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!

Inspire your kids to explore science with these play & learning ideas and activities! If you’ve ever watch children play, you can see how much fun they have pretending. Sometimes they are building social skills or practicing their communication and launguage skills. And other times, they are exploring new areas of the world such as …

Last week, we explored one of my favorite topics on the Discover & Explore linky — SCIENCE! I love introducing kid to science – the easy, everyday questions that lead to those amazing discussions when you can see those wheels turning as they come up with more questions about how & why. And here’s the …

Welcome back to our super Summer Science series!

We are collaborating with Inspiration Laboratories to share some great books and fun hands-on science activities each Wednesday during the summer — this week’s topic is Astronomy.

Grab your favorite sidewalk chalk and do some learning this summer! At the end of the school year, I always spend some time stocking up for Summer fun. I like to do a quick assessment of items that need to be added based on the kids’ developmental skills (do we need a bigger bike? are …

Introduce your kids to some amazing classic backyard games this summer! We love to encourage families to get outside & enjoy their own backyards — whether it’s doing a few backyard science experiments or having a camp-out at home, there are so many easy ways to connect — and playing a game is one of …

Use these travel journal ideas & free printable pages to help kids document their next vacation or trip! Since we’re heading out on a big road trip this summer, I thought I would include some travel journal pages in our Road Trip Binder (which already has 40+ Free Printable Road Trip Activities you might want …

Kids, tweens and teens can quickly get organized for their next slumber party with these FREE printable sleepover checklists for things to pack in an overnight bag! Having a packing list on hand (like the printable Cabin Packing List we use for vacations) makes life so much easier for everyone. When my son had his …

Find more than 100 Free Summer Activities near me to do with kids using this FREE printable planner & list! Whether you’re looking for easy backyard ideas, fun places to visit with kids near me or a *new* local adventure, we’ve got more than 100+ ideas for you to try over the next few months. …

Check out the FREE Kids’ Summer Movies playing near me in 2019 — the next installment of our FREE summer activities for kids near me series! We love catching up on movies over the summer months. The school year always seems to busy that we often miss seeing some of our favorite flicks on the …

Enjoy these fun games & activities kids can play at the park this month! Spring is here which means Summer is not far behind so it’s time to hit the great outdoors. And you know how much we LOVE getting outdoors and exploring so we’re helping the National Trust to celebrate Kids to Parks Days …