Looking for a STEM activity for winter? Try this fun challenge of making snowflakes with toothpicks and marshmallows! This activity is great for following directions, engineering skills, and talking about shapes. Some of the snowflakes are easier than others. The printable starts with easier projects and progresses to more difficult ones. Each page shows the students how many marshmallows and toothpicks they need. They can lay them on the page if that is helpful. Then, they use the … [Read more...]
How to Set up Slime Stations
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links to Amazon. Last week, I had the opportunity to help hundreds of kids make slime! It was awesome and I loved teaching them the simple steps to make slime. Making slime with a lot of children is not always easy, so today I want to share my tips and tricks for doing this with a large group and using slime stations to minimize the chaos. Our school plans a STEAM night every year. We invite numerous clubs and organizations that are related to … [Read more...]
Tinker Tray – STEM Activity for Little Learners
My boys are really into building right now. Any chance they get, they are building something! I love it and definitely encourage this activity. I was cleaning out my catch-all drawer, and I came across a bunch of baby food pouch lids that I've saved and I decided they would be a great material for my boys to build with. After doing some digging around the house, I came up with a tinker tray for them to create with. So what is a tinker tray anyway? A tinker tray is a tray full of materials … [Read more...]
Building with Grapes
I love an easy activity that leads to hours of independent play. Those kind of activities are the best! Today's activity is one of those activities and I call it building with grapes! All you need for this activity are grapes and toothpicks and you're ready to go! My kids were SO engaged in this activity! They sat down and built for at least an hour. They were so excited to build new structures or objects. I loved watching, building with them, and snacking on a few grapes! I love … [Read more...]
