Some of my fondest memories of elementary school involve playing in the woods during recess. When I taught middle school in New Jersey during the late 1990s, my students received…
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You say you’re not a beach family? Factory tours of American products and brands are a natural fit for families who want to have a more active sight-seeing experience, or…
Maracas are a musical instrument often used in Caribbean and Latin music. Usually played in pairs and originally made with gourds, you can make these maracas with plastic water bottles…
Before you had children, did you ever fantasize about all the wonderful, enriching activities you would do together? Perhaps you had aspirations of tending a garden using the compost you…
Whether we’re talking about kids or grown-ups, most of us don’t have any problem making money disappear. To complete our magical Kids Can-Do, and make money vanish into thin air,…
How many stars do you see when you look up at the sky at night? Did you know there are over 300 billion stars in our galaxy? In our solar…
Six important tricks to help your kids fall in love with reading – or at least tolerate it!
Five years in the making, the long-awaited Speed exhibit is open. Was it worth the wait? Billed as the most ambitious exhibit at the Science Museum of Virginia in its…
Collagraphs are handmade printing plates – usually assembled on cardboard – made from artfully arranged materials. Artists varnish the collagraph plates and let them dry. Then they ink them, and…
As a child, David Neale cringed at the thought of visiting a museum with family or friends. Docents hushing the masses, fragile exhibits protected by rope barriers, and boring history…
The sun is a star. And it’s more than 5,000 degrees Celsius, so why wouldn’t we use it to cook? To bake for an hour in a regular oven costs…
In parts of the country, there’s a bee shortage affecting pollination of plants. Here’s a fun craft made with the ultimate recyclable (toilet paper tubes!) to get kids thinking about…