If you’re looking to go beyond the dye kits at the store for your Easter eggs this year, I’ve collected 10 fun ways to dye or otherwise decorate your Easter eggs. These are fun STEM and craft experiments for kids … Read More ...
Spring and Easter Themed Nature Crafts
As the weather starts to get a bit warmer in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s time to start heading outside for nature walks and collecting natural materials for projects. Here are some great ideas for using natural materials on spring and … Read More ...
Earth Day Printables and Activities
I know doing printables for Earth Day doesn’t sound very eco friendly, but it does give you a chance to talk to kids about how you can make the classroom or the home a little greener by only printing what … Read More ...
Celebrate Earth Day with Kids
Earth Day is a great time to get kids talking about and thinking about the environment, and it might even be starting to get warm enough where you live to do some activities outside. Here are some great Earth Day … Read More ...
A Few More Fun Ideas for St. Patrick’s Day
There’s something about St. Patrick’s Day that makes it so fun to plan activities and projects around. I don’t know if it’s the green at the time of year in the Northern Hemisphere that we really need to start seeing … Read More ...
Fun Games for St. Patrick’s Day Class Parties
If you do a class party for St. Patrick’s Day, or you’re just looking for some fun on-theme games to play with kids at home, this post has some great ideas.
Play Party Plan has a ton of ideas linked … Read More ...
Literacy Activities to Celebrate Dr. Seuss
Dr. Seuss’ birthday 
is celebrated as Read Across America Day (or week) in early March. It’s a great time to have fun with rhymes and Seuss-style silliness. Here are some great literacy activities inspired by Dr. Seuss.
If your little … Read More ...
St. Patrick’s Day STEM Project Ideas
One fun thing about STEM projects is that there are a lot of basic ideas that you can twist into a holiday theme without a lot of effort, which makes the same kind of project you might have done before … Read More ...
Fun Shamrock Craft Projects
As St. Patrick’s Day nears, you might be wondering exactly what a shamrock is and how it differs from a clover. Often this time of year the two are used interchangeably, but technically a shamrock has three leaves while a … Read More ...
St. Patrick’s Day Printable Activities
Sometimes it’s nice to have some quick and easy activities on hand, at home or in the classroom. These St. Patrick’s Day printables include games, scavenger hunts and more with a holiday twist to fill time or do with kids … Read More ...
Shamrock Math Games and Activities
Give your learning a St. Patrick’s Day twist with these shamrock themed math (and a little bit of literacy, too) printables and game ideas. Shamrocks are such a fun shape and they can easily be incorporated into tracing, counting and … Read More ...
Leprechaun Trap Ideas for St. Patrick’s Day
Building a leprechaun trap is a fun and easy STEM activity for kids in early elementary school. You can do this at home or in the classroom.
What is a leprechaun trap?
The idea is that you build some kind … Read More ...
Thaumatropes for Valentine’s Day and Beyond
Do you know what a thaumatrope is? You probably do even if you aren’t familiar with the word. It’s a particular kind of optical illusion where an image is printed on each side of a disk and when you spin … Read More ...
Print and Color Valentines for Kids
Whether you need a coloring page or several for the art area, or for kids to use when waiting for something else to happen, or you’re looking for semi-homemade valentines, these printable Valentine’s Day coloring pages and valentines are a … Read More ...
Valentines in Different Languages for Kids to Print or Make
I was looking at different Valentines that kids can print or make the other day, and I came across a set of printable Spanish language valentines, which would be so cute for a Spanish teacher to give out, or just … Read More ...