Discover how fall counting collections can help young children build early math skills through hands-on learning.
The Community Classroom Blog
Boo-ster Your Child’s Reading with Spooky Halloween Literacy Activities
Spark your child’s love for reading through spooky, Halloween literacy activities that combine creativity, writing, and festive reading fun.
4 Ways to Promote Your Child’s Math Development
Try these 4 practical tips for incorporating math into everyday life and promoting your child’s math development.
Math Estimation Machine
Visit the Math Estimation Machine outside The Community Classroom where kids can practice estimation skills with seasonally themed objects.
Discover the Benefits of Math Lab
Math Lab partnership at Mountain View School with The Community Classroom shows improvement in math enjoyment and confidence.
Turning Summer Vacations into Summer Learning
Transform your family vacation into an educational adventure! Discover creative ways to keep your kids’ minds sharp and curious with travel journals, local history exploration, nature walks, math challenges, and cooking cultural cuisines. Make learning fun and memorable this summer!
How Fathers Can Support Their Children’s Reading Success
Discover the Power of Fathers in Children’s Reading Success: Boosting literacy, academic performance, and nurturing a love for reading.
Guest Blog: Creating Connections
Through a solid understanding of why connection is important, and tools and strategies to implement it in our homes, we can improve our relationship with our kids
Cooking up Stories: A Recipe for Literacy
Cooking and reading with kids at home: A recipe for success! Nourishing young minds through culinary adventures
Maple Sap Science
Learn how to harvest maple sugar and about the physics of capillary action, and make maple candy to explore the chemistry of crystallization.
Guided Reading: Navigating the Alternative
Why combining the Science of Reading and Guided Reading leads to a robust foundation in decoding, comprehending, and loving reading.
Valentine’s Day Science Activities
Make slime light up a bulb, explore how the heart pumps blood, and launch a Q-tip like Cupid with these Valentine’s Day science activities.
Embracing the Science of Reading in Elementary Education
What is the science of reading? Learn the foundational pieces for one of The Community Classroom’s reading specialists.
Popcorn Science
Explore the science and history of popcorn, then attract birds to your yard by creating popcorn-seed balls.
The Community Classroom to Launch The Little Community Classroom “STEAM-mobile” in Spring 2024
The Little Community Classroom will debut a pop-up social justice reading room and mobile STEAM lab at the weekly Florence Farmers’ Market.
Summer 2024 Programs
Announcing our 2024 summer camps: Community Leadership, Astronaut Training, Chemistry of French Cooking, and Hidden Herstories of Florence.
Unlocking the Secrets of the Winter Solstice
As days grow shorter, the winter solstice marks the shortest day of the year. Use these ideas to explore it with your kids.
Winter Solstice Science
Have fun with winter solstice science with your child as you explore what makes the seasons, how animals stay warm, and how crystals form.
North Pole Olympics: Family Holiday Games That Promote Movement
It’s time for the North Pole Olympics, with 3 holiday games that foster a sense of togetherness, laughter, shared memories (and movement!).
Fall STEAM Activities for Kids
Fall break is just around the corner, which is a great time in some fall-themed STEAM activities such as flying turkey and turkey catapults with the kids at home
Spooky Science: Halloween Skeleton Anatomy
Decorative skeletons are everywhere at Halloween, so learn how to use them to help children learn anatomy with this spooky science activity.
Spooky Science: Spider Lava Lamp
Create a spider lava lamp for some spooky Halloween science and explore the physical properties of liquids.
Spooky Science: Apple Skull Volcanos
Apples are all around this time of year—grab a few and explore decay, plus create a spooky looking apple volcano with a chemical reaction!
Experiments for Spooky Science: Gooey Osmosis
A spooky science experiment using gummy worms, candy osmosis demonstrates a process that our cells do every day.