School Age Child Care: Resolution Revolution

Last updated: December 30, 2019, at 9:09 a.m. PT

Originally published: December 30, 2019, at 7:13 a.m. PT

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Check out our January theme: Resolution Revolution

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STEM

Indoor Frost

Winter comes inside in this activity as kids explore the effects of salt and ice in this frigid and fun experiment.

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Career-Connected Learning

Food Critic

With a focus on food and nutrition, kids will have the opportunity to explore the profession of a food critic as they taste test their way through fun.

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Arts

Me and My Goals Portraits

The new year is a great time to reassess our goals, hopes, and dreams. Kids will express these goals in a portrait art activity.

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Literacy

Collective Poetry

Kids will admire the power of working as a group as beautiful poems are revealed as they develop, write, and create together.

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Education

Stars for Diversity

This inspiring activity encourages kids to embrace the diversity around us through a role playing game and eliciting conversation around friendship, diversity, and inclusion.

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Diversity & Global Learning

The Crayon Box

In this activity, kids will have the opportunity to celebrate diversity through the lens of a crayon box. They will create a crayon box mural with unique self-portraits inspired by the poem “The Crayon Box that Talked.”