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!

Spring is here!!

The days are getting longer and the weather’s getting nicer – finally! And we are preparing for Spring Break at our house.

Elementary & middle school kids will LOVE exploring these math activities & physical change experiment using popcorn! Last year, I shared a list of 100 Ways to Count to 100 and in the post, I mentioned using popcorn as one of the items. Well, mention popcorn + math + science and guess what? You get …

In our house, the Easter Bunny is a really cool Dude! He doesn’t just bring jelly beans and chocolate bunnies but also some great fun & educational items that the kids just LOVE!

Really – they spend more time with these items than they do asking me if they can eat just one more jelly bean.

Explore science with this 3D Water Cycle science project built with LEGOs®! I love taking a not-so-easy-to-explain topic like The Water Cycle and turning it into a hands-on learning activity where you can see your child’s eyes light up as they begin to grasp the concept! And water conservation for kids is SUPER important for …

I know that we show our kids how much we love them every day of the year, but sometimes it’s fun to surprise them on the holidays.

They’re sure to get enough candy at the school parties, so here’s a better idea — printable coupons for some family fun!

We’ve also included links to some great ideas for each coupon.

Celebrate Chinese New Year and explore Chinese culture with these wonderful books and activiites! Wouldn’t it be wonderful to travel the world? To be able to visit beautiful places and experience new cultures would be amazing! But world travel is also expensive … and not so easy once you have a family. Which is why …

Learn about refraction of light with this easy science experiment that can be done at home or in the classroom. Our easy science experiments are back and this week, we’re adding a touch of ‘magic’! In my experience, you can AMAZE kids with two types of science activities — the first type are those that …

A list of favorite children’s books made into movies — perfect for family movie nights, classroom activities and read aloud sessions! I’ve often used (and recommended) the technique of pairing books with a movie or activity (have you seen our 20 STEM Activities Inspired by Kids Movies yet?) It’s a great incentive to get kids …

Check out these 2019 Total Lunar Eclipse activities and videos for kids and save the date — it takes place on January 20th and 21st! Kids of all ages are curious about the night sky — constellations, planets and especially the moon. And even though we see the moon in its’ various phases each evening …

Wonderful winter books with indoor and outdoor play activities for kids! Now that we’re in the throws of winter (and most of the holiday gifts have been played with over the past few weeks), it’s time to introduce some new ways to beat the winter doldrums. Today we’re sharing some of your favorite winter books …