I received an email from CWIST, a free website for parents and kids, and was intrigued by their idea: Challenges or “cwists” are crowd-sourced from parents, educators, mom bloggers and experts and posted in the cwist library. The cwists can be anything from organizing a community clean-up, researching fun facts for an upcoming family trip, completing a summer reading…
Category: STEM/STEAM
Science non fictions books and fun experiments for kids to do at home.
K’NEX Competition with Prizes: A Fun Summer Project!
This sounds fun for kids who like to create with K’NEX. The K’NEXpert Search challenges young builders to design & submit a creative, original model made entirely from K’NEX parts and are judged on creativity, uniqueness and detail. The contest will have 4 grand-prize winners from four different age groups: 5-6 years old 7-8 years old 9-11 years…
Screen Free Week Ideas using K’NEX!
Thank goodness a shipment of K’NEX came this past week. We are trying to cut back on screens for Screen Free Week and my biggest challenge is my 8-year-old son who likes to simultaneously play video games on the computer while watching TV and eating a snack. I need more screen-free week ideas! I met…
Physics of Roller Coasters for Kids
Roller coaster physics for kids using K’nex Atomic Roller Coaster and Coaster Physics apps to make science fun and intuitive for kids!
Gift Guide: Best Blocks for Creative Play
Best blocks and play structures for open ended creative play.