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PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build

For Students 3rd - 8th
Do you like to build and create new things? Check out this collection of 48 different engineering activities providing opportunities for creative building using things around the house. These include activities like spinning, rubber band...
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Spinner

For Students 3rd - 8th
What can you build with things around the house? Select what you would like to make, click on three items you have and want to use, and click on the spinner to get ideas and instructions.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Top Builder Challenge

For Students 3rd - 8th
Students were challenged to create something powered by rubber bands. Check out the winners and runner ups. Can you recreate theirs or create one of your own?
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Activity
PBS

Pbs: Make a Family Tree

For Students Pre-K - 1st
At this site, families can work together to create a unique family tree. Its special design allows you not only to record names of your family members but also to describe their likes and dislikes, how they used their leisure time, where...
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Activity
PBS

Pbs: Make a Family Tree

For Students Pre-K - 1st
At this site, families can work together to create a unique family tree. Its special design allows you not only to record names of your family members but also to describe their likes and dislikes, how they used their leisure time, where...
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Activity
PBS

Pbs: Build a Family Album (Scrapbook)

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Ideas for creating memorable family albums using the talents of all family members. Downloadable scrapbook basics as well as twenty different album templates to help you get started.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs: Build a Family Album (Scrapbook)

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Ideas for creating memorable family albums using the talents of all family members. Downloadable scrapbook basics as well as twenty different album templates to help you get started.
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Handout
Other

A Guide to Your Children's Schools: A Parent Handbook [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Information about the U.S. school system written especially for immigrant parents but beneficial, nonetheless, for any parent who has questions about school-related issues. Explains, in simple language, the types of schools available in...
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Website
Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Parent Blog

For Students 9th - 10th
A resource filled with advice about all kinds of media for parents of children from preschoolers to teens. You can navigate the site by age, entertainment type, and topic.
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Website
Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Parent Blog

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A resource filled with advice about all kinds of media for parents of children from preschoolers to teens. You can navigate the site by age, entertainment type, and topic.
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Website
US Department of Education

Us Department of Education: Especially for Parents

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Vital information for parents who want to actively engage in their child's education. Find a Back to School checklist, School Information, a Parents Guide to No Child Left Behind, and Publications for Parents.
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Website
US Department of Education

Us Department of Education: Especially for Parents

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Vital information for parents who want to actively engage in their child's education. Find a Back to School checklist, School Information, a Parents Guide to No Child Left Behind, and Publications for Parents.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Summer Camp: Fill Each Day With Possibilities!

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Whether you're looking for music and dance activities, science experiments, family-friendly adventures, or learning about animals (plus more!), you will find media and activity resources in the Camp PBS LearningMedia collection. We've...
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Summer Camp: Fill Each Day With Possibilities! Making Family Traditions Packet: Pre K and K

For Students Pre-K - K
Use these family traditions-themed activity sheets to allow children to choose their own learning adventures.
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Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Engaging Family & Community in Afterschool and Summer Programs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Informal literacy experiences often serve to shape young people's identity as readers and writers as much as or more than formal schooling.Community and family support can emphasize the importance of reading and writing, build...
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PBS

Pbs Kids: Martha Speaks: Sunflower Biscuit Bones

For Students 1st - 5th
Follow along with this step-by-step recipe to make Skit some homemade dog biscuits!
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Article
Family Education

Family Education: Outdoor Activities

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Outdoor Activities that also help children learn. But, just in case, there also some Rainy Day Activities listed.
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Activity
Staten Island Children's Museum

Staten Island Children's Museum: Steam Camp at Home

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Fun family STEAM activities to do at home.
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Activity
Staten Island Children's Museum

Staten Island Children's Museum: Green Thumbs at Home

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Fun outdoor family activities to do at home.
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Activity
Staten Island Children's Museum

Staten Island Children's Museum: Sensory Play

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Fun sensory activities to do at home with the family.
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Activity
Staten Island Children's Museum

Staten Island Children's Museum: Great Explorations Rainforests

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Fun family project relating to rainforests.
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Activity
Staten Island Children's Museum

Staten Island Children's Museum: Bugs and Other Arthropods

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Fun family projects relating to insects.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Pbs Kids Printables

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This is a collection of 24 printable activities sheets for grades Pre-K to grade 2.
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Other

Providence Children's Museum: A Maze Ing Challenges

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners will build a water drop maze using no-cost materials and see if they can make it to the end without their drop of water falling off or falling in.