Research shows that playing chess makes you smarter. Now, a local teenager is working to improve the lives of underprivileged children by teaching them chess. Ashley Priore created a non-profit...

With millions of apps in the App Store and Google Play Store, it can be tough to choose. These tips from Common Sense Media can lead you to an app…

Junior paleontologists will have fun constructing Dino Skeletons in this week's Maker Monday activity.

Kids who participate in after-school programs are proven to have better social skills, self-esteem and attitudes. They demonstrate better classroom behavior, model leadership skills, and ultimately, have fun while learning…

Kids have been fascinated with trains for generations. Since 1945, many of those kids focused their obsession on a blue engine named Thomas, the star of two Pittsburgh attractions.

“Anytime a parent and a child can have an engaging experience together, it is worthwhile.”

Maker Monday moves into outer space with this fun STEAM project. The air-propelled UFO Hovercraft sets imaginations on overdrive as it scoots across a table or floor.

Summer brings the biggest blockbuster movies of the year. We've gathered up the most anticipated movies of the summer for kids, tweens, and teens to help families decide what to…

When a woman is pregnant, there’s a lot of attention on how she’s doing from doctors, friends and family, but once the baby is born, the focus goes to the...