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!

Winter is the perfect time for some simple science experiments — find out how much water is in snow! My family will tell you that I’m an amateur weather buff — I like to observe what Mother Nature dishes out to us. Toss in the fact that I also love easy science experiments and a bad …

Have some fun this holiday with this Christmas Charades list and Pictionary Word game! There are SO many opportunities for fun during the holiday season — family gatherings, classroom parties, winter break days when the kids are home with no scheduled activities! Holiday charades and pictionary games are super easy to set up and loads …

Enjoy our *newest* FREE printable — a Christmas Scavenger Hunt that’s perfect for all ages! While we have more than 50 free printable scavenger hunts on the site, this might be one of my favorites! Not because it’s a Christmas-themed hunt (although I do love this time of the year 😉 but because it’s so …

Write a letter to Santa and get a reply! It’s that time of the year when I’m sure someone in your house wants to talk to Santa, St. Nick, Papa Noel (have you seen our FREE printable What’s Santa’s Name Game?!!) Maybe your 4-year-old who wants to ask Santa about his favorite cookies. Or the …

A wonderful list of FREE read aloud books online for Christmas and winter holidays is sure to inspire holiday reading! One of our most loved and read posts is Finding Free Kids Books Online — so I thought we should create a special Holiday Edition as our gift to each of you! So many families …

Use this free printable set of Advent Calendar ideas & activities to inspire time together for a Christmas Countdown with your kid One of my favorite memories from childhood was our Advent Activities! It was a Christmas tradition to hang our Advent Calendar in the kitchen — a simple felt calendar with 24 small red …

These fun & free printable Thanksgiving games and activities for adults and kids will inspire you to relax and enjoy some time with the family this year! So it’s November and really I LOVE this month. But I also dread this month a little. It seems to be the calm before the storm in so many …

Enjoy these free printable Halloween Games for kids this week. Only a few more weeks until Halloween, trick or treats, dressing up and bags of candy 😉 Kids get so excited about holidays so I always like to round up some FREE & fun Halloween printable activities and games to play that keep with the …

Grab this FREE printable Halloween Scavenger Hunt for kids and see who’s ‘haunting’ your neighborhood! One of my favorite things about Halloween hunts is unlike many of the regular scavenger hunts for kids, these can be done during the day OR at night! And if you do them at both times, chances are you’ll end …

Grab this free printable Halloween Scavenger Hunt game – perfect for kids, tweens, teens & adults! There’s nothing like a Halloween Scavenger Hunt for Kids to inspire some time outdoors in the crisp, cool weather! This hunt can be used as an after school activity, weekend family fun, an easy party game and as a …