Summer. Can you picture it? Fun evenings outside waiting forever for the sun to go down so the lightning bugs can come out. If you’re lucky enough to see them light up where you live, this card is perfect for you. Or if you never get the chance to see them (like me!), this Glowing…
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Summer STEAM Challenges for Kids
Summer vacation is almost here and it’s time to get your STEAM on!! Get outside and play while you have fun with some science, technology, engineering, art and math! These FREE Summer STEAM Challenges are a perfect way to prevent the dreaded summer brain drain factor or just to have a good time this summer. Plus, they’re super easy…
Easy Peasy Frozen Fruity Painting and Snacks
We’ve needed a bit of a summertime cool down recently. School’s almost starting, but in the San Francisco area, that means hot! And when it’s hot, I need snacks and projects to be easy. So out came some some frosty fruit bars for snacking and some vivid frozen paints for creating. Both perfect for August…
Awesome Pool Noodle Engineering Wall for Kids
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #ProjectAmazing #CollectiveBias I’ve been wanting to build my daughter an engineering wall for a long time. A place for her to learn and play about some of the basics of engineering like pulleys and lights and pumps. She…
Summer Reading: 4 Ways to Make it Easy for Kids
Summer… The time for freedom and play and sunshine. Oh and summer reading goals. Make it easier for kids with these 4 tips and tricks that make it more fun. 1. Make it feel manageable. Summer reading can be intimidating when sunny summer day fun calls. But research has shown that the biggest indicator of summer…
Fight Summer Brain Drain with Educational Camps
I was given a challenge this week. A challenge to come up with an activity that fights brain drain. Because you know, summer is coming. And when kids are out of school, sometimes they like to leave their learning behind. But it really doesn’t have to be that way. Especially if they have intriguing things…
