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Keep ice from melting! This is a fun science experiment for winter, but it works any time of the year. One of the reasons that I love science education is that it’s a total blast when kids make discoveries on their own and get completely excited about it! Kids will be amazed at how…
Even though we live in Texas where we rarely have snow, I love snowflakes and snow activities! Maybe it’s because I was born in the northeast (PA). In Texas we mostly get ice if we get any winter weather at all. But snowflakes are so fascinating! It’s fun to explore the science behind them, and…
Kids of all ages will enjoy these Perler bead SNOWFLAKE PATTERNS! I’ve got several patterns for kids to make, and hopefully these will also inspire kids to design their own snowflakes. If you’re not familiar with Perler beads, they are small plastic beads that fuse together when you iron them. We’ve been fans of Perler…
Kids will love creating stained glass projects with LEGO® bricks! This is a fun spin on a LEGO® building challenge that kids will really enjoy, and there are so many ways to approach it. Build a castle with stained glass windows, or a beautiful butterfly with stained glass wings. These projects are like sun…
Here’s a fun winter building challenge for kids! How many different snowflakes can you create with LEGO® bricks? (It’s more than you’d think!) Before getting started, gather your pieces. Look for white plates (flat bricks) that are 1 x 3 and 1 x 4. If you’re planning to do this activity with a group, it…
Here’s a fun LEGO® building idea! Construct your own board game with a working game spinner. This game spinner actually works better than many of the ones that come with board games! I love challenging kids to build a board game because there are so many ways to go about this project. It’s a great…
Here’s another fun tessellation project that is perfect for the holiday season! Print the Christmas tree template in this post, and kids can create a collaborative work of art with beautifully decorated mini tessellating trees. Math and art come together in this fun STEM project. A tessellation is a shape that can be repeated over…
Build a marble run with an unlikely material… play dough! There are actually two STEM challenges with marbles and play dough in this post, and they are both a ton of fun for a wide range of ages. Best of all, the materials are cheap and can be used again on another day. Here’s a…
Cheer up a dreary winter day with this colorful paper snowflake project! Paper snowflakes are even more fun in bright colors. We used a pack of origami paper, which was perfect. The paper is just the right thickness for easy cutting, it’s already in a square shape, and the colors look great together. It would…
Here’s a collection of 15 fun games to play with a deck of cards! These are card games that kids can learn and families can play together. One thing to keep in mind about card games is that many games are called by several different names. So you may get partway through the rules on…
Get ready to hear some cheers – when your kids find out that math time is going to involve running and throwing snowballs, they’ll be jumping up and down! Seriously, the games in this post are perfect for burning off some energy indoors on a cold day, and kids will be learning their addition…
Work on language arts skills with these fun Christmas themed activities! This printable pack is perfect for kindergarten and first grade students, or ages 5-7. There are word cards, handwriting practice pages, story starter cards, and Christmas themed paper for writing stories. I created this pack because I needed more things for Janie to…
