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.
Have fun with winter solstice science with your child as you explore what makes the seasons, how animals stay warm, and how crystals form.
It’s time for the North Pole Olympics, with 3 holiday games that foster a sense of togetherness, laughter, shared memories (and movement!).
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
Decorative skeletons are everywhere at Halloween, so learn how to use them to help children learn anatomy with this spooky science activity.
Create a spider lava lamp for some spooky Halloween science and explore the physical properties of liquids.
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!
A spooky science experiment using gummy worms, candy osmosis demonstrates a process that our cells do every day.
Writing a College Admissions Essay You’re Proud of: Tips for Writing the Perfect College Admissions Essay (From a College Essay Coach)
Looking for some back-to-school books to help your child or students prepare for the transition? We have some teacher-curated ideas.
The Community Classroom’s Great American Bake Off will showcase STEAM skills developed by campers with 3 Northampton celebrity judges.
How being a counselor in training can benefit your teen, including building leadership skills and preparing for their first resume + job.
Learn how to make a math vending machine for your community or school with these five steps (and a little elbow grease).