This STEM project teaches kids about circuits and electricity. Because there are tiny parts, I recommend it for ages 10 and older. This coincides nicely with 5th grade Core Curriculum circuits as well. There are a few hurdles for doing this project. To make it easier for my readers to do this science project, I’m…
Can picture books teach life lessons? I think so. To find life lessons, I went to some original sources … life lessons from a 90-year-old woman and a 99-year-old man. Their words of wisdom were similar and it’s about living well to live long. I added in a few life lessons that I’ve found along…
This post is sponsored by T. Rowe Price and Scholastic. The ideas and opinions are my own. I am so happy to be joining Scholastic and T. Rowe Price to help parents teach their kids personal finance. I noticed from my kids that each came forth into the world with an innate sense of money. My oldest,…
Science fiction: fiction based on imagined future scientific or technological advances and major social or environmental changes, frequently portraying space or time travel and life on other planets. A reader asked me for Science Fiction books for 5th grade. I have a 5th grade son which gives me pause to give him Science Fiction that…
I’m trying to do more science experiments with my son. We made a homopolar motor, learned about electricity with PlayDoh and LED lights, built a gamer remote control, made a 3D hologram projector, created a protective device for a raw egg, learned about the science of Ramune Japanese soda, and wondered why ice cubes crack in drinks….
My husband and I delighted in reading a picture book to our kids about a shy man named Halibut Jackson who made specially crafted outfits designed to blend into his environment. Halibut Jackson by David Lucas Halibut Jackson is shy and doesn’t want to be noticed so he makes special outfits designed to blend into the…
PickyKidPix is fascinated by child prodigies. Apparently, there are a lot of YouTube videos on them. By making me watch them, she illuminated several misconceptions I had about prodigies. Prodigies are not just in music and math. I didn’t realize there were rock-climbing prodigies. Is it nurture or nature? I would have thought the kid,…