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Magic Jumping Coin Science Project
The magic jumping coin trick is a simple at home science experiment that will get your kids to gasp, "How does it do that!?" It's a magic trick that doubles as a science experiment! How to Make a Coin...
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Photography Color Scavenger Hunt Activity for Mindfulness
Do your kids clamber for your phone or camera whenever you pull it out to take photos? Kids love to take photos but if you are tired of flipping through blurry photos of the sidewalk, this color...
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Blowing up a Balloon with Yeast or Baking Soda and Vinegar
Sure, you could huff and puff to inflate a balloon but did you know you can blow up a balloon with chemistry? Not only is it possible, but you blow up a ballon with common household ingredients like...
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The Colorful Cabbage Juice Science Experiment
As you know, we love at home science experiments. When you're up for a great science experiment with a big wow factor, this acid-base science experiment using a cabbage juice indicator is fun,...
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The Hidden Benefits of Go Fish!
We love family game time and one of my son's current favorite card games is Go Fish! It's a classic game beloved by many a 5-year-old and we play it a lot. Although parents may not want to play Go...
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Fun Halloween STEM Activities
Celebrate fall with fun-filled Halloween STEM activities that kids love and are easy to plan! Halloween is a great time of year to put STEM skills to work because Halloween already puts children in...
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Dot-in-the-Corner Brain Teaser
Quick brain teasers like the dot-in-the-corner paper cutting trick are a life saver when you need a way to keep kids busy! This simple paper trick featuring a tricky dot that doesn't want to move from...
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12 Science Art Projects: Explore and Create
It's fun to experience the interaction between science, art and design with these imaginative cross-disciplinary projects. You may not immediately of science and art as natural partners. After all,...
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Math + Writing Activity: Keeping a Ledger
Teaching kids how to keep a ledger of their savings and spending habits is a great way to encourage writing practice, as well as mathematics. You could even say it's an economical way to combine the...
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Easy Math Game for 5-Year-Olds (At Home Practice)
This easy math game for 5-year-olds repurposes a traditional game for at-home learning of pre-math skills like number and quantity recognition and counting. We've always enjoyed finding playful ways...
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Poetry Bingo for Kids
Poetry Bingo is a great way to include fun and games during National Poetry Month (April) or any time of year! Our free, printable Poetry Bingo cards encourage kids to explore different forms of poems...
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21 Math Art Projects for Kids
Math art projects are a unique way to combine right and left brain learning. Both my boys enjoy math, but they often balk when I suggest, "let's do an art project!" My solution has been to make math...
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Bottle Thermometer Science Experiment for Kids
When your curious kids are bored, spend some quality time with them making a bottle thermometer to test relative temperatures! This a surprisingly quick and easy science project that has a great,...
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Summer Must-Do: Ice Cream in a Bag
Making ice cream in a bag is a a fantastic old school summer activity that is not only delicious, it's scientific! When I was a kid we had this huge electric ice cream maker that we set out in the...
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Balloon Rocket Race Science Experiment: Blast Off!
Years ago, my older son and I raced balloon rockets across our living room. This year, for summer science camp we took our balloon rocket making supplies over to a friend's apartment to try outdoors...
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Tower of Hanoi: Hands-On Logic Game
Around here we love math and logic brain teasers because they stretch those all important problem solving muscles. After the success of the cubic puzzler and the harder-than-it-looks T puzzle, I was...
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Fun Math Activity: Parking Lot Addition
Parking lot addition is the perfect math activity for a kindergartener or 1st grader who loves toy cars! As far as indoor activities for kids go, this one has it all. It teaches, entertains, allows...
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Fraction Games for Kids: Visual Learning (Free Printable)
My neighbor's mother is a math tutor and she likes to discuss how "Kids these days just don't get fractions!" (Be sure to say that in a New York accent.) She chalked it up to tech screens' reliance on...
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Magic Squares Math Puzzle (3x3 Version)
The classic magic square math puzzle is the perfect fit for this week's Camp Mathematics theme: computing. After all, my eldest son can't resist a good math challenge and my youngest can't resist...
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Fun Math Activities for After School
Worksheets are boring! Kids struggling with math will enjoy these after school ideas that incorporate math learning into a variety of creative and fun activities. A playful approach to math that uses...
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