Get creative with these 20 fun things to do with a deck of cards! Have you ever needed an activity to keep the kids busy while you’re out to dinner or waiting at the doctor’s office? You know, something you could keep in your purse or car and pull out at a moments notice …
STEM Activities
Welcome back to our Summer Science series — today’s science theme is Geology!
This is a favorite area of science for kids for two reasons — explosions and digging 🙂
I don’t know about your house but in ours, there are rocks everywhere! I’m not kidding — on the science table, stacked up near the garden in the backyard, in the dryer (yep, it seems like every week I’m pulling rocks out of someone’s pocket).
What can I say, kids are attracted to rocks.
Since they’re going to collect the darn things anyway, why not spin it into some great hands-on learning 😉 Shhh…don’t tell them.
I’m super excited about today’s activity! Why? It’s a fun way to get the kids outside PLUS there’s some math involved AND there’s also an element of surprise! So your kids won’t even notice the math & learning that’s involved 😉 And it’s super easy to do in your own yard or neighborhood. …
“The Lorax” will be hitting theaters on March 2nd, and what a great way to introduce kids to the topic of ecology! Take this opportunity to share one of the many messages from Dr. Suess’ story about “The Lorax”: the long-term consequences of a decision, why we should protect nature, and how one person can help to change the world.
Explore measurement with these fun math books & tools for kids! One of the most popular book requests I receive comes in the form of “Do you know of any good books that can help my child enjoy math?“ This request is not at all foreign to me as I’ve shared before that my child-who-can’t-read-books-fast-enough …
Enjoy these DIY Fairy Garden Ideas for kids that incorporate science, math & engineering learning! Today we are combining a few of our favorite things — gardening, fairies and STEM in this month’s feature of manipulative play and small worlds for kids! We’ve been talking about planting a Fairy Garden for a year now and …
Explore the life cycle of a butterfly with these hands-on nature activities that can be done at home or in a classroom! We had some wonderful crafts & activities shared on our Discover & Explore: Butterflies linky! For our butterfly feature post, I thought I would share some of the fun ideas that relate to …
Animal habitats are a fascinating topic to discuss with kids! I’m sure you’ve been peppered with questions about where animals live and why — “Where do all the animals go in winter?” or “Why can’t we have rainforest animals live near us like Diego does?” My kids are big fans of all the animals they …
I’m one of those parents that still believes in surprises during the holidays.
Each year, we brainstorm ideas for some unique gift that we can get each of the kids — something they would LOVE but that didn’t make their list.
We start by thinking about their current passions and obsessions. You know how kids get crazy for certain things — they become nuts over dinosaurs or horses, or all of a sudden they are infatuated with art or building.
We have a running joke in our house about the ‘bigger half’. My daughter started it when she was younger — we would ask if she wanted to split a sandwich or cookie with someone and her reply was always “Yes, but I want the bigger half!” We tried to explain that half meant two …