I’m so excited about today’s post! For a few reasons — first, we had a great time creating it and second, it’s a post about SUMMER! For the past few weeks, we’ve been working on our Summer Adventure List – a.k.a. the summer bucket list. Most years, we just have a list, sometimes colorful or …
Check out the FREE Summer Movies for 2021 — part of our FREE summer activities for kids series! I don’t know about you but we really miss going to the movies! It was one of those great family traditions we had – especially for the kids summer movies where we caught up on all those …
Get the car and family ready with this free printable road trip checklist and the BEST tips for things to do before a long car trip with kids! This week’s one of those quiet times — not too much on the calendar. But I know it won’t last long — I can smell an AWESOME …
Looking for some fun and educational t.v. time this week? Try some of these great kids movies – animated, feature films & documentaries – that will help kids learn about environmental issues.
Build and learn about the environment with these LEGO® themed STEM projects for Earth Day! I love to use colorful, hands-on ways to inspire kids to think about STEM concepts. And it always helps to fit it to a current event of topic they love to explore too — like these 18 Ocean STEM projects …
Take a peek at these awesome Chemistry Experiments for Kids and Teens to do at Home! Have your kids ever mixed baking soda & vinegar to blow up a balloon or make a volcano explode?!! Maybe they’re fascinated by glow-in-the-dark experiments and LOVE the idea of using test tubes “like a real scientist”. Raising a …
One of the best ways to offer kids real life science opportunities is through Citizen Science Projects where they can learn firsthand what is happening in the world! I know that the name ‘citizen scientist’ can sound kind of, well, super research-y but it’s really not — there are hundreds of great projects that any …
Today we are going to have a look INSIDE nature at the parts of a flower with a fun hands-on science project – flower dissection and pollination. As Spring sets in, we are all treated to blossoming trees and beautiful flowers. I’m sure your kids will pick flowers, smell their scent and then give the …
Kids will enjoy this easy Easter-themed science experiment as we find out — Can you dye brown eggs for Easter? Thanks to my not-so-quick thinking last Easter, we were treated to an unexpected, yet fun science experiment. During my grocery run the week before Easter, I had eggs on my list (of course 😉 Well, …
Enjoy Easter at home with these FREE printable Easter games, coloring pages and activitities for kids, tweens, teens and adults! For our family, Easter has always been a quiet at-home type of holiday. Since much of our family lives far away, we usually celebrate more in a more low key way — activities like enjoying …