Kids design and build their own chore chart with visual tracking, learning responsibility and how to earn allowances.

Kids learn the AI+AY vowel team rule (at word ends use AY, in middle use AI) through sorting, games, and real words.

Watch what happens to an egg when it cooks. Kids discover that cooking IS chemistry - heat changes matter in real, visible ways.

Take a short listening walk and help your child notice rhythm, pitch, and patterns in everyday sounds around your neighborhood.

Helping kids understand they are part of a family team and that everyone contributes - building a sense of belonging and responsibility.

Teaches kids to calculate elapsed time - how long an activity takes. Uses real-world examples like walks, cooking, and screen time.

Long division doesn't have to be abstract. Kids practice dividing whole numbers by understanding what it means to share pizza slices equally among friends.

Kids measure ingredients using cups, tablespoons, and teaspoons while baking or cooking. Builds fraction awareness and real-world number sense.

A hands-on chemistry lesson where kids test different kitchen liquids to see which one cleans a dirty penny the best.

A visually stunning lesson on surface tension where pepper "flees" from a drop of soap like magic.

An introduction to magnetism. Kids test common household items to discover what is magnetic and learn about attraction and repulsion.

A child-friendly biography of Abraham Lincoln - from log cabin beginnings to preserving the Union. Includes the Tennessee connection through Andrew Johnson.

Move beyond counting on fingers with powerful addition strategies: doubles, near-doubles, and making 10. Includes hands-on practice activities.

Explore the amazing animals that live right here in East Tennessee! From black bears in the Smokies to salamanders in mountain streams, kids learn what a habitat is and why different animals need different homes.

Read a child-friendly biography of Tennessee's own Dolly Parton, focusing on her love of reading and the Imagination Library. Includes discussion questions.

Learn to identify local birds through observation and field notes. Hands-on bird watching activity for young naturalists.

A kid-friendly overview of Blount County history including the Cherokee people, Fort Loudoun, Sam Houston Schoolhouse, and early settlers.

Learn to identify how two things are the same and different. Introduce Venn diagrams and practice comparing short passages and characters.

Field trip to downtown Knoxville for 2-3 year olds. Learn about Tennessee history and our big sister city.

A child-friendly biography of George Washington covering his childhood, leadership in the Revolution, and presidency. Separates myth from reality with discussion questions.

Kids learn how their local government works by mapping out the different people and offices that make decisions in their town.

Understand what multiplication really means through equal groups, arrays, and real objects. Learn to write multiplication sentences.

A family field trip guide to the Sam Houston Schoolhouse in Maryville, TN - what to see, discussion questions, and connections to Tennessee history.

Learn to find the main idea in a paragraph using a simple strategy, then practice with short passages and discussion questions.