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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!

Enjoy these creative Dr. Seuss & Cat in the Hat games with your kids and inspire a love of reading! There’s nothing like a game to encourage a child to pick up a book! And some of the best books that lend themselves to being turned into a game are those created by Dr. Seuss …

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Enjoy these Wacky Wednesday ideas, “If I Ran the Zoo” Printable activity, Dr. Seuss games and learning about idioms. We’ve shared some fun facts and activities about Dr. Seuss and Read Across America Day which is coming up in early March! I’m sure you’re familiar with at least a few Dr. Seuss stories — maybe …

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Enjoy these free printable science Valentines Day cards (aka the Valentine Volcano) that your kids will LOVE – a great option to use as printable cards for classmates!! So here’s my thing with Valentine’s Day (well, actually two things)… First, the store-bought, pre-packaged card sets that have 24 valentines to a box — It. Drives. …

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Creative & free printable Valentine Cards for classmates, to give to kids or anyone you love! In our house, we really don’t do cute. Creative, yes … Corny, oh yea … Geeky, totally! But not so much with the cute. 17 Free Printable Valentine Cards So Valentine’s Day can be a bit of a challenge. …

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Movies about science & inventors is the focus of this week’s kids’ movie list! There are a number of wonderful films that will inspire children to tinker and create new things — check out these 20 kids movies that inspired science and engineering activities! My daughter’s current idea is to build a robot that will …

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Try these Groundhog Day science activities & books for kids that explore shadow science experiments, weather predictions and more seasonal fun! February 2nd is Groundhog’s Day – the halfway point of winter. If you’ve got kids, you know that there’s some quirky draw to that furry, little creature who uses his shadow to predict if …

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Browse this list of free printable Winter games and activities for those days when you can’t get outside! It’s time to get prepared by having some free printable Winter activities on hand — and I’ve got your back! I’m currently sitting on our couch looking out the window at the GORGEOUS snow falling. The flakes …

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Enjoy this FREE printable Indoor Scavenger Hunt for kids – a super fun activity with a sneaky math twist! We have a TON of scavenger hunts for kids, and yet — most of them are outdoor hunts or holiday-related.  So I thought it was high time that we came up with a fun hunt to …

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