Mom Creates Periodic Table Battleship Game To Teach Her Kids Chemistry
The Periodic Table Of How Kids Play
A former Frog designer visualizes the literature on the importance of play for fostering creativity in children.
How Many Elements On The Periodic Table Can You Name In 6 Minutes?
Hopefully your high school science teacher won't be too disappointed in you...
How a mom used toothpaste to teach a lesson about the power of words
One mom added an unexpected item to the middle school preparation checklist: a tube of toothpaste.
How to Teach Kids to Manage Money
Kids need many lessons to grow into responsible adults, including how to cook, clean, and do laundry. But a crucial lesson is often overlooked: budgeting.
Easy Ways for Parents to Teach Kids About Money
Help her be financially savvy (even if you aren't!)
Should Schools Teach Kids to Meditate?
Meditation can help students be less stressed and more compassionate. But how many districts are ready to sign on?
Raise a Child Who Loves Life
Can you actually teach your kid to laugh often, be an optimist, and enjoy every day? Research says yes.
25 signs you’re a police officer's kid
If you’re a first-generation police officer, there are some things you should know about what it’s like to be your kid
5 things parents can do to boost a child's self-confidence
Raising confident kids is a balancing act. Two childhood development experts reveal how to navigate it.
why being a mom is enough.
They don't see you stand in the bathroom and gather your resolve every morning. They don't see those of you who mother alone without much support. They don't see the trips to the car back and forth and back and forth. They don't see you counting to ten a dozen times before noon. They don't see you look at the bank account and sigh and try to figure out how to make three meals with what's left in your pantry. They don't see…
Want Your Kids to Have More Satisfying Careers? Teach Them These 3 Things
Help your child learn how to get on track to a fulfilling career with these tips.
Want kids to learn well? Feed them well
What can we expect our kids to learn if they're hungry or eating diets full of sugar and empty of nutrients? Former White House Chef and food policymaker Sam Kass discusses the role schools can play in nourishing students' bodies in addition to their minds.
How to teach ... mental health
We teach children how to care for their bodies – use our resources to help them learn to look after their minds too
This is why mom doesn't fucking love you
10 things you didn't know about extreme poverty
Teach Your Daughter How to Deal With Bullies
If your child is being bullied, she'll need some help learning how to stand up for herself and when to get help.
Be a Role Model: Find a Healthy Balance with Media and Technology
Young kids learn how to use technology by watching their parents, so model healthy habits early by balancing media time with real time. Advice from Common Sense Media editors.
7 Things to Do Before Your Kid Goes to College
Teaching them to do laundry and how to open a bank account are important, but don’t forget to spend time together and have fun
9 Things We Should Get Rid of to Help Our Kids
She borrowed something from me. And then she lost it. Accidents happen. But it was the whole “It only cost ten bucks-you can get another one” attitude that I couldn’t let happen a moment longer. So, I gave her a job that required hard work and gave her the $10 she earned and then I …
3 rules to spark learning
It took a life-threatening condition to jolt chemistry teacher Ramsey Musallam out of ten years of "pseudo-teaching" to understand the true role of the educator: to cultivate curiosity. In a fun and personal talk, Musallam gives 3 rules to spark imagination and learning, and get students excited about how the world works.
