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  • Screen-Free Week

    Adults and children alike are constantly staring at a screen. We have become increasingly dependent upon the technology. Screen-Free Week is a time for participants to turn off and "tune in" -- plugging into LIFE instead!

  • Kids Activity: Let's Make Sedimentary Rocks

    Would you like to be a detective -- unraveling a mystery of what the world was like hundreds, thousands, and even millions of years ago? One tool for your investigation is sedimentary rock layers.

  • Baby Activity: Messy Ribbon Heart

    When you tap into your baby's creativity and allow him to make a present, giving is all the more fun! Here's a craft for the wee ones that is bound to please both the giver and the recipient alike!

  • Kids' Activity: Earth Hour Ideas

    For just one hour, kids and families and organizations worldwide will come together to turn out their lights and show it's possible to have an impact on climate change. Snag the kids' attention and help them participate in Earth Hour's voluntary power down with these ideas.

  • Kids' Activity: Edible Mudpies

    There is something about kids and dirt. They go together as comfortably as ducks and water. Here's a chance to create a joke AND play with food. What child could resist?

  • Kids' Activity: Fruity Summer Smoothies!

    Smoothies are a cool treat on a lazy summer day. They're nutritious, delicious, and flexible enough to serve at many occasions -- from sitting on blankets watching the clouds to a family party.

  • Kids' Activity: Build Your Own Ant Farm!

    Making an ant farm with your children is fun and a good educational tool as well. It can teach children the importance of an eco system. Ants are a good pet for apartments or a home with limited space. They are perfect for families with allergies. And best of all, ants don't cost much to feed.

  • Kid's Activity: April Fool's Day!

    April Fool's Day is one we celebrate by having fun with harmless, practical jokes that leave everyone -- including the one being "pranked" laughing! Remember, it is never okay to do something mean or unkind to someone else.

  • Kid's Activities: Earth Day Ideas

    by Melissa Jaramillo and Julie Snyder

    Each year Earth Day is celebrated around the world on April 22nd. On this day people from around the globe are united in their efforts to educate and stress the importance for caring for our planet -- so that it can support us in term for generations to come!

  • Kid's Activity: Make Your Own Marionette

    Jim Henson's "Muppets," well known for their Sesame Street appearances, are examples of marionettes.
    Check to see when the next live puppet show is in your area! Then once you are home again try making your very own marionette below!

  • Kids' Activity: Sweet Leaves and Xylem Stems

    Today's experiment will help you see and taste that small, water-soluble molecules -- like color pigments and sugar -- are transported by water through xylem stem to the leaves and flowers of a plant.

  • Kid's Activity: Let's Make Silly Stories!

    The art of weaving a good story has been around for thousands of years. Stories have and are told to pass down history, to convey emotions or circumstances, and to ignite one's imagination -- sweeping to a place far, far, away!

  • Kids' Activity: Oatmeal Clay

    Kids love to squish, mold, roll and form! Experimenting with a variety of substances is a natural way to learn about the world; play is your child's scientific method.

  • Kid's Activity: Galileo Thermometer

    An inventor is someone that uses his or her imagination and creative thinking to create something useful for the first time. These people pay attention to all that is around them. They also ask questions and keep on doing so until they can find their answer!

  • Kids' Activity: Making Snot and Boogers

    Besides hold up glasses, what is your nose good for? One very important thing -- your nose allows you to smell. Without your nose you wouldn't know how wonderful a flower smells. Holding up your glasses and allowing you to smell the flowers are only 2 of the many reasons we have a nose. Every time you take a breath your nose is very busy doing many different things.

  • Play Dough for the Very Young

    Children all over the world enjoy playing with messy, gooey mixtures like mud every day. Learning about substances -- how they feel, smell, taste, look and behave is an integral part of a toddler's job description. Here are recipes for some wonderful, gooey, icky mixtures.

  • Kid's Activity: Log Cabin Crafts

    Today we're drifting back in time -- back to the days of the early pioneer settlers in the early days of the United States. Most of the homes then, such as the one Abraham Lincoln grew up in, were simple one room cabins. They were made of rough hewn logs. Ours will be made with more readily available materials...

  • Kid's Activity: Create Your Own Fossil!

    Fossils offer us clues about life in the past -- even years and years ago! Normally when a plant or animal dies, its remains either decay or perhaps are consumed by another animal. Sometimes though before that happens the conditions can be just right and the remains become buried and preserved.

  • Kid's Activity: Let's Make Invisible Ink!

    Invisible ink has been used to conceal secret messages for a long time. During the Revolutionary War, it wasn't uncommon for a letter to bear an invisible message as well as visible one. One of the techniques for protecting secret information was the use of disappearing inks.

  • Kid's Activity: Bubbles for a Crowd!

    A fun way to spend any day is to pull out a bottle of bubbles. Those bubbles create amazement and excitement in children of all ages. Here we offer an easy recipe so that you can extend the fun by making your own bubble mix as well as really fun toys to make your bubbles big or little!