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16 (Almost) Free Kitchen Science Experiments for Kids
Try these simple, fun, and frugal kitchen science experiments with your kids! Each experiment requires common materials that you probably already have in your cupboards. And be sure to check out our growing list of over 20 kitchen science experiments for kids! Many [...]
Screen-Free Coding for Preschool and Kindergarten
Screen-free and hands-on activities to teach coding for preschool and kindergarten. Play board games, make binary code jewelry, and invent secret spy codes. *This post contains affiliate links. Please see our disclosure policy. I keep hearing about teaching young children, even preschoolers, to [...]
Salt Dough Valentines | Spin Art Heart Magnets
Because many of our friends have dietary restrictions we decided to hand out non candy valentines this year. The salt dough valentines we created are unique, bright, and colorful. They cost almost nothing to make and they are useful and pretty, too! The kids [...]
Ice Science and Engineering | Unique Hands-On Play
Discover ice science! Paint with ice, fish for ice, build sculptures, and more! Ten simple ice science and engineering ideas to keep the kids learning. Winter is the perfect time to have some fun with ice science. Over the past few months I have [...]
Snow Paint | Winter Color Mixing Science
When it snows, the kids want to go outside and play. This is wonderful for a few minutes, but inevitably everyone gets cold fingers and toes and we end up right back inside. By making snow paint we have found a way to bring [...]
12 Hands On Science Activities for Year-Round Fun and Learning
This round up of the most popular hands on science activities from The Science Kiddo includes 12 hands on science activities for kids to do year-round! *This post contains affiliate links. Please see our disclosure policy. Parents often tell me that they want [...]
Fizzy Snow | Process Art and Science
*This post contains affiliate links. Please see our disclosure policy. Too wet to go out, And too cold to play ball, So we sat in the house, We did nothing at all. The Cat in the Hat, Dr. Seuss If the weather has [...]
Easy Fake Snow | Sensory Science for Kids
*This post contains affiliate links. Please see our disclosure policy. Now you can play in the snow year-round, inside, no matter where you live. It's easy to make your own fake snow whenever you get the craving for winter play. All you need is [...]
Glitter Glow in the Dark Ornaments
Who says the Christmas tree has to be dark when the Christmas lights go off? How about decorating the tree this year with these super-easy-to-make glow in the dark ornaments? In the light they are sparkly white, in the dark they continue to shimmer and [...]
Gumdrop Graphs | Candy Math
This week we did a very simple math activity as part of our special Gumdrop STEM blog hop. My kids are currently five and two years old, respectively, so I wanted to do a simple home learning activity without too many tricky parts. Luckily for [...]
Candy Cane Play Snow | Winter Sensory Fun
*This post contains affiliate links. Please see our disclosure policy. Winter...Frost outside, fire in the fireplace, soup on the stove, the scents of evergreen and peppermint in the air. We are finding ourselves inside a lot more these days, grateful to be cozy and [...]
Borax Crystal Nature Ornaments | Christmas Science
*This post contains affiliate links. Please see our disclosure policy. This season we have made so many fun Christmas decorations with the kids! Things that we are proud to display around our house like Christmas window gel clings and our snowy snowman. After we [...]
Construction Play With Bunchems | Creative Building
The benefits of building, engineering, and construction play are well established. Kids that engage in this kind of play enhance problem solving skills, fine motor skills, and spacial skills, as well as develop a heightened capacity for creative, divergent thinking. There may also be [...]
Paper Fliers | Rainy Day Boredom Busters
*This post contains affiliate links. Please see our disclosure policy. With cold and rainy weather upon us it's essential to have some go-to rainy day activities for inside play and learning! This Spring we did an outdoor engineering challenge with paper airplanes where we [...]
DIY Christmas Window Gel Clings | Winter Sensory Science
Make your own winter and Christmas window gel clings with just a few kitchen ingredients. They are festive decorations for the holidays and make for a really fun afternoon crafting and learning with the kids. It's the perfect art and STEM activity for grandparents, [...]
