Do you have a gamer at home right now living his or her best life? My son is managing to avoid all daylight hours. Gaming and binge-watching NetFlix shows are his entertainment of choice. I was glad to see that Minecraft is back in the mix of games. If he is awake during normal waking…
Category: STEM/STEAM
Science non fictions books and fun experiments for kids to do at home.
6 Favorite Owl Children’s Books
I’m thrilled to have author Maria Gianferrai guest post for me today on her newest picture book Whoo-ku Haiku: A Great Horned Owl Story and a book list of owl books for kids. We are also giving away a copy of her book. To enter, please fill out the Rafflecopter at the bottom. ———– To…
Activities and Learning Resources for #KidLitQuarantine
I’ve organized ten years of posts here at PragmaticMom into Activities and Learning Resources for #KidLitQuarantine. I hope that it’s helpful for you if you need learning activities while hunkering down at home. I am also sending out my newsletter tomorrow that will have more Activities and Learning Resources from other KidLit and blogging creators….
Build a Bridge Using Skewers STEM Challenge
This is a fun STEM challenge. Build a bridge that is at least two feet long using only 50 bamboo skewers and string. You can use any kind of string and any quantity. You can not use glue. You can cut the skewers or do anything you want to them. The bridge must support at…
8 Picture Books to Get Kids Outdoors
Nature picture books to get kids outdoors are the perfect antidote to screen time! With Spring around the corner where I live in the Northeast, try these new STEM books to get kids reading. I’m giving away a pair of books to one winner: A Stone Sat Still by Brendal Wenzel and You Smell! And…
Learning About Oyster Farming & Oyster Books
For my son’s birthday last year, I was finally able to book his oyster farm tour at Island Creek Oysters in Duxbury. My son loves oysters on the half-shell. It’s not surprising that he’s also the best shucker in the family. The oyster tours were all booked last summer, so I made sure to book…
13 Children’s Books for Budding Engineers
My son’s favorite class in middle school was Ed-Tech, an engineering class. He thought it was fun to invent things to solve problems. That’s what engineering is … designing and building machines and structures including bridges, roads, vehicles, and buildings. It’s often to solve a practical problem or improve on a machine that already exists….