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crafts made out of paper plates made to look like octopuses decorated with colorful construction paper strips as tentacles

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Colorful Counting Octopus Craft

In this fun art activity, you and your child will make a colorful paper plate octopus to practice counting.

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Play With This Pattern Parrot Craft

In this fun craft activity, your child will create original patterns to make a colorful parrot.

colorful snake crafts made of buttons on a table surrounded by craft supplies

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Craft a Slithering Math Snake With Buttons

Practice sorting and pattern-making with this fun button snake craft.

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a child draws a self portrait of themselves using crayons.

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Support Body Positivity with a Self-Portrait Inspired by Frida Kahlo

Help kids build self-esteem with this art activity where they can learn to appreciate the uniqueness and beauty of their faces by drawing them, just like Frida Kahlo did.

a black dad and his daughter laugh as they eat ice cream together

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6 June Activities to Celebrate Summer, LGBTQIA+ Pride, Dads and Juneteenth

Try these activities, crafts, recipes and book lists to celebrate June events together as a family and help kids learn STEM and math concepts at the same time. Spoiler alert: There are pancakes and ice cream involved.

Little girl whistling while playing around with her kite

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Family Math Activity: Let's Go Fly a Kite!

Making a kite is a fun way to practice math and play outside. Create this simple kite in 10 minutes or less using a few easy-to-find household materials for hours of outdoor fun.

A small child paints an abstract pattern on a rock.

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How to Make a Community Friendship Rock Garden

Plant the seeds of civic and community engagement in your kids by making a community rock garden with hand-painted rocks and by reading together.

Closeup of a small child's hands as they shape craft pipe cleaners into different shapes like triangles and circles.

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Do the Twist: 5 Fun and Easy Kids Math Activities With Craft Pipe Cleaners

These math activities that only require craft pipe cleaners and imagination will have kids doing plenty of twisting (and hopefully not a lot of shouting).

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