KidSpirit is excited to announce that registration is currently open for Summer Day Camps.

Oregon State University has proudly opened the doors of the Patricia Valian Reser Center for the Creative Arts, also called PRAx. The stunni

Swimming is more than a sport — it has the potential to save your child’s life. With drowning as a leading cause of death among children,...

Learning to sew is a valuable life skill. For children, learning to sew is more than just a thread and needle: it’s an opportunity to...

Preschool is often the first structured environment your child is exposed to, and you might be concerned about their readiness. Red...

Having a birthday party for your child at Kidspirit offers social learning opportunities, physical activity games and skills growth. When...

Cooking helps kids develop skills in counting, measuring, following a sequence, following directions, and cause and effect. Most...

Positive Youth Development (PYD) is a research-based approach to youth programming shown to help children with relationships, engagement...

Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder have a brain difference that results in specific and unique behaviors, and many...

As simple as it looks to an observer, there is a depth of critical development happening within children as they play. The benefits of...

Research has shown that adolescents and teens want to contribute to their communities, and that they actually care quite deeply about the...

Many parents of school-age children have found themselves looking at the academic calendar and panicking. The number of days off school...

The skill of cooking has much to offer when it comes to kids: it folds in the need for reading and following directions, how to properly...

“I can’t do this...yet.” “I’m not good at this...yet.” “I don’t get it...yet.” A growth mindset is an important tool for learning. But...

Canadian researchers found that using screen time as a reward heightens a child’s attraction to it. There’s a dopamine connection that...

It’s not a dance or playground equipment Summer slide is the term educators give to the regression of learning children have after the...

It’s a scene from many households: a child laments “I’m bored!” to a parent who is trying to load the dishwasher. The child has plenty of...

Cultures around the world celebrate birthdays, and children’s birthdays seem to take center stage. Many families have special birthday...

For 7 to 12 year-olds, child development experts define types of play as physical, social, constructive, fantasy, and what’s called...

Gymnastics is a good fun, year-round exercise that is also a physically distanced activity. With so much going for it, it’s no wonder our...