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Have your kid create a chart of job titles. It's a great way to get them to recognize the people whose efforts benefit the community.

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

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.

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!

Santa needs all the helpers he can get, so why not create your very own holiday elf to watch over your presents.

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

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.

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

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.

In this social emotional learning activity, children will learn about forgiveness by watching a short video, listening to and learning "The Forgiveness Song," and reflecting on a time they practiced forgiveness.

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

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

In this activity, your child will be given images that portray different perspectives or emotions. Your child will practice empathy by coloring and drawing what each person may have been thinking or feeling.

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

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

Teach your child about the importance and peacefulness of Ramadan as she gets creative drawing domes, minarets and prayer halls.

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.

Make learning to read even more fun for kids by creating an accordion learning book filled with fun transportation pictures.

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