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 …
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Atmos Flare hired us to try out their new 3D pen. We thought it was amazing! There are so many ways to use it for STEM activities and other engineering activities for kids. 3D is fascinating to me. I love the idea of sculpting and creating art in instant 3D. Until a few years ago, …
This post is part of the 31 days of STEM activities for kids series. One of my favorite things to do when I was young was make play stores for my siblings. However, our stores were never quite as math-intensive as this particular store that Monkey and I set up together. Scroll to the …
Love STEM activities for kids? Find over 30 additional STEM challenges in the 31 days of STEM activities for kids series similar to this math fraction art project! Last year, Monkey struggled with math. Because she was having a hard time, we worked hard to find new ways to make learning math fun through …
There are a lot of fun things you can do with dice in the classroom, including turning them into fun math games! We like using dice to teach STEM concepts because they can be used in a lot of different ways. Today, I’m sharing the multiplication dice game that I invented when my daughter was …
This is part of the 31 days of STEM activities for kids series. Find the other posts in the series here! This week, we are creating engineering activities for kids. For this engineering project, Monkey and I wanted to see if we could make an airplane from an egg crate that would “fly” (glide). Monkey …