Continuing on in our series of stem challenges, I challenged YC and EC to build Lego wind racers.
Make sure you follow my STEM board on Pinterest for more ideas. Don’t forget to save the pin for later.
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Balloon races are a great activity for a rainy day, especially if you have a house full of children over a wide age range. It doesn’t require much preparation or even equipment, but it is a lot of fun.
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At the beginning of the year I stated I wanted to do more steam activities with EC as he doesn’t really want to do the crafts any more. Having both EC and YC at home because school is shut has given me a real o...
Trying to find ideas that are easy to do, fill up the time, and are educational can be tricky at the best of times. Throw us all into a lock down, and it gets a whole lot harder. This build a lift stem challeng...
As EC is getting older, he is less inclined to take part in the craft activities. Which is absolutely fine, I just need to be better at finding things to tempt him away from the screen. One thing he loves to do...
One question that I am repeatedly asked by my little ones is “why does it rain?” It may appear as an easy question, but it isn't, there are a lot of complicated ideas to understand in the process, so after so...
Elephant toothpaste has been an experiment I have wanted to try for ages. However, I thought getting my hands on the chemicals would be tricky and that maybe it would be too dangerous to do with the kids. Turns...
Learning how to make your own compass is pretty easy, and it really doesn’t take much time at all.
Make sure you follow my science board on Pinterest for more ideas. Don’t forget to save the pin for later.
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Something suddenly hit me the other day while I was getting ready. And it was a possible reason as to why children don’t care about washing their hands. It occurred to me that YC and EC don’t seem to have a pro...
Do you know the quickest way to get a bunch of boys aged between 5 – 11 interested in doing an activity? Tell them you are going to play with matches and set something off. I’ve never seen them move so quickly....
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