When spring showers arrive, it is the perfect time to harness kids’ natural curiosity about the weather with weather science experiments! What makes thunder? Why does it rain? How are clouds formed? How do meteorologists determine if it’s going to be rainy or sunny? These weather science experiments for kids will teach kids about weather, …
Elementary
Monkey and I have spent a lot of time watching Youtube challenge videos. The hosts on the shows are always trying silly and fun games. We decided to host our own version of STEM minute to win it games on a recent rainy day for some classic, screen-free activity time and STEM games for kids! …
After our previous experience with the IDO3D pen, we were incredibly excited to hear that IDO3D was now offering a vertical 3D pen. Vertical 3D pens allow you to write in the air. We decided to test this feature by creating a 3D carbon atom model. It is a fun STEM activity and introduction to engineering activities for …
I’ve always been fascinated by poison dart frogs, and I must have passed that fascination down, because Monkey was dying to learn more about poison dart frogs this week. We conducted our own mini poison dart frog thematic unit culminating in the poison frog craft shared in this post. If you want to learn all about …
Want a fast and easy way to teach the parts of a plot to elementary kids? These hands-on language arts story trains help children see how all the elements of a plot fit together to make a good story. Hands-On Language Arts: Story Trains Teaching children how to write stories can be tricky. While some …
We love using manipulatives for hands-on educational activities, but I’m not always happy with what is available commercially. I wanted small clay number manipulatives that both had numbers but that could also be used for counting and illustrating math in a concrete way. One night, we came up with the idea to make clay number manipulatives from …