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!

After a few years of planning and saving, we were able to take a trip to Hawaii this year — yes, it was amazing!

We had accumulated enough Disney Reward dollars to stay at the Aulani Resort in Oahu on our first night on the island and it was one of the BEST decisions we made on the trip! Being able to stay at an all-inclusive resort and not have to worry about grocery shopping or driving to any activities for the first day after that long plane trip meant a great start to our vacation.

Here’s what you need to know if you’re heading to Aulani especially if you’re only staying for a short time —

Get creative with these 20 fun things to do with a deck of cards! Have you ever needed an activity to keep the kids busy while you’re out to dinner or waiting at the doctor’s office? You know, something you could keep in your purse or car and pull out at a moments notice …

Try these cool chemistry experiements for kids using carbon dioxide & see the invisible! Summer Science is back and we are exploring chemistry this week! We’ve worked our way through geology, biology, astronomy and physics. If you’ve missed any of the science activiites we are sharing along with those from our super cool collaborator Inspiration …

Do you have a child who just loves trains? Or maybe you’re one of those parents who doesn’t mind getting caught at a railroad stop while the kids try to count how many train cars go through?

Trains are a form of travel that we should introduce to our kids – real train travel! A few years ago, my family took a trip by train for just a few hours. The kids loved the idea that we could all do things together (like visit the dining car for a snack!), had lots of room to stretch out and saw some unique places on the trip.

Welcome back to our Summer Science series — today’s science theme is Geology!

This is a favorite area of science for kids for two reasons — explosions and digging 🙂

I don’t know about your house but in ours, there are rocks everywhere! I’m not kidding — on the science table, stacked up near the garden in the backyard, in the dryer (yep, it seems like every week I’m pulling rocks out of someone’s pocket).

What can I say, kids are attracted to rocks.

Since they’re going to collect the darn things anyway, why not spin it into some great hands-on learning 😉 Shhh…don’t tell them.

Learn about the Junior Ranger Program for kids — the best kept secret at the National Parks! If you visit our blog frequently, you’ll know that we are BIG fans of getting kids outside 🙂 Our first post featuring Kids to Parks Day focused on 30 Games & Activities to Play at the Park. Today, …

I’m super excited about today’s activity! Why? It’s a fun way to get the kids outside PLUS there’s some math involved AND there’s also an element of surprise! So your kids won’t even notice the math & learning that’s involved 😉 And it’s super easy to do in your own yard or neighborhood. …

Enjoy these fun activities & games to play at a local park! It’s May again and that means we’re celebrating Kids to Parks Day with a whole slew of AWESOME ideas for games to play & fun activities to do at the parks! Be sure to visit last year’s idea list of 30 Fun Games …

The Easter Bunny has visited our house for more than 14 years, each time hiding a bunch of (plastic) eggs. I hate throwing things out — so with more than 100 of these crazy things in the house, I really needed to find some good ways to put them to use. Here are some fun & practical ways to recycle plastic eggs.

We love spending time outdoors during the summer! Well, I LOVE to be outside no matter what! The kids really enjoy it as long as there’s something fun to do.

During our Discover & Explore Backyard Games linky, we had some absolutely AWESOME ideas shared for how to make your backyard a creative fun zone this summer!