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A sleeping, swaddled newborn.

What do I do with a newborn? A grandparent’s refresher

A boy stands on a chair in a kitchen. On the counter is a sheet pan filled with multicolored batter for a "tie-dyed roll cake."

Doing kitchen science: Part 3, cooking and baking

An older man and a child in lab coats doing an experiment with test tubes. Lots of calculus and chemistry in chalk on the blackboard in the background.

Doing kitchen science: Part 2, household ingredients or kits

Needle-felted flowers and leaves suspended from an embroidery hoop as a baby's mobile.

Needle-felting a mobile for baby

A young girl in a white lab coat and goggles watches a bubbling pot.

Doing kitchen science: Part 1, messing around

Stuffed felt crayon lookalikes in a bucket on a couch. Red and yellow "crayons" outside the bucket.

Stuffed crayon project, teacher approved!