Our breath can be a helpful tool to connect with a sense of peace and calm. In this home activity, your child will practice counting breaths, hear poems about nature and mindfulness, and write their own poem.

Make counting coins make "cents" to your second grader while giving her the chance to practice her math skills by playing this fun game with her.

In this activity, your child will learn about the benefits of yoga and will practice different yoga poses. Then, they will teach someone else three poses and explain how yoga can help us find calmness and ease.

Practice writing skills and use imagination with this fun activity, where your child will write a story about what he thinks life would be like on a cloud.

In this social emotional learning activity, children will practice problem solving with kind attention as they play math games, participate in a mindfulness session, and create a work of art to help get them in touch with their "lion mind."

In this parts of speech fall scavenger hunt, kids will search for all the hidden leaves, sort them into parts of speech categories, and then practice creating their own sentences using the words they find.

Nature is so generous to us all. How often do we reflect and thank nature? In this activity, children will engage with the classic story, The Giving Tree, and actively practice gratitude in nature for trees and all that trees do for us!

The power of gratitude is endless! Research shows that cultivating a gratitude practice can gratitude strengthen relationships, improve physical and emotional well-being, deepen empathy skills, and improve self-esteem. With such wide-spread benefits, how

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.

Help your second grader to a better understanding of how to count and represent money with age old game of tic-tac-toe.

This flower necklace will have your child practicing patterns, repetition and tracing. Plus, it's so colorful and cute that it makes the perfect gift.

Make practicing addition facts more fun and teach your child the helpful strategy of adding quickly to 10 in this fun and easy-to-make card game!

Make practicing addition facts more fun and teach your child some helpful strategies with this spin off of the traditional "Go Fish" game.

This adorable activity is a great way to share the Gingerbread Man story with your kid while she practices assemblage.

Play a game of "restaurant" to reinforce real-world applications of counting and using money.

This game is the perfect way to prepare your child for any shopping adventures you may embark upon, all while practicing important math concepts.

Learn about the ancient art of Japanese calligraphy with this New Year's activity about kakizome.

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!

Help your child improve his coin counting skills in these two math games that have him race to reach $1.00.

For most second graders, a good secret code is just about irresistible. Here's one that builds math facts while you're at it!

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

In this social emotional learning activity, your child will play a mindful listening game and create a video or skit that teaches others about mindful listening.

Make math fun for your child by turning it into a game and challenging him to beat the calculator with this cool math race!

Promote the well-being of your first or second grader's mind and body by teaching him some beginning yoga poses and techniques.

Work on simple addition and finding even numbers in this second-grade math card game.

In this fun math activity, second graders will learn to estimate items in a jar! 

This 'handy' Thanksgiving wreath gets your child to focus on things he's grateful for all year. Create a Thanksgiving wreath with your child this November.

This game provides your child with the opportunity to create, write, and read numbers.

This Thanksgiving cornucopia activity will give you a nice homemade table decoration and will give your child a festive reason to read, write, and be thankful.

Tracing is a great technique for clearing your mind and relaxing. Help your child learn how to calm themselves down and clear their minds by tracing their hands.