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!

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.

Create a special Father’s Day surprise by planning and mapping a hike around the neighborhood!

Gather the neighborhood children together and practice graphing with this backyard tournament!

Your child can create an interactive map of his neighborhood focusing on the different textures he finds!

Learning to identify and categorize different geometric shapes is a big goal for early learners. And your neighborhood is the perfect place to start!

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.

Before Twitter, birds were the ones tweeting, not humans. Have your child discover the magical sounds of nature while recording birds around his neighborhood!

Get in the spirit of Christmas by creating Santa's favorite helpers, the elves!

Children build a "Loving Kindness Garden" to represent what they have learned about love, mindfulness, and caring for others in 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.

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! 

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.

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

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

Want to help your child learn more about his community while boosting creativity? Set up a post office play station right in your very own home!

Lots of kids wonder what it would be like to be a police officer. Celebrate the people who help keep our communities safe with this fun craft.

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.

Celebrate Labor Day with this fun activity. Show your child how to make a "career book" and explore the many jobs that people have, while practicing writing.

Create a dazzling window display with cut stars with this fun first grade holiday activity.

In this science fair project, young children notice and track changes in trees throughout the year.

Expand your child's geographic awareness with these fun and easy map lessons.

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.

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

Learn how to be a bird scientist in this simple project of watching feathered friends in their habitat.

Even the birds need to get out of the rain during the winter months. Help your child help nature and fill a lazy afternoon with this easy, cute craft.

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.

In this science project, young children observe, record, and create collections of colors in their world and increase their powers of observation.

Create a fun fall leaf rubbing with your child to explore shapes and textures this fall.