Kids will have fun learning about their favorite stars and constellations with these fun constellation sewing cards, also called lacing…
Learn about fingerprinting for kids & play detective! Fun ideas for a CSI or spy party or science activity for preschool & elementary ages!
"Look at your hand. Can you see through it?" "Uh ... no," was the reply I got from our 10-year-old (with a hint of attitude, mind you). "What if I told you that you were going to look through a hole in your hand without us harming your hand in the least bit?" (puzzled expression) And thus our experiment began. It took barely any supplies and only a few minutes but the effect was something we were still talking about an hour later. What You Need An empty cardboard paper towel tube (or a rolled up piece of paper) Two hands Two eyes What to Do Place the tube over one eye and look down it. Bring the other hand (the one that isn't holding the tube), beside the end of the tube, palm toward your face, so it touches the tube. As you look down the tube, you'll suddenly see a hole in your palm! Don't see it? Try moving your palm forward and back, closer and further away from the tube. How It Works Your eyes see the same thing but from slightly different vantage points. In order to see dimension, your brain combines these images. With the tube in front of one eye, we are suddenly giving the brain two very different images. When it combines them, it appears that you hand suddenly has a hole through it.
Skin a dead animal. Smash its leg bone into a blade. And use its tendons to tie that blade to a handle. Sound gruesome? That's how you'd make a knife in the wild.
Wow. It has been WAY TOO LONG since I have blogged. The holidays all the way from October to December were quite busy. I did a lot of the ...
We had loads of fun playing with science this past year! Here are our most popular activities. 1. How to Make a Hovercra...
One of the highlights of our Young Women's Camp this year were our Camp Fire Sing-A-Long's. For the first time in FOREVER we were able to light an actual fire. In years past we have not been able to due to fire restrictions. We were so excited that it didn't even bother us that it was so HOT!!! I love our Camp Fire Sing-A-Long's because not only do we sing some of those silly camp songs, but we also allow the Young Women to highlight some of their talents. Each year at our Pre-Camp we have a YCL that has a sign-up sheet ready to go for the younger girls to sign up to share musical talents, skits, poems, artwork, how to demonstrations, etc... We usually allow up to 5 per evening. This is almost like a mini talent show outside. This definitely is one of my favorite parts of camp! You should try it...I promise you will love it too! Here's a general idea as to how we run the evening at the Camp Fire: 1. General Gathering Songs 2. Warm Up Songs 3. Rounds 4. Silly Action Songs 5. Skits/Stories/Talents/Etc... provided by those that signed up 6. Slower Songs 7. Reverent Songs 8. Evening Prayer At our first camp fire this summer we had just our YCL'S up at camp. We added a few extra moments of fun...THE SPARKLERS! Some of our Leaders and Young Women were a little shy around them while others couldn't wait to get their hands on them so they could spell their names and wave them in the air. We also used this time to plan our SNIPE HUNTING experience for the younger campers. Instead of Snipe Hunting this year the girls decided to go PETON HUNTING (this is a made up name for a miniature character that looks like a mouse/squirrel/etc... See photo - we have a really good artist in the bunch that drew what a PETON looks like. The girls had the choice between the bird and the mouse like character. We went with the mouse!). This is a short list of some of the songs we sing at our Young Women's Camp each year. I also have 2 more lists of fun camping songs. Don't be shy to ask for a copy of them for your upcoming Young Women's Camp. If you would like a copy of the camp songs that we have used at our Young Women's Camp....please comment here or email me at [email protected]. Don't forget to leave me your email address! Happy Camping!
A lot of these ideas could also work for a Percy Jackson party!! For us, we decided not to call it that so we could also focus on telling the stories too. The idea behind this program was to repli…
Here are five fun engineering challenges for kids to do with KEVA planks! If you’re not familiar with KEVA planks (the brand is Mind Ware), they are small wooden building blocks. You can use them to build all sorts of amazing structures without glue or connections – just stack them! We purchased ours two years […]
Orienteering is a great activity to do as a family and teaches your kids map reading skills. There are also places you can easily give it a go. Read more.
This water whistle experiment is good to do if you have 5-10 minutes spare. EC and I had a go making between finishing homework and a music lesson.
Out of all the egg science experiment you can do dissolving egg shells should be at the top of every child's to do list (a visual and tactile STEM project)
Use LEGO® bricks to play a fun and competitive cooperative game that kids will love! This is perfect for a LEGO® birthday party or club, or really any venue in which you need to keep a group of kids busy. We’ll call it LEGO® Copycat or Duplicate the LEGO® Model… or choose your own name! […]
Learn how to make this homemade Jacob's ladder toy with your kids. It's made with simple supplies you likely already have!
I LOVE saving figurative language until June - it's such a fun language unit ... and perfect for our "dreaming of summer brains". We finished up our EQAO testing mid week, and this onomatopoeia activity was the perfect break from testing. How fun is that??? Students chose two contrasting colours - one for the background and one for the word and border "bursting out of the page". They also needed newspaper (cut just a fraction smaller that the "bursting out of the page border" and glued the newspaper on top. They glued their word on top of that (we had brainstormed a lot of onomatopoeia words, but for some reason most of them chose SPLAT for their word). I also had them do a little shading under their letters for that little extra POP (see, I know some onomatopoeia words, too). ;) I had seen this awesome idea on Pinterest and followed it back to Artisan des Arts. Her examples are FANTASTIC!! We also wrote simile poems this week. I found a little template HERE for the students to use for their rough copies. When students were finished their templates, I had them write out their good copies, and illustrate a few lines with a small image. I hung these up, too ... LOVING our bulletin board switch up ... even this late in the school year!!! (I have two of these "smART class" bulletin boards side by side in the classroom. 15 more school days left ... I think I can ... I think I can ... Happy Friday!!!
What is your name again? - This question can really make you seem like a bad listener. To avoid the embarrassment of a forgotten name and possibly
The modern world is filled with information from a whole range of sources. With smartphones and other mobile devices, we
Give the kids something to shoot at that doesn't involve a video screen. Help them make a mini catapult then use marshmallows or pom-poms to shoot at targets. To make it easy, we've provide a numbered target you can just download and print.
These 20 Activities and Lessons that Teach Obedience to Kids will help equip you to teach kids to obey. This is part of my character building series, a great resource for parents and teachers everywhere. The word “obey” has gotten a bad wrap over the years. Before you jump into this post and all it...Read More
25 Kid-Tested STEM Projects Made With Simple Materials: Easy and fun collection of STEM projects and lessons for elementary and middle school. Made for teachers, science fairs, and weekend activities. Find more ideas on our website STEM Inventions! You can also find lesson plans, project sheets, and more…
Who knew playing with straws could be so fun? Straw bridges are a great whole class activity that also sharpens students' STEM skills!
Sometimes we have a bleep ton of kids and it is hard to manage them. These large group games come in handy on a regular basis for my Clubs. Every month I plan to release games or activities that you can use in various settings! Subscribe to stay up date! Click here for a printable PDF! #group #games #fun
If I ever get a classroom I am so doing this anchor chart! It could be great for almost any grade! I would ask my kids on the first day...
Science can be loads of fun. From creating contraptions and models to learning about the inner-workings of life...science experiments meant for older kids.
Writing your name in binary code on a bracelet or necklace makes great STEM fun for kids! Plus more fun STEM learning activities for kids.
This simple melting ice science experiment allows students to discover what variables affect the speed at which ice melts. The materials needed are in your kitchen.
There's been a lot of paper crafting at my house lately, thanks to my oldest son's obsession with Tom Angleberger's Origami Yoda book series. While we're at the kitchen table folding up the whole cast of Star Wars, I thought I'd work in a few other crafts - namely paper flyers. My oldest boy loves a good DIY toy. (He gets that from me.) Flying Paper Whirligig As a kid I used to pick up sycamore seeds and throw them into the air to make them spin back down to the ground. These whirligigs remind me of those seeds. Making them is simple. Don't let the instructions fool you. Start with a long rectangular piece of paper about 2 inches by 6 inches; we used origami paper but plain 'ol office paper will do. Draw your lines (dotted and solid like the picture below). You will cut on the solid lines and fold on the dotted lines. Fold the paper in on the two long dotted lines to make a handle for what now looks like a small spade of paper. Fold the end of the handle up and adhere with a small piece of tape. Slide a small paper clip (as a weight) over the folded and taped end. Next fold one side of the spade shovel down along the dotted line. Flip the paper over and do the same to the other side, so your whirligig's blades are pointing in opposite directions. You're done! Hold the whirligig in the air and drop it. Watch it gracefully spin to the ground (and if you're like my son, drop it over the stair railing to see it spin for a greater distance). This idea came from Babble Dabble Do. She's got a great photo tutorial so head over there if you're stumped. Straw Plane This next craft is a must-do for paper airplane aficionados. It looks nothing like a plane, but boy oh boy, does it glide through the air with streamlined precision. Impressive is an understatement. Cut two strips of cardstock paper, one 1 inch by 10 inches, and the other 1 inch by 5 inches. Tape them into two circle shapes. Now take a plastic drinking straw and adhere each with more tape to the ends of the straw. You're done! Now hold it by the middle of the straw, and propel your wrist forward releasing it into the air. It keeps going and going and going. This is one of the farthest flying "planes" we've ever made (and we've made A LOT of paper airplanes). This idea came from Discover Explore Learn. These crafts provide an excellent opportunity to explain aerodynamics, opposing thrust, and gravity. Kids can experiment by adjusting the size of the papers, the number of paper clips on the whirligig, the length of the straw, to observe and record any variance in the performance of the flyer.
Get your kids’ energy out with a quick game of Luta de gallo! This Brazilian children’s game is great for outdoors or inside.
Click on the image to view the PDF. Print the PDF to use the worksheet. Pokemon Matching Puzzle Practice your Pokémon knowledge using a fun activity page.
If you're looking for some science experiments with explosions then you'll want to try this exploding bag experiment. This exploding bag experiment is so
An Inertia Zoom Ball is the perfect science project for kids who can't sit still! This experiment teaches about inertia and reaction.
Grab a free copy of the Pictionary words to create your own game cards for kids to play at home or in the classroom!
I decided to take on my own challenge of incorporating a STEM activity every day for a week. It turned out to be a huge success where both my students and I had a blast. Here were the various …
In my desperate attempts to add Science into my day, I came across the blog, “Science for Kids” authored by Sue. I was hooked and week after week, I would stalk her blog looking for new and fun science ideas and Sue always delivered! So when I asked Sue if she would write a guest […]
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Kids will LOVE these engineering challenges with craft sticks, cups, and wood cubes. Engaging, open-ended, and creative!
Color in Scotland, a land of rolling green hills, deep blue lakes and some very cool stone castles! Explore the country with these fun coloring activities.
Teach your kids how to make their very own marshmallow catapult using common household supplies. How to construct a marshmallow launcher.
View our Ice Age homeschool unit! Book and Video recomendations, projects, writing assigments, and more! Learn about prehistoric mammals and early humans.
Last year, I started a new Space Club program at four middle schools. Not wanting to reinvent the wheel, I searched the web for ideas and curriculum to implement. I soon became excited to find great resources like NASA and TeachEngineering , but I was
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