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!

Learn about owls with these fabulous owl crafts and books about owls for kids! With all these wonderful seasonal changes, I am definitely in the mood to get started on some Autumn themed crafts & activities too! Today’s theme — everything Owl! 20 Owl Crafts for Kids to Make You know how things happen …

Fall is a great time to explore the night! Head out for an evening of exploration on a cool autumn evening. Enjoy a few books and activites that highlight the night!

I love sharing classic books with my kids, especially ones that I enjoyed as a child.

So I’ve started a quarterly series on great Vintage Kids Books to feed my need for nostalgic reading 🙂 If you missed our summer list, you can find out which books made the cut on our Vintage Summer Reads post.

Enjoy these gorgeous new books about Fall & Autumn for kids! I love creating book lists and I think that some of my favorite are our Kids Books about the Fall & Autumn season! There’s just something about the gorgeous colors, seasonal changes and cozy text that make me want to cuddle up and keep …

Fall Themed Learning & Lesson Plan Ideas Thanks for joining the Autumn email series! Below you’ll find links for each of the themed activity emails – just click the link highlighted in blue and the email content will appear in a new screen so you’re able to see the recommended books, hands-on activities for …

Our theme for this week is Leaves & Seeds – exploring trees during autumn is a great nature and science activity!

Make sure to check out our Theme Week posts on Apple Activities & the Autumn Equinox.

It’s Fall! And in addition to the beautiful leaves and cool weather, that also means PUMPKINS!

The pumpkin patches in our area open this week and like many families, my kids are excited to hunt down the perfect orange orb. And our linky this week will Discover & Explore Pumpkins!

Learn which trees are growing in your yard with this tree identification scavenger hunt using leaves, tree seeds & free printable clues! Do you know the saying “A picture’s worth a thousand words”? If that’s the case, I’m going to tell you that a hands-on science activity answers 1,000 questions 🙂 Giving kids a fun …

Fall is apple season! Trees are blooming with ripe apples, ready for the picking! There are a number of fun activities for kids that involve apples — enjoy a few this fall.

A wonderful collection of forest animal crafts and activities for kids! When I was a child, I can remember spending HOURS exploring the woods behind our house ( which is part of the inspiration for our forest animal books for kids!). My brother, sister and I (along with our neighborhood friends) would hike back to …