Encourage your children to tinker and invent with this open-ended inventor's box. It is an easy way to bring more STEM activities into your everyday play. Why I Build an Inventors' BoxSanity. Yes, that is really the primary reason. Oh, and it does encourage my kids to think creatively to build new things.My 4 year old son is a tinkerer. He likes to build things and take them apart. Thanks to a week long Science and Invention Summer Camp: Camp Invention, my 8 year old daughter has caught the ... Read more...
Dollar Store STEM Kit
Learning Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math doesn't have to be expensive. In fact, we've made a Dollar Store STEM Kit using only items we found at the dollar store. Here is a list of materials we included. A fun project for parents AND teachers to make.Best for preschool - grade school kids. Dollar Store STEM KITI'm affiliate linking these STEM materials to similar products on Amazon in case you are a Prime addict like me =) and prefer the supplies delivered to your door. The items ... Read more...
How to Store STEM Activities for Kids
My kids love to tinker and build. The other night, I went to tuck them into bed and had to shove several creations to the side with my feet, just so there was a pathway to the door. I love that they are designing and thinking, but the mess was too much. We needed a better way for storing STEM Activities. Using the materials we already had, we turned an ordinary desk into a mobile STEM lab for the kids to use.The STEM supplies now all have a home base. The kids are creating AND there are ... Read more...
Sight Words and Alphabet Fun with Gems
Create these super fun sight words and alphabet games gems for your child. So easy to make and use with so many learning ideas. Both of my girls have an obsession with the glass gems that you can buy at just about any craft store. We've found a fun way to use them for learning with play! I love that this is an activity that both of my girls can do together as a sibling activity.For the bigger kids..... Create Sight Word Gems! For the younger kids...... Create Alphabet Gems! It's really ... Read more...
The Best Collection of Water Books for Kids
The best collection of water books for kids! Help your child learn all about water through books and fun facts about the water cycle, water conservation, rain, rivers, lakes, oceans, and more.Are you ready to dive into reading? Water Books for Kids Kids and water are like magnets. They are drawn to it and we know they'll be drawn to this list of handpicked water books for kids. There is a wide variety of books to choose from about water to read with your child or classroom. The large selection ... Read more...
20 Pool Noodle Learning Activities for Kids
Pool noodles are great for summer play and learning. They are inexpensive, versatile, lightweight and bright colored, making them the perfect craft supply and learning manipulative for kids activities. Explore these creative pool noodle learning activities to discover how many hands on activities you can create with pool noodles this summer!Which pool noodle game will you try first? Here are 20 of our favorite pool noodle learning activities for kids!All activities and images have been ... Read more...
Build a Base Ten Math Game with Pool Noodles
Young learners need lots of hands-on experiences with numbers. This base ten basket encourages them to build and explore the numbers from 0-100 all for under $8 from the dollar store. Build your own base ten math game with pool noodles for life sized math exploration.This math activity works well for multiple age levels. We have used it for children ages 2-8 years old. This article contains affiliate links.Build a Base Ten Math Game with Pool NoodlesLearning Objective: Read and represent numbers ... Read more...
Pool Noodle Build a Word Towers for Learning to Read
When children have begun to master the letter names and sounds, it is time to start building simple three letter words. These pool noodle build word towers activities are a great way to combine literacy with a little engineering. It is perfect for the child who enjoys learning through movement and play.Here's how to play this Pool Noodle Game. Pool Noodle Build Word Towers Activities for Learning to ReadLearning Objective: Read simple 3 letter words.Materials ... Read more...
ABC Order with Giant Pool Noodle Alphabet Beads
Learning letters is an important part of early childhood learning. These giant ABC beads are a great way to use your alphabet pool noodle manipulatives to extend abc play. Children bead the pool noodles alphabet beads onto a string in alphabetical order.ABC Order with Giant Pool Noodle Alphabet Beads.Learning Objective: Put letters into alphabetical order.Materials NeededClick here for directions on how to make the ABC Beads.How to play Pool Noodle ABC Order1. Set the basket of pool noodle beads ... Read more...
Make a Pool Noodle Alphabet Basket for Learning Letters
Who knew so much learning could happen with just ONE pool noodle? That's right, we made this interactive pool noodle alphabet basket using just one orange pool noodle. (you could of course, use another color as well). The perfect start to many pool noodle games for kids. There has been so much letter naming and sounds going on. Of course, my littles decided to play alphabet basketball right away. There are endless learning possibilities with this letter basket. Make one for ... Read more...
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