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In this activity, your child will learn about the different parts of the brain and how mindfulness can build connections of calm.

In this activity, you and your child will practice taking a movement or calming break during homework or when feeling tired. Then, your child will write about and draw what the experience was like for them.

Explore aromas with your child and help boost her brain power with some fun and interactive science activities.

Observe how your brain works while it is focused on one thing, and how it works while you are distracted by another thing.

Here's a brain-challenging treasure hunt for your third grader, calling upon math skills with money and with decimals!

Recycle old materials to create a fun, brain-teasing maze toy that also strengthens your child's math reasoning skills.

With Halloween right around the corner, find a way to use your brain and reward your tummy with a new type of science -- candy science!

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!

Take a break with a paper bag costume. A great rainy-day art project.

Make this spring break a memorable one by creating a "growth" flower with your child, also great for your second grader's writing practice!

Here is a fun holiday exercise to reinforce your grade-schooler's understanding of adjectives from adverbs while she's away on winter break!

Here's a Father's Day gift that won't break the bank. With a touch of fabric paint, transform plain cotton t-shirts into original matching Dad and kid tops.

Fire up the grill, break out the raffia and get crafty with flowers--it's time to learn how to throw your own luau!

In this activity, you and your child will watch a video and learn how the brain easily remembers negative information, but not always positive. You will practice positivity by writing or drawing pictures of 10 positive things that happened today.

Get your hands on a concoction that breaks the rules about what's a solid and what's a liquid.

Zombie cupcakes are baked goods that look as if they've been pulled fresh from a skull. Make zombie cupcakes this Halloween.

Is it a square or a circle? See if you can trick your friends with this zany science project!

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 how starch and carbohydrates interact with different solvents in this fun and easy packing peanut science fair project.

Introduce your young artist to this art form with this fun and creative activity, which blends arts and crafts with patterning for hidden math practice!

This homemade educational travel game will keep your young child entertained and learning reading, writing, shapes and colors. All you need is a tissue box!

This science fair project idea investigates the difference in reaction times between boys and girls.

Silent "e" words are a big part of first grade phonics. Help them turn words like "hop" to "hope" in this action-packed, practical game.

Matzoh brei is a fun-to-eat Jewish breakfast. It is a lot like traditional French toast, only it is made with matzoh instead of bread.

Children will learn why and how to compost as they help with the process of filling their compost, turning it, and observing the changes that occur.

In this project, learn about animal vision and different kinds of eyes: ocelli, compound eyes, and camera eyes. Find out what a jellyfish or grasshopper sees!

Challenge your budding wordsmith to see how many words he can make out of his own name, using homemade flashcards.

Bring a little science to your third grader's Christmas as you test out his sense of smell by exposing him to common Christmas scents found in your kitchen.

This activity introduces growth mindset and looking at mistakes as opportunities to learn and grow, rather than obstacles. Your child will understand the difference between seeing a mistake as a learning opportunity, rather than as a disappointment.

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!