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!

Try this cool & easy science project or STEM activity — make a barometer to measure air pressure and weather changes! With Spring comes crazy weather! One day it’s raining, the next might bring snow or winds so strong they’ll push you right over. Like our DIY Tornado in a Bottle experiment, today’s science activity …

Create your own ocean zones in a jar to explore habitat, sea animals & deep sea creatures. We’ve been enjoying some fun books about the ocean and marine animals this summer. My kids have always been big fans of sea life. There are so many wonderful creatures that live in the oceans and did you …

Explore science this Spring with these fun Dr Seuss science experiments and activities! Read Across America and Dr Seuss week is coming soon – last week we shared some free printable Dr. Seuss games for kids. This week, we’re focusing in on some fun science activities. Kids of preschool, kindergarten & elementary age will LOVE …

Today we are combining our Outdoor Science activities and our Simple Science Experiment series to share a fun geology experiment — Rock Testing for Kids! One of the easiest science activities to do with kids is studying rocks and minerals. If your kids are anything like mine, they bring rocks home in their pockets — …

An awesome list of the best read aloud books for kids and families! We’ve always been a big read aloud family — whether we’re reading on the go (like these 50+ Free Read Aloud Books Online), enjoying stories before bed or gearing up for summer reading — we love to have books that can be …

A fun party game for kids, tweens and teens! An easy party game for kids, tweens, teens and even adults that can be played inside or outdoors with no mess to clean up! So many kids love sensory activities from preschoolers to teenagers! Yep, even older kids (have you seen the slime craze?!) Touching, squishing …

These STEM activities & science experiments paired with favorite kids movies are a great way to inspire learning! I know a lot of families (including ours!) enjoy watching some of the new kids movies that come to theaters or sharing old film favorites on family movie nights. Has your family seen any of these 12 …

Unique Valentine’s Day gift ideas for kids! If you have kids, come February 1st you’ll hear a lot of talk about ‘cool’ Valentine’s Day ideas (like these free printable Valentine Activity coupons for kids 😉 Those school parties are so exciting and the thought of getting cards from all of your friends gets kids going …

Winter is here and that means more time inside — which usually means the kids don’t get nearly as much exercise as they really need. I don’t know about you but ‘jumping on the couch’ can’t be the only option in our house (I would need to replace the couch each year if that were the case!)

Enjoy these multicultural STEM picture books that are perfect for preschool and elementary girls & boys who love to tinker, create, invent and engineer! You know us, we LOVE sharing great books for kids! And since we also love sharing STEM Activities for kids too, I thought we’d combine these two BIG global ideas – …