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

How often do we eat with awareness and really taste our food and think about where the food came from? Mindful eating is a great way to practice mindfulness infused with gratitude and appreciation for our food.

Make a passport suitcase and keep track of all the places you've traveled together as a family. Here's how:

Do you need to help your students chill out? This activity will help your students learn how to breathe deeply, self-soothe, and calm themselves down.

Help your kindergarten scientist explore an important part of earth science: how soil retains water.

Summer is a good time to teach children about other kinds of community helpers, such as lifeguards, forest rangers, and librarians. This activity is a fun way to get them introduced!

In this activity, your child will learn and teach someone else five finger breathing, and they will also draw a picture of their experience.

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 kindergarten, kids work with patterns. Try making this practical but decorative piece of clothing together for fun and math practice.

With some cookie dough and ordinary household objects, let your kindergartener explore how fossil imprints are made.

Make an edible bracelet from Froot Loops and a shoelace! This Block Institute art activity will engage your special needs or mainstream child at snacktime.

In this fun activity, kids learn how to make their own bravery badges so they can be brave anytime they want.

Use this fun activity to make an optical illusion picture that helps your kindergartener explore the sense of sight, and sharpen his observation skills!

In this activity, students will learn about the meaning and information on a police badge. Then they will be able to create their own badge with their own identification.

Make a kindergarten "discovery table" that reinforces both science and writing skills. Here's how:

Help your child create a rebus message for a unique Father's Day card or poster; it's like a collage and encoded message all in one!

Try this activity with your child to explore what happens to rain (and the living things that need it) when it becomes polluted.

Problem-solving skills can be practiced and strengthened over time with puzzles such as Tangrams! In this activity, your child will discuss problem-solving strategies and practice using these strategies with Tangram puzzles.

This science fair project idea investigates whether air has mass and weight.

On Father's Day, delight Dad--and stretch your early reader, too!--with this adorable ABC book of "Fun with Dad."

Is your child learning to write the alphabet correctly? In this "kinesthetic" activity, use movement and art to help your child with letter-writing.

Help your kindergarten scientist discover relative size, density, and buoyancy with this fun, pumpkin science project!

Rhyming helps kids better understand word structure. This silly game transforms rhymes into a mystery bag guessing game.

Help your kindergartener learn to manage a telephone with this homemade keyboard that also helps kids practice letters and numbers.

Is that seed alive or not? Here's an exciting way for kindergarteners to make a seed museum that your child can watch, using simple household materials.

This experiment challenges students to forecast the weather based on the surrounding areas' weather.

Stories change as you retell them. The objective of this science fair project is to demonstrate how information gets interpreted, distorted and changed.

Try this goofy, first grade phonics craft that focuses on the letter "F" as in "Frog" and helps build crucial reading and spelling skills in your child.

This science project teaches young students about germs, bacteria, and the importance of washing their hands. Students will test what is the best way to wash.

Here's a festive, patriotic 4th of July fruit platter that is healthy, delicious, and guaranteed to be a real crowd pleaser.