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By using static electricity generated from their body, a child can cause a small fluorescent lamp bulb to light up!

Being present is essential for learning, so help your child become more aware of their body and surroundings through an activity called "mindful walking."

Movement activities are crucial for developing minds and bodies. Animal movements, in particular, encourage children to think about their own body mechanics in comparison with animals they may have observed.

Encourage the brain-body connection in your child with movement games. This activity will decide who’s got the better moves, throughout the ages of music!

Staying close to home doesn't mean you can't get moving! Use this fun challenge activity to encourage your child to move their body in new ways while testing their endurance!

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.

This science fair project idea recreates the movement of planetary bodies in order to learn why they sometimes appear to move backwards.

Which do you prefer: real or artificial? Try this sweet little taste experiment to help your kids develop a better awareness of the food they consume.

This activity will introduce your child to the four different components of blood and give him a fun way to visualize its properties.

This art project encourages kids to look closely at their favorite animal and recreate texture, pattern and silhouette with easy to follow instructions.

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.

Learn the basic structure of a DNA strand, which is the double helix, how genes form together, and the resemblance DNA has to a twisted ladder. Create a model.

An easy afternoon craft, this reusable heating compress is just the thing for warming cold limbs on chilly winter days.

This Santa puppet brings a little extra cheer to your Christmas celebration. Make a Santa puppet with your child this holiday season.

In this activity, your child will explore techniques that support patience and learn to practice mindfulness when waiting.

Here is a quick experiment you can conduct at the playground to introduce or reinforce the concept of Newton's First Law, The Law of Inertia.

Help your child get creative and collect leaves of various sizes and textures that she can use to make animal art.

Part food craft, part witchcraft, this is a yummy delight your middle schooler will want to make à and eat!

This science fair project idea measures out the sugar of various foods and find out whether people can correctly determine how much sugar is in common foods.

Want to help make studying the nervous system a little more fun? This thinking cap is a great way to learn external human brain anatomy.

In this social emotional learning activity, you will help your child practice mindfulness of emotions, guiding them to create a word search to understand and explain feeling words.

If you're looking for just the right dessert to serve with your Easter dinner, try your hand at an Easter Bunny cake.

In this activity, your child will take a walk outside, listen to the silence in between sounds, and draw what the experience was like for them.

In this activity, your child will explore the difference between boredom and curiosity in building greater attentiveness and happiness in the present moment.

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

Any time is the perfect time to whip up a delicious batch of fluffy pumpkin cookies.

Children learn about mindfulness tools that may support them to manage their emotions. Then they will create their own video to teach others these same mindfulness tools.

Is there a relationship between caffeine and heart rate? Students will determine the effect of caffeine on heart rate in this fun science fair project.

Kokeshi dolls have been around since the 17th century, and now your child can recreate a piece of Japanese history and culture right at home.

Give your kid the opportunity to experiment with color combinations, and how the tape is applied as they make special cards for friends and family.