Jacquie Fisher

Jacquie is the founder & owner of Edventures with Kids, a site that shares unique kid’s activities, fun ways to learn and inspriation for family travel. She is an experienced educator, with both a Masters in Education and an MPH degree and has a wide variety of expertise in developing programs for children, families & communities during her previous work at the University of Kansas.
She utilizes her past experiences as an educator, program coordinator and researcher to develop educational and fun kids' activities, parenting articles and creative learning ideas.
Jacquie has been published on numerous educational sites including Kids DISCOVER, the National Park's Foundation blog, PBS Parents, Steve Spangler Science and CWIST.
Kids DISCOVER: 7 Ways to Raise Lifelong Learners
National Parks blog: A Family Vacation in Rocky Mountain National Park
PBS Parents: Egg-ucational Activities for Kids
Steve Spangler Science: Science-themed Jr. Ranger Badges at National Parks
She is also the co-author of 3 children's books focused on STEM for kids and hands-on learning activities.
Jacquie is also a nature lover and mom to 2 awesome kids. She enjoys traveling to new places with her family and loves encouraging kids to be creative & curious! Visit our About Us section for more information about Jacquie & Edventures with Kids!

Check out these fun things to do in June with kids and the whole family! Sometimes creating fun memories is as simple as celebrating a day together — so I thought I would share some of the fun & unique June Observation Days that families will enjoy this month. In line with our $0 Summer: …

Welcome to our first week of DIY Summer Camp — this week’s theme is Around the World Activities for Kids! Summer is a great time to explore a new topic or dive deep into a favorite theme with kids — the days are longer and the schedules are lighter 🙂 Finding summer activities near me …

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 …