Summer

During the summer, I like to keep my kids busy with summer learning activities for kids that they ordinarily do not do during the year. Because I work from home, often we don’t get to do many fun hands-on activities throughout the year. I like to give them summer educational activities to keep their skills up …

Try out these June STEM activities and keep kids learning this summer! There are tons of ways to keep your kids engaged over the summer (we’re, of course, partial to summer STEM activities). I always love doing more STEAM activities in the summer to let the kids do more science exploration and leave the heavy …

Summer is a magical time for kids, and there are so many options for summer camp, usually! Not this year, though! This year, bring the summer camp to your own backyard when you make your own slime summer camp! But if you’ve shopped around for summer camps, you know that some camps think parents are …

We’re a bit slime obsessed. We’ve tried so many slime recipes, but we still aren’t tired of making and playing with it. This time, we decided to make an ocean slime recipe to celebrate summer, warmer weather, and fun! How to make clear blue slime requires a basic borax slime recipe that is easy to …

Camping is one of those family activities that SOUNDS fun, but when it comes right down to it, family camping can quickly become a disaster. The best way I’ve found to prevent this disaster is to prepare plenty of camping STEM activities that will prevent your kids from *dying* of boredom. Of course, as a …

Hands-on learning is a lot more fun for most small kids, and sometimes, leads to better retention of the lesson. Kids will love these creative learning activities featuring pool noodles. Teach the basics of math, reading, STEM, and more with these fun pool noodle activities! You might just find that pool noodles become your favorite …