What’s up? No, really, what is above your head? If you’re like me, you probably never give much thought to the roof on your house or apartment building. Ever wonder why some roofs have a different shape than others? Why some are fancier than others? Like the rest of your house, your roof is designed…
Art Mistakes: Stories and Activities for Families
Making art means making mistakes. Explore stories and activities about creativity, criticism and keeping your cool when mistakes happen.
Stress-Busting Books for Kids
Stress, that worried feeling that usually comes with a burst of nervous energy, can be good. Even though it might make your palms sweat, your heart beat faster or your muscles tighten up, stress can motivate you to finish your chores before Mom gets home, get to school on time or study for a test…
Happy 100th Birthday, Jackie Robinson!
On January 31, we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Baseball Hall of Famer and civil rights activist Jackie Robinson. Best known for breaking the color barrier in professional baseball in 1947, Robinson quietly resisted inequality throughout his life both on and off the field. His abilities and his conscience saw him letter…
Story Time in the Kitchen: Making Soup with Kids
Cooking soup as a family is a pleasant way to spend a winter afternoon. For kids, there's all kinds of learning in the kitchen—there's math in measuring, reading the recipe, science in mixing ingredients and all the teamwork involved in doing a project together. Plus, everyone gets to eat their efforts when you finish. Perfect for chilly weather, butternut…
Always Family! Books for Kids About Memory Loss
Making sense of the world can be difficult for kids, but making sense of the world when an adult in your life is struggling with memory loss is even harder. It's hard to talk about, hard to understand and hard to deal with your feelings and questions. It can be sad and confusing for everybody, including the person with…
Meet Chicago Children’s Author Dennis B. Fradin
To finish our year long series of Chicago Children's author's, we like you to meet another amazing Chicago nonfiction writer Dennis Brindell Fradin. Born in Rogers Park in 1945, he spent part of his life as a CPS teacher when he began to write books for children. He wrote many of the books that you have probably…
It’s All About the Dragons on Tolkien Reading Day
The Hobbit was the reason I learned to read. My dad read it to me every night during that magical period when I started to connect the lines on the page with the story he was reading. I was captivated from the first chorus of Thorin's song to the fiery crash of Smaug's wrath over Lake-Town. While I…
Year of the Dog Recommended Reads
Happy (Chinese) New Year! And welcome to the Year of the Dog! The Dog is the 11th year in the Chinese zodiac's 12-year cycle. Were you born in a Dog year? Recent Dog years include 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006 and, of course, 2018. Like their animal counterparts, those born in a Dog year are supposed to be loyal and honest friends that…
Artists with Disabilities: Books for Kids
Do you know that some of the world's best-known artists lived with a disability? In honor of Disability Awareness Month, I'm recommending books for kids about a few famous artists with disabilities. Read about these artists, then see their work at the Art Institute of Chicago on one of our Summer Learning Challenge Family Field…
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