Enjoy learning about the moon’s phases with this hands-on moon activity for kids! When my son brought home his Phases of the Moon project from school, he wasn’t very happy. I thought he’d be thrilled with this activity – the whole “school permission to stay up past bedtime” 🙂 but instead he was really bothered …
STEM Activities
Welcome to our second year of the School’s Out: Top 10 Summer Learning series!
I’m joining 35 wonderful kid bloggers this week to provide TONS of ideas & activities for summer learning and fun.
We know that summer should be a time for kids to kick-back and be kids — but it’s also a great opportunity to let the kids explore interests that they may not have the chance to learn about during the school year.
Sometimes sitting down with “just a book” can be a little overwhelming for kids. All those words and pages — especially if they’re just starting to read or not overly crazy about reading. And then there’s the whole sitting part of reading — not something our kids EVER really did; they would constantly move and …
Getting the kids more time outside is always a goal these days. Especially on school days when they’re stuck in a building for 8 hours 🙁 with the exception of a 25 minute recess (if you’re in elementary school) which I think is waaayyy too short. But I’ll complain about that on another day 😉 …
If you’ve been around these parts, you’ll know that we have a fondness for nature activities 😉 Most rooms in our house host some type of nature collection — shells, rocks, tree seeds, leaves in the Fall, etc. And many of these were started on the fly — a trip to the beach, a vacation …
My kids love to learn how things work! You will frequently find them taking things apart or weilding a screwdriver to help Dad with projects around the house. And yes, we have had our own share of mishaps as a result of their explorations — but we’ve learned that those broken items are just a …
Welcome to Discover & Explore – a weekly themed linky where we love to share fun kids activities and awesome ways for families to connect and learn! The linky is hosted by Edventures with Kids and Fantastic Fun & Learning.
This week’s Discover & Explore linky will highlight Earth Day Activities for kids and families.
Even though we celebrate Earth Day on April 22nd this year, it’s really an everyday activity. There are so many easy ways to introduce kids to environmental ideas and adopt eco-friendly behaviors at home, at school and in your community.
“We have not inherited the Earth from our fathers, we are borrowing it from our children.” ~ Lester Brown Being eco-friendly takes on a whole new meaning when you read this statement. As parents, we all work so hard to provide our kids with a good future — we save money to send them …
Some of the newest lessons for this generation include learning about the environment, ecology and how our behaviors impact the world around us.
Earth Day is a yearly celebration that reminds us to revisit how we treat the Earth. These are important lessons for our children to learn as many of our resources are finite.
Helping to preserve the water, open lands and wildlife will mean that our grandkids and great-grandkids will still have the opportunity to roll down a hill, swim in the ocean and breathe fresh air!
After a long winter, kids love to get outside and stretch their legs!