Friendship Tags – A new twist on an old BFF tradition has kids hammering their friendship into metal. Metal stamping for kids, great for tweens and teens. Get hammering! We are blacksmiths. Well, to be real, I prefer not to work with fire. I prefer cold metal work and let my hubs do all the […]
Celebrate Canada 150 Kids Activity – Canada Slime
July 1, 2017 is a big day! Canada is turning 150 years old! This birthday is really exciting and so many exciting events are happening in communities across Canada. While we wait impatiently for the big day, we decided to come up with some of our own Canada 150 kids activities. Our first one is […]
Summer STEAM Boredom Busters – Summer is coming, get ready!
Summer is coming and it’s a fantastic time to get outside and get active while learning. We spend most of our winter trapped indoors, and we can’t wait to get outside and enjoy the sunshine. Getting outdoors also means we can get a little crazy with some messy, outdoor STEAM fun. Check out our list […]
Gorgeous and Delicious Candy Geode Kitchen Science For Kids
Want a sure fire way to get kids really excited about science? Bring the science into the kitchen! Especially if you make it a candy science session. Kids love learning with candy and this Candy Geode Kitchen Science Activity is sure to be a big hit with your older kids. Once again I asked my […]
Walking Rainbow – You Shall Not Pass! Edition
So you know when you attempt an experiment and it completely and utterly fails? Yeah, so that happened. But we were able to turn it into a fantastic study about some scientific principles. In fact, it ended up being a much better lesson than if we hadn’t messed up. Yeah for failures! Wonder which experiment? […]
Desalinization Science Experiment – Exploring Saltwater Properties
Desalinization. It’s a big word and when my son said it the first time he stumbled over the syllables. The word may have caused him to fumble but the concept fascinated him. One day I asked him, how can we remove salt from saltwater? This launched our Desalinization Science Experiment. As a lover of marine […]
Think With Art – Month 2
Life can get crazy busy and sometimes all the best laid plans can go out the window when you are homeschooling. It’s one of the reasons I love educational subscription box programs. As much as I prefer to create my own activities and lessons, sometimes I just don’t have time. Life has hit crazy mode recently, […]
Slime STEM Activities – Learning with slime, STEM and fun!
Now that we have the ability to make slime, I feel like w hole new world has opened up to us! Slime is a fantastic tool for sensory play, as part of an anti-anxiety kit, and to develop fine motor strength. In my experience, it also gets my kids up and moving! Perfect for playing […]
Marshmallow Science Experiment – Candy STEAM Activity
Recently we made a marshmallow edible play dough that my youngest loved! My oldest wasn’t as fond of the taste but he was obsessed with watching the process. See while making the play dough the marshmallows do some crazy things. But why? And how could we turn it into something really fun? That was the […]
Geology Gemstone Slime – Hands on learning with slime
My busy boys love studying rocks. It’s one of their favorite unit studies and I often find them pulling out their rock collections and playing. In the past we have made rock and gemstone sensory bins, but this time we decided to incorporate our favorite new medium for sensory exploration, slime! Check out our Geology […]
How To Make Crystal Clear Glass Slime – 2 Methods with Saline
“Mom, we need to make clear slime, like glass, then it can be like the gelatinous cube in D&D!” Having no idea what I was getting myself into, I nodded. Unknowingly, I had just committed myself to almost a month of slime failures and struggles. Clear glass slime is not easy to make. But like […]
30+ Spring STEM Activities to Celebrate the Arrival of Spring
Spring is coming which means we can finally get back outdoors and start enjoying the sun again! That also means we can move some of our lessons outdoors and start new new STEM and STEAM studies. I’m planning some great Spring STEM Activities. Some are old favorites we love to repeat each year, others are […]
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