IDEAL AGE: 3+

The Incredible Edible Date!

CMOM community partner The Culture Tree shares an easy and creative recipe for delicious stuffed dates!

Exploring a variety of nutritious foods from around the world with your child helps develop an understanding and appreciation of other cultures and traditions.

IDEAL AGE: 3+

Magic Bubble Painting!

Practice chemistry as you paint, using colorful bubbles that you create!

It’s chemistry! Experimenting with color mixing, measuring, and making predictions helps children practice basic chemistry.

IDEAL AGE: 4+

Paint Creations Inspired By Artist Jacob Lawrence

Explore the work of Jacob Lawrence and learn to make your own tempera paint -- a similar paint used by Lawrence to share stories of Black life in America.

Discovering the process behind a work of art and replicating the process, helps children develop critical thinking skills and motivates them to ask questions and experiment.

IDEAL AGE: 3+

Make Juneteenth Traditional Holiday Punch

Celebrate Junteenth all summer long by making a traditional red punch for this important American holiday.

Learning about cultures and traditions helps children develop a sense of identity and knowledge of the world around them. Asking guiding questions during collaborative projects like these are a great way to have discussions about important issues like history, equality, and freedom.

IDEAL AGE: 3+

Shake-it-up Fruity Ice Cream

Use your whole body to shake up a batch of your favorite summertime treat!

Cooking together is a great way to practice basic math concepts and build vocabulary skills.

IDEAL AGE: 4+

How Are You Peeling?: Banana Bread

Come together as a family to bake the ever popular, quintessential summer favorite -- BANANA BREAD! Use up your leftover, overdue, or frozen bananas and make a yummy, good-for-your-soul treat!

Cooking and baking together can be important for social-emotional development in children. Talking about your observations and developing a meaningful relationship with nutritious food can all start in the kitchen with family.

IDEAL AGE: 4+

The Creative Kitchen: Playtime Pasta

Get your aprons on and mixing bowls ready as we join CMOM partner The Creative Kitchen in making Playtime Pasta!

Cooking is a fun way to learn proper hygiene, the importance of water, and basic scientific properties.

IDEAL AGE: 2+

Icy Chalk Art

Share your message with the world -- or at least your neighborhood -- and beat the heat with some frozen outdoor ice chalk.

It is never too early to help children express themselves and their feelings through artwork! Colorful and sensory-stimulating materials can help children unleash their inner artist and express their emotions through art.

IDEAL AGE: 3+

Colorful Vietnamese Spring Rolls

Celebrate “Eat Your Vegetables” Day with Gỏi cuốn, or the Vietnamese spring roll, a traditional vegetable snack wrapped in rice paper.

Introducing young children to a variety of nutritious foods from around the world helps expand their taste and curiosity. It also helps them develop an understanding and appreciation of other cultures and traditions.