Stephanie Murray
Stephanie Murray (Ed.D. candidate) is an education consultant, professor, mom of two lively girls and owner of Creativity in Learning Partners, an education firm with a mission of creating authentic learning experiences. She previously held positions at WNET, New York Public Media where she created award-winning curriculum for PBS KIDS properties, the Newark Museum of Art and was chair of the New York City Early Learning Network. She is a certified teacher and aims to bridge the gap between home and school learning for all children.
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It's not always easy for kids to make new friends. Here are three ways you can provide opportunities for your kids to play with children of all abilities, develop social skills and keep friendships strong.
Plant the seed for your kids to incorporate eco-friendly practices — while supporting social-emotional and math learning — all year with these kids books, crafts and videos featuring PBS KIDS characters.
Plant the seed for your kids to incorporate eco-friendly practices — while supporting social-emotional and math learning — all year with these kids books, crafts and videos featuring PBS KIDS characters.
Cesar Chavez’s legacy can help kids learn important life skills like how to build character, stand up for themselves, resolve conflict and be courageous, just like he was.
Make your own stamps with your child while helping them practice early math skills like shape recognition, location and position words and patterns. Now that gets a stamp of approval!
Have preschoolers help with spring-cleaning at home by making a chore chart that can help them practice early math skills like sorting and counting, plus make cleaning fun.
Help kids learn about music, culture and even themselves by introducing them to nine women in the music industry from both the past and present.
Make this easy guitar craft to nurture your kid's interest in music, practice early math skills like patterns and spatial sense, and support social-emotional development.
As we cheer on the Olympians, have a family Winter Olympics at home with these fun challenges, like ice cube bobsleds and sock-skating, that promote sportsmanship and math!
Can you race like an Olympian? Try out this simple family relay race activity, which will get your child moving, as well as collecting, graphing and comparing data. Three ... two ... one ... GO!
It’s time to get nostalgic! Retro games like Simon says, hopscotch, musical chairs and more are back, just with a few math makeovers to sneak some math learning into playtime.
When we make math simple and fun, kids feel empowered to continue to learn — and that truly is magical! Here are some easy-to-learn illusions that infuse math with magic.