I’m so excited to welcome a guest poster today, Irina of Natural Math. She’s going to show you a great project that can be added to any tinkering station. These Clothespin Circuits are perfect add-ons to make your next art project shine :) This post contains affiliate links. Take it away Irina! Building Circuits I’ve…
tinker
Fall Tinker Tray
What’s your holy grail kids’ activity? Mine is a creativity inspiring activity that encourages independent play and learning. That my kiddo loves ~every~ time. My holy grail activity is called tinkering. Simply lay out some small parts and let their imaginations run wild. Our latest installation is a fall themed tray full of pumpkins, leaves…
Preschool STEM Play: Computer Deconstruction
You know those activities that don’t exactly go as planned? This is one of them. Luckily it went the best way possible, into a totally engaging educational activity. My daughter and I spent an hour pulling apart some computer parts, screw by screw and had an amazing STEM learning experience along the way. I’ve got…
Portable Tinkering Kit for Preschoolers
I don’t know about you, but I’m always looking for activities that I can take on the go with my preschool-aged daughter. So I decided to turn one of her favorite activities, the Tinkering Station for Young Engineers into a Portable Tinkering Kit. It’s small, it’s handy and it gets you through that excruciating wait before the…
Tinkering Station for Young Engineers
I’ve been hanging out at A Mom With a Lesson Plan this week doing some tinkering with The Babe. Our Tinkering Station was inspired by the book Rosie Revere, Engineer {affiliate} which tells the story of a little girl who loves to build with trash and invent amazing contraptions. For a fun way to help build confidence in kids (and build…