In this activity, your child will explore what it means and how it feels to live in a community.

Labor Day is the perfect time to celebrate our postal workers. Have your kid write a thank you note to your local post office to show his appreciation.

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

Children will reflect on how community service makes us better people. Then they will complete a service survey to gain a better understanding of their interests, gifts, and their potential role as a service worker in their community.

Honor the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by interviewing someone in your community who lived it.

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

Children reflect on ways they have cared for themselves, others, and the Earth before building a garden to share beauty with others in their community.

Children will reflect on the importance of diversity and brainstorm ways to support people in their community who may feel alone, researching local organizations that strive to help those people.

Hearing true stories of compassionate people can be uplifting and inspiring! In this home activity, your child will hear a true story of compassion and then set goals to bring compassion to their home and/or community.

El dia de los muertos (the day of the dead) is a Mexican holiday celebrated on November 1st and 2nd every year. Other Latin American countries celebrate a variation of the holiday, but it originates in Mexico and is unique to this country. These two days

This activity will inspire adults and kids alike to take time to explore the beauty in their community and discover the colors of fall while developing their descriptive and creative writing skills! 

In this activity, your child will watch a video about empathy and practice speaking to someone with empathy. They will also discuss how empathy supports living in a community with others.

Judgements assumptions about others can cause disconnect in relationships and communities. In this social emotional learning activity, kids will explore how to break through assumptions and create a colorful bracelet that represents unity.

In this activity, your child will write stories about two different people. The stories will include similarities and differences in the ways each person lives in their communities.

Challenge your learner to design and build a city of their own in this creative engineering activity.

Invite your fifth grader to design a fleet of miniature paddle boats to race in the family bathtub.

This Labor Day, encourage your child to start thinking about jobs she'd like to learn more about and might consider for her future career.

Here's a great project to get your child on the right track towards writing well thought-out proposals.

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.

This refreshing salad is tasty and chock full of fresh veggies! Your child will hone her slicing skills as she makes this delicious dish.

Is your third grader bombing around on a bike these days? Here's a way to put all that fun time together with some math learning, too.

Your child can personalize these customizable cookies for friends and family as he makes his own fortune cookies from this fortune cookie recipe.

This science fair project idea examines how well individuals can remember a story they were told and how accurately they pass that story along.

This craft is a great way to explore the fascinating world of spiders and their webs as you collect spider webs from around your house with your third grader.

Science fair project that compares the biodiversity of fungi in different ecosystems by identifying species of fungi.

In this activity, your child will reflect on how adults can learn from kids. They will watch a TED Talk presented by a 12-year-old girl about the power of young people’s ideas and teachings, and they will generate some of their own unique ideas.

This science fair project will help students learn about non-vascular plants, such as mosses.

Make this delicious coconut cream pie recipe this Kwanzaa, and teach your kids the meaning of this important African-American holiday.

Children will learn about food waste and conservation, create a poster that lets others know about the importance of food conservation, and make a plan to waste less food and consume with mindfulness.

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