Make a straw maze to help your young child with hand-eye coordination and have fun while developing that important skill!
Straw Maze Activity
Who knew that a bag of straws could be perfect for five must-try STEM projects?! --> Build straw towers, --> Design weight bearing bridges, --> Make a raft, --> Create straw mazes, --> And build straw rockets that really fly! The center cards, posters, record sheets and easy to foll...
A few days ago I was putting together some containers of STEM materials, using straws for the challenge, and heard a student say this: "I see straws in those bins. We use a lot of straws!" Yes, we do! In fact, we use so many straws for challenges that I asked for straws to
STEM Projects building with straws! Featuring 6 STEM Challenges using straws as a main building material. Easy prep and high engagement for awesome resources.
Highlights The backyard has long been a space associated with recreation and relaxation, a private patch of earth to escape to, and a springboard for the imagination. 6-10 Years 9.9" x 8.0" Paperback 160 Pages Juvenile Nonfiction, Games & Activities Description About the Book Drawing on her personal experience as a mother, gardener, and author, Thomsen encourages kids to create kingdoms of their own making, right in their own backyards. Whimsical projects for every season and any setting allows fun-seeking kids and their families to rediscover the yard as a place for inspired play. Full color. Book Synopsis The backyard has long been a space associated with recreation and relaxation, a private patch of earth to escape to, and a springboard for the imagination. In her signature style and drawing on her personal experience as a mother, gardener, and author, Amanda Thomsen encourages kids to create kingdoms of their own making, right in their own backyards. With whimsical projects for every season and any setting, from forest to pavement, fun-seeking kids and their families will rediscover the yard as a place for inspired play, using repurposed materials and existing features of outdoor spaces. Whether they're creating tiny gardens inhabited by action figures, weaving a secret hideaway out of a loom of twine and twigs, or setting sidewalk cracks on fire with Coffeemate, Backyard Adventure lets kids of all ages turn their yards into a place they can call their own. From the Back Cover Permission to Play - Granted! Set kids loose and let their imaginations run wild with inspired ideas for self-directed play. Bolts, buckets, bubble wrap, and other everyday items become the building blocks of free-play fun. Kids are transformed into the independent masterminds of their own mud labs and confident kings and queens of their cardboard castles. Make exploding sidewalk chalk, bang on a wall of noise, fly high in a tire swing, launch amazing science experiments, perform on your own outdoor stage, build a straw bale fort, slip & slide on paint, weave through a yarn lazer maze! Review Quotes "Rocket fuel for a free-range childhood." -- Lenore Skenazy, president of Let Grow and founder of Free-Range Kids "Play is the work of childhood and modern kids are play-deficient. Backyard Adventure provides the healthy injection of play all children need. They'll never realize they're learning physics, chemistry, botany, and engineering -- they'll be having too much fun!" -- Katherine Reynolds Lewis, author of The Good News About Bad Behavior: Why Kids Are Less Disciplined Than Ever -- And What to Do About It "Wow, what a treasure trove of ideas and projects. I was laughing and saying aloud, YES, YES, YES! Amanda Thomsen understands that the simplest things in nature are what nurture young souls and spirits. Hurrah!" -- Sharon Lovejoy, Author of Roots, Shoots, Buckets Boots, Sunflower Houses, Camp Granny and many more favorite books for children
Kids are going to flip over these creative, fun, DIY Maze Activities for Kids. Kids of all ages will love this non-electronic toy.
A simple and fun activity that will improve cognition and concentration in your students as they explore! Over the next few days, we want to share with you some of the fun ideas we have been exploring with mazes. But before we do, let's start with a simple tutorial on how to make an amazing maze
Keep your kids busy and having fun inside on rainy winter days with this selection of 50 fantastic indoor activities for kids. Easy crafts + games.
Quick & Easy Baggie Maze
You and your kids will have too much fun while creating these amazing ideas. Instead of letting your kids play on the computer all day – you can have fun with them and make them more creative. Use these awesome ideas to make your kid creative and to make creative decorations and projects together.
Promote collaboration in your classroom with a cardboard maze! Have you ever noticed the similarities between road maps and mazes? We have been exploring the connection between the two in our preschool classroom... Begin with a Book We began our day by reading the book Along a Long Road by Frank Viva.
I'm trying something new this school year with my tween programming. I decided to branch out from book discussions and try a different ...
Promote collaboration in your classroom with a cardboard maze! Have you ever noticed the similarities between road maps and mazes? We have been exploring the connection between the two in our preschool classroom... Begin with a Book We began our day by reading the book Along a Long Road by Frank Viva.
Who knew that a bag of straws could be perfect for five must-try STEM projects?! --> Build straw towers, --> Design weight bearing bridges, --> Make a raft, --> Create straw mazes, --> And build straw rockets that really fly! The center cards, posters, record sheets and easy to foll...
These 20 maze activities for kids are sure to please! Find ideas for outdoor and indoor play. Sneak a little extra learning into your mazes, too.
A few days ago I was putting together some containers of STEM materials, using straws for the challenge, and heard a student say this: "I see straws in those bins. We use a lot of straws!" Yes, we do! In fact, we use so many straws for challenges that I asked for straws to
In this STEM challenge, kids will create a Hexbug maze using straws, tape, and posterboard! It’s a super easy STEM activity to set up and gives children the opportunity to plan, build, and problem solve. Follow our STEM and STEAM Activities for Kids Pinterest board! In my most recent science class for first grade and …
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'Wilde Dads' design a maze for the school's Fall Festival made of shipping pallets and bales of straw.
Let's make a marble maze out of a paper plate. This simple maze craft is fun with younger kids because it becomes a toy and is great for older kids
In this STEM challenge, kids will create a Hexbug maze using straws, tape, and posterboard! It’s a super easy STEM activity to set up and gives children the opportunity to plan, build, and problem solve. Follow our STEM and STEAM Activities for Kids Pinterest board! In my most recent science class for first grade and …
Atractivos materiales para los niños El aula infantil y la creatividad deben estar estrechamente vinculados.... Si bien puedo tene...
This post may contain affiliate links.Here is a low tech visual perceptual marble maze made out of a cardboard box and some straws. This one is fairly simple, but it can be useful for those who have trouble with motor coordination as well as visual perception. I used a cardboard box and some large “Smoothie...
Promote collaboration in your classroom with a cardboard maze! Have you ever noticed the similarities between road maps and mazes? We have been exploring the connection between the two in our preschool classroom... Begin with a Book We began our day by reading the book Along a Long Road by Frank Viva.
Promote collaboration in your classroom with a cardboard maze! Have you ever noticed the similarities between road maps and mazes? We have been exploring the connection between the two in our preschool classroom... Begin with a Book We began our day by reading the book Along a Long Road by Frank Viva.
A few days ago I was putting together some containers of STEM materials, using straws for the challenge, and heard a student say this: "I see straws in those bins. We use a lot of straws!" Yes, we do! In fact, we use so many straws for challenges that I asked for straws to
Racing pom pom balls is a great activity for a bad weather day, or a day that’s just too hot to play outside! Today, I made two race tracks out of blue masking tape, and we had fun racing pom pom balls by blowing them along the track! This game was inspired by a post […]
I made a few marble mazes for my preschoolers to explore during our unit on marbles. Sometimes, I get in this DIY mode and like to make little games or activities just to add a little extra something fun in the classroom... My students found the
Day 46 – Marble Maze with Straws Summer is about fun and creativity so let the creative fun begin with a pile of straws, marbles and a cardboard box turned into a marble maze with this idea from Frugal Fun With Boys Click here for step by step how to. MORE 100 Days of Summer […]
I love marble mazes. This is a project where you can make your own with straws, glue and a box lid. Growing up, my grandpa used t0 have a marble maze made out of wood. I remember always having g0-to things at my grandparents house. I see it in my kids too. They go to...Read More
Let's make a marble maze out of a paper plate. This simple maze craft is fun with younger kids because it becomes a toy and is great for older kids
With snow in the forecast for Sunday night, my kids were hoping for a snow day on Monday… and I was already making a mental list of a few special activities they could enjoy on their day off. But the snow didn’t start falling until we were eating breakfast on Monday, and so they headed … Read More →
STEM Challenge- Build mazes! This post gives tips about creating 3 different kinds of mazes. Easy materials and easy prep challenges are the best!
I love marble mazes. This is a project where you can make your own with straws, glue and a box lid. Growing up, my grandpa used t0 have a marble maze made out of wood. I remember always having g0-to things at my grandparents house. I see it in my kids too. They go to...Read More
This post is the first in a series of posts about "Therapy on a Shoestring Budget." I know first-hand how expensive therapy supplies can be, so I've decided to share some fun, inexpensive, therapeutic ideas. I hope you find these posts helpful! Hi Parents and Therapists! Here is a fun handmade activity that is relatively easy to make. Supplies needed: Colorful plastic straws A sturdy piece of cardboard or foam board Scotch tap A brightly colored marble A large Popsicle stick Draw the outline of a maze on the foam board. Make it simple or complex, based on what you feel will be a "just right challenge" for the child. Make sure that you leave enough space in the pathways for the marble to travel through. Lay the straws out on top of the maze lines and cut them to the appropriate length (see photo above). Use Scotch tape to hold the straws in place (I tried a hot-glue gun, but the tape worked better). Use tape to secure the large Popsicle stick on the back side of the foam board to make the handle. In one corner, write "start" and draw a star or smiley face. At the end of the maze write "end or finish" and draw something like a stop sign or finish line. Now, it's time to play with the maze! This activity provides a fun way to work on grasping, visual tracking, eye hand coordination, and graded pronation and supination. If the child needs to work on upper extremity strengthening, just add a light weight to his wrist. Have fun! Dear Readers, If you have found my blog to be helpful, please "like" my Facebook page and follow my blog...I'm trying to get my book published and this would be a great help! Thanks :)
My name is Reagan and this is my first time writing a post for Freebielicious! I am excited to be a part of such a wonderful collaborative blog! Now that things are warming up outside, it's hard not to let our minds wander to the end of the school year! {Okay okay the truth is by the second week of school my mind wanders to Summer vacation!} I have a post with candy awards and minute to win it games that I used last year on the last day of school! We had a red carpet event in my classroom with candy awards for each student! There are over 30 candy awards {color and black and white} to snag on my blog! We also played minute to win it games! (all first grade modifications are explained on my blog) Come on over and check it out and get your candy awards and minute to win it games! {Click the Button Below} Reagan
In this STEM challenge, kids will create a Hexbug maze using straws, tape, and posterboard! It’s a super easy STEM activity to set up and gives children the opportunity to plan, build, and problem solve. Follow our STEM and STEAM Activities for Kids Pinterest board! In my most recent science class for first grade and …
Students just love making mazes! Of all kinds! Mazes present plenty of opportunities for problem-solving and in the end, you get to play with them! Take a look at our mazes! We have completed several different versions of mazes and they all have been spectacular. Let's look at each type! Marble Mazes Our first maze
In this STEM challenge, kids will create a Hexbug maze using straws, tape, and posterboard! It’s a super easy STEM activity to set up and gives children the opportunity to plan, build, and problem solve. Follow our STEM and STEAM Activities for Kids Pinterest board! In my most recent science class for first grade and …
