Fall is just around the corner, and your little ones are sure to be interested in the changing colors of the leaves.
Did you know that the color leaves “turn” in the fall in actually in the leaves all the … Read More ...
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Fall is just around the corner, and your little ones are sure to be interested in the changing colors of the leaves.
Did you know that the color leaves “turn” in the fall in actually in the leaves all the … Read More ...
There are 21 national parks in the United States where you can see at least part of the solar eclipse on Monday, and the parks service has partnered with the Planetary Society and Bill Nye to teach kids all about … Read More ...
If you’re still thinking about the sun and moon because of the upcoming solar eclipse, here’s a fun moon craft with a great technique that I’ve never tried before.
This foil-printed moon from A Dab of Glue Will Do involves … Read More ...
Are you psyched for the eclipse? Those of us in the United States have the rare treat of a total solar eclipse happening Aug. 21.
It’s definitely worth it to get to a place where you can experience totality if … Read More ...
There are so many fun things you can do with craft sticks, and giving your kids design challenges and a stack of sticks and other supplies is a great way to get them thinking, engineering and making hypotheses.
I love … Read More ...
I’ve been working on revamping my daughter’s playroom into more of an art/tinkering space for a while now, and I have a feeling I’m going to be stealing this super smart idea from Pocket of Preschool for making STEM drawers … Read More ...
Do your kids get excited about shark week? I know a lot of people really love this special week of shark-themed programming, and if nothing else it’s a good time to share some fun shark-related learning activities with your kids.… Read More ...
The scientific method is the basic process of investigation and discovery in science, but it can be used in other academic subjects and in life in general, too.
M. Moore Educational Resources ran a series about using the scientific method … Read More ...
Some people who blog are so amazingly generous with their time, skill and talent. So it is with This Reading Mama, who is just one example, but on her free printable page she has collected more than 1,000 pages worth … Read More ...
This is really cool. I had never heard of butterfly pea flowers before reading this post about color-changing lemonade from Left Brain Craft Brain, but apparently they’re a thing and you can use them to turn your lemonade all sorts … Read More ...
I am a big fan of scavenger hunts as a way to get kids outside and paying attention to nature.
The ones I have done in the past have mostly had to do with things you can see (as with … Read More ...
One of my daughter’s consistent loves through most of her life has been space. She’s really interested in the stars and planets, has a telescope, watches Ready, Jet, Go. We talk about space a lot, and it’s a subject that … Read More ...
My daughter’s school has a tinkering lab where the kids get to go to do STEM stuff, build things and work on projects.
Recently one of the classes made a giant Da Vinci bridge, a self-supporting bridge design developed by … Read More ...
We hear so much about how important it is for kids to know how to code, or at least to understand the way computer code works. Even for kids who won’t go into computer programming as a career, the world … Read More ...
Little kids love animals, so why not encourage that interest and turn it into something you can use in a lot of different learning activities with a forest animals unit study?
Life Over Cs has collected everything you need for … Read More ...