo Zen: A Yoga Story for Kids, learn the benefits of yoga, and create their own yoga sequence to teach someone else.

A strong vocabulary helps your little one with all school subjects. With this scrambled words game, they won't mind brushing up on vocab and learning new words.

In this social emotional learning activity, your child will learn about emotions and how they change, just like many parts of nature. Then they will spend time outside, exploring and reflecting on what they have learned.

The next time you've got a restless second grade earth scientist on your hands, use this experiment to demonstrate crystals and make a tasty treat, too!

Here is a hands-on activity to help third graders understand the four points of a compass...and how we use them to get around.

In this social emotional learning activity, children will practice problem solving with kind attention as they play math games, participate in a mindfulness session, and create a work of art to help get them in touch with their "lion mind."

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.

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

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

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

This simple sewing activity results in a pair of homemade fleece mittens!

Teach your child about the art of ancient Australia by creating your own handprint art just like Aboriginal artists did thousands of years ago.

Turn the marks on the wall into art! Create fingerpaint flamingos, herons and ostriches with this fun craft for kids.

Introduce your child to the amazing, almost magical phenomenon of static electricity!

Celebrate the season with a fall centerpiece art project your child can display for the whole family!

This cultural craft makes a pretty decoration and teaches kids about other cultures.

Add simple fractions in this fun math card game for second graders. This game is very similar to Blackjack, or 21, but it's entirely kid friendly!

Here's a fun activity that will help your child become familiar with both punctuation marks...by using pasta shapes!

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 fun science project your child will get practice following directions and getting messy as they learn all about slime!

You've got to try it to believe it! Making these sweet treats allows your second grader to practice with measurement and boost his motor skills.

Try this experiment to give your curious kid a more "solid" understanding of how temperature affects the states of matter.

Create a mini plant habitat with your kid to help teach him what it takes to make an ecosystem work.

This 'handy' Thanksgiving wreath gets your child to focus on things he's grateful for all year. Create a Thanksgiving wreath with your child this November.

Your child can re-use and re-purpose old seeds and paper into something new: decorated paper that can be planted!

Get ready for leftovers with an adorable turkey lunch bag! This recycled craft is a great way to remind everyone how much fun they had on Thanksgiving.

Children build a "Loving Kindness Garden" to represent what they have learned about love, mindfulness, and caring for others in community.

Children have a naturally inquisitive mind. Foster their curiosity with a walk through an autumn field or park to answer age-old “why” questions. As you walk with your child, you can encourage them to ask questions.