Discover The Community Classroom’s 2025 Summer Camps—where hands-on learning meets fun! From STEAM adventures and leadership development to cookie science and unicorn magic, we have the perfect camp for every child. Spots are filling fast—register today!
Looking for fun ways to strengthen your child’s fine motor skills? Check out these 21 engaging games and activities—available locally in Northampton, MA—that help build dexterity, coordination, and hand strength through play!
Public education is under attack. Learn what’s at stake when dismantling the US Department of Education and why this battle affects us all.
Celebrate Valentine’s Day with fun, hands-on science! Try these kid-friendly experiments, including Love Balloon Magic, Color-Changing Love Potion, and Candy Chromatography Hearts, to spark creativity and learning.
Explore the top 5 education challenges of 2025, including AI in classrooms, teacher retention, and literacy trends
From reflection to educational fun and giving back, make the most of your holiday downtime with these easy ideas.”
Ask a biology tutor: What causes ocean currents? Here’s an activity that you can try at home to discover the answer.
Discover how fall counting collections can help young children build early math skills through hands-on learning.
Spark your child’s love for reading through spooky, Halloween literacy activities that combine creativity, writing, and festive reading fun.
Try these 4 practical tips for incorporating math into everyday life and promoting your child’s math development.
Visit the Math Estimation Machine outside The Community Classroom where kids can practice estimation skills with seasonally themed objects.
Math Lab partnership at Mountain View School with The Community Classroom shows improvement in math enjoyment and confidence.
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!
Discover the Power of Fathers in Children’s Reading Success: Boosting literacy, academic performance, and nurturing a love for reading.
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 and reading with kids at home: A recipe for success! Nourishing young minds through culinary adventures
Learn how to harvest maple sugar and about the physics of capillary action, and make maple candy to explore the chemistry of crystallization.
Why combining the Science of Reading and Guided Reading leads to a robust foundation in decoding, comprehending, and loving reading.
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.
What is the science of reading? Learn the foundational pieces for one of The Community Classroom’s reading specialists.
Explore the science and history of popcorn, then attract birds to your yard by creating popcorn-seed balls.
The Little Community Classroom will debut a pop-up social justice reading room and mobile STEAM lab at the weekly Florence Farmers’ Market.
Announcing our 2024 summer camps: Community Leadership, Astronaut Training, Chemistry of French Cooking, and Hidden Herstories of Florence.
As days grow shorter, the winter solstice marks the shortest day of the year. Use these ideas to explore it with your kids.