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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!

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.

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.

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

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

Children will learn about food waste and conservation, create a poster that lets others know about the importance of food conservation, and make a plan to waste less food and consume with mindfulness.

This family project is a fun way to teach your child about her heritage and practice her geography.

Help your child plant a "tea garden": a garden made of herbs for making teas.

Pine cone centerpieces make for a festive and natural holiday decoration. Make a pine cone centerpiece to display on your table or mantelpiece.

Merge the excitement of basketball tournaments with students’ excitement about books! This activity gives kids a chance to read and form opinions about the books.

Give your child some simple craft supplies and see what happens in this heartwarming and artistic contribution to the Seder table this year.

Here's an activity that takes fourth grade reading and writing skills beyond the classroom to offer a warm welcome to a new neighbor.

Kids are acutely aware of what's "fair" and what's not. Here's a quirky way to teach your first grader the importance of voting and democracy.

What chromosome combinations determine a fetus gender? Use probability to think about whether a sperm and ovum will create a male or female in this project.

Let your third grader newscaster practice presentation skills with this video "card" to celebrate Dad this Father's Day!

It's that time of the year again! Celebrate the start of a new school year with a back to class bash, complete with arts and crafts, food and games.

The objective of this science fair project idea is to determine if sound travels best through the air, water or a solid.