STEAM / STEM educational activities for kids featuring science, engineering, art, and mathematics teaching children through hands on, activities, learning through play
My preschoolers’ insatiable curiosity never ceases to amaze me. After playing with our Solar System Sensory Bin this summer, they continue to be fascinated by outer space. And despite only being 3 and 4, they were determined to learn the names of all the planets and their order in the solar system. I…
One of the basic building blocks of math for children is their ability to recognize, continue and create patterns. This simple busy box makes for great STEM preschool activities, perfect for Fall, creating patterns with different color apples. Making Patterns with Seasonal Stickers Preschoolers are naturally hardwired to notice the world around…
Ten Apples Up on Top has been one of the girls’ favorite books for as long as I can remember. It started with the board book version, and now my youngest takes the full ‘Apples on Top’ book to bed with her almost every night. Using a favorite book is a…
We’ve all been there… you’re trying to just get that first cup of coffee in the morning, cook dinner, or even just driving down the road, when your preschooler tosses out one of their deep questions about the universe. I’ve now got two preschoolers, making for double the ponderings. After a…
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Fujifilm Wonder Photo Shop. All opinions are 100% mine. The world of STEM is fascinating for little learners. And you don’t have to spend a fortune on supplies to share simple science activities for preschoolers at home with your child.…
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Fujifilm Wonder Photo Shop. All opinions are 100% mine. All children learn differently. But for early learners, like toddlers and preschoolers, their experiences are maximized through open-ended, active, hands-on learning. It’s one of the reasons my girls love the different…
When your bedtime is before the sun sets, it can be tough to observe the ACTUAL stars. This is the hazard when studying the stars with preschoolers. In How to Catch a Star by Oliver Jeffers, a young boy tries to capture a star from the night sky, only to discover one…
Despite reading countless books and exploring stars with several activities, the concept of the solar system remained an abstract, almost mythological, concept for my preschoolers. This was never more evident than on the 4th of July – while waiting for fireworks, I started pointing out the planets in the early night sky…
We love sensory bags at our house. Ever since I made our first sensory bag, Jumbled Snowman, over a year ago, they are always a guaranteed hit. It is a great way to provide hands on play for toddlers and preschoolers. So of course our Study of the Stars would not be…
When I was a kid, I put a set of glow in the dark constellations stickers on my bedroom ceiling. They were still up there glowing away when my parents sold the place this year. All kids love stickers, glow in the dark, and as I’ve discovered this summer, studying…
For weeks now, ever since I made the Star Gazing Discovery Bottles for my monthly post on Pre-K Pages, the girls have been full of questions and fascinated by stars. Now that preschool is out for the summer, studying stars was at the top of their request list. To kick things off,…
It seems our April showers missed the memo, and continued on throughout most of May… but we finally got outside this week! And all the rain not only brought flowers, but lots of weeds. While I enlisted the girls to help me weed, they quickly decided it was far more…
Our Architecture and Engineering for Kids series has been a big hit with my preschooler. What I didn’t anticipate was how much my toddler would enjoy the all of the construction challenges too! So this week, I set out to create an engineering for toddlers activity. And inspiration hit during a…
I received complementary product from Hands-On-Prints to facilitate my review. My opinions remain, as always, 100% my own. I love Hands-On-Prints books! Last year, I reviewed a set of their learning materials, including Around the World from A to Z. Big M loved the textured numbers inside the book so much, we…
No study of architecture and engineering would be complete without talking about the Great Pyramids. Egyptian architecture is as mesmerizing in the 21st century as it must have been mystifying when they were constructed. And thanks to Bubble Guppies, a subject of great fascination to my preschool and toddler too! Egyptian Architecture…
I received complementary product from Start Engineering to facilitate this review. The opinions presented remain, as always, 100% my own. “When I grow up, I’m going to be a Princess Ballerina.” That has been my preschool daughter’s adult aspirations for going on two years now. I am all for encouraging pursuit…
Starting the seeds for our garden on Earth Day is quickly becoming an annual tradition in our family. The wonder and awe the growing process inspires in young children makes gardening even more fun! To turn our garden into a season-long learning process this year, I created a Preschool Garden…
I received complimentary product for my review from Crayola featured in this post. The content and opinions expressed here remain 100% my own. Engineering for kids is a fascinating area of study because it feeds their natural curiosity. Taking things apart, wanting to understand how things work, and a desire to bring their imagination and…
For Earth Day last week, the girls and I read all about plants, grew a little pot of grass seed, and ultimately, started our own vegetable seeds. They thankfully have begun to sprout, and with that, came a flood of questions from Big M. How long will the rest take? …
A fun way to introduce engineering to preschoolers is with simple machines. If your last physics class was over a decade ago like me, for reference, simple machines include a lever, wheel and axle, pulley, inclined plain, wedge and a screw. Gears can be considered a simple machine as a…