Fun Learning Activities Kids
LEGO math makes learning to count fun. This skip counting activity uses LEGOs for hands-on learning. We at Kids Activities Blog love to build with LEGOs so we are excited to share this great math LEGO activity with you. LEGO Math When children are first learning to count, they start with 1 2 3. As [...]
The Greek Labyrinth is a fascinating story of mythology for kids. Here are some steps to help your kids learn how to make a labyrinth in which to play out the myth. Kids Activities Blog loves LEGO activities like this that bring learning to life. The Greek Labyrinth We recently built a Labyrinth from Legos. [...]
Have you tried to explain what static electricity is to your child? You can demonstrate the concept to them as you make static electricity with this gravity defying snake! Kids Activities Blog hopes your child will enjoy playing snake charmer for a day with this fun kid science experiment. Static Electricity Activities which demonstrate static [...]
Turbulence on a plane can be frightening for kids. Before their next flight, show them this great demonstration with Jello to help calm their fear of flying. Kids Activities Blog always loves science experiments that involve food! Turbulence on a Plane After 9/11/01, I developed a fear of flying. In trying to overcome it, I enrolled [...]
One of our kids learned to read fairly easily, and our other child has struggled. I was so thankful to find these activities linked up in our weekly It’s Playtime, our Kids Meme that runs every Wednesday afternoon. They have been a huge help with making Phonics fun for kids! How to Read: Word family [...]
An egg experiment was necessary in our home this weekend. We were preparing for some serious egg decorating but lost track of which bowls contained raw egg or boiled egg. Without having to crack an egg, we used egg physics to help us solve our problem. We at Kids Activities Blog hope that you find [...]
Hands-on science experiments that teach kids about how things sink and float can be simple, use supplies pretty much every parent has, and are easy for kids to do without much supervision. This is the perfect physics project for kids: How to Make a Hydrofoil, by Megan the author of Coffee Cups and Crayons. Thanks for guest [...]
What is Kindness? The job of raising and teaching kids includes more than just how to dress oneself and do well in school. A parent needs to also help their children learn important life skills such as kindness to others. Check back with us at Kids Activities Blog over the next couple of weeks as [...]
Young children benefit greatly from hands on learning. This water absorption project is not only hands on but it is also a great water experiment – and kids love water! The next time you have to clean up a spill and you know which material will do the best job, you can thank your friends here [...]
Want an activity for your little one that is fun and easy to make? This match game is a great idea and it can be adapted to use with many different objects around your house. Don’t you love directions to make a game that don’t involve having to make a run to the store for [...]
Kid science experiments are a way to use fun hands-on activities to demonstrate a complex principle. This great water experiment uses basic everyday items but your kids will be amazed at the results as they learn about displacement and surface tension (without really realizing they are learning about science!). You know we love sneaking in a [...]
Thanksgiving traditions add a special meaning to the holidays. This cute We Are Thankful activity gets kids as well as adults thinking about all that they have to be grateful for. Kids Activities Blog hopes you find some time to make a special Thanksgiving tradition like this in your family. Thanksgiving Traditions Thanksgiving is such [...]
Holidays, like Thanksgiving, are all about family and getting together to play games. Here’s a great vocabulary building game to occupy your child while you prepare Thanksgiving dinner. You could also get together as a family to go on this Word Hunt as a team! Thanksgiving Word Hunt I love a good word hunt, don’t [...]
I love this How to make a paper boat as part of your Columbus Day activities for kids fun. Telling the story of Columbus is much more fun with a paper boat to sail. Kids Activities Blog loves finding easy activities for kids like this one that use things you already have at home to [...]
What happens when you let a pumpkin rot? That was the question proposed by my son last year…so we decided to find out. Rotting Pumpkin: We carved our pumpkin & put it on the porch to greet visitors. After a few weeks, our pumpkin, who Reese named Jack Rotty, began to get a little mushy. [...]
We love doing fall crafts with our preschoolers. Thank you!!! In our weekly Wednesday afternoon Kid’s Meme, It’s Playtime, there have been dozens of autumn activities linked up over the years!! There are tons of great activities for kids linked up each week. With the deepening days and the crisper temps – it’s the perfect [...]
We collect lots of things, acorns, artworks, stones from various places we have visited AND lots of great apps for kids. These are just a few of the apps in our collection. Kim, another Quirky Momma blogger has a collection of Free Educational Apps (that are amazing!!) and we have another collection of silly apps [...]
We are learning about the human body, what organs we have, what systems work together to form our bodies. We are learning what the purposes of the various organs are and where they are located. This is a great fall activity to do together as a family especially as there are so many skeletons and [...]
Crayon art goes beyond just coloring! Wax crayons are fun to color with – a staple of preschooler craft times everywhere. In addition to coloring and crafting with crayons, we have collected the best art projects from around the web for you to enjoy with your kids! Kids Activities Blog hopes that you will be [...]
Another fun hand print project! The past few months, Rory has been very into birds. She loves all kinds of birds; ducks, flamingos, roosters, eagles, and owls. Owls are one of Rory’s new favorite animals, she has a book called; “Say Hello to the Snowy Animals,” that she loves. One of the pages has [...]
I love shopping the clearance section when major holidays pass – you never know what you’re going to find or when you might use it, but it’s nice to stock up on random inexpensive things. For example, when all of the Easter items were 75% off, I grabbed a bag of plastic eggs, but had [...]
We love cool math games, especially for our kids who don’t like “school” – you know the sit and learn from a book “organized” school? We homeschool so I am constantly looking for ways to bring the learning to life – especially for my son. Flyswatter math is a huge hit! I think it has [...]
Playing with paints is a favorite activity at the Quirky Kid household. Just this afternoon we had our paint pens out creating more colorful clothespins (never have enough of them). Here are some of the recent paint activities that we have enjoyed replicating through the It’s Playtime linky. Each Wednesday afternoon we co-host a linky [...]
Sense of Touch This summer, my son and I went to a nature center. Besides some live fish and turtles to look at, there were a few hands on activities for kids. One of our favorites was a group of boxes designed to reach your hand inside, feel around, and try to figure out what [...]
“MOM! What can I do?? I’m so bored!!!!!!” hits about midsummer around here. Despite the numerous water parks, movies and excursions (not to mention vacation) we have been on, about 6 weeks into summer, kids want to shake it up a bit. This year, a few moms & I planned ahead to trump this “bored” [...]
Play dough can be an amazing doorway into imaginary lands. Take a batch of home-made dough – we always use this no-cook play dough recipe - and add in some food coloring to set the scene. Today we went with blue for the ocean. Provide some props. I like to offer open-ended items – materials [...]
On Father’s Day Weekend, my preschooler and I were busy filling up ice cube trays with food coloring and water and made a few spills. After mopping up our mess with some paper towels, we realized that we accidentally had come upon a beautiful Paper Towel Tie Dye art activity. Materials paper towels water food [...]
Summer is the perfect time to find packages of colorful drinking straws on sale at your grocery store. I think they are a terrific crafting material. Drinking straws are easy to cut, come in lots of colors, and are super cheap (you don’t feel badly throwing them away when you are done). We’ve combined drinking [...]
I am always on the lookout for ways to encourage and extend the natural learning that happens through play. Language acquisition, fine motor skills, gross motor skills, and social development are easily recognized as being developed through play. But have you ever thought of science skills and concepts as fitting naturally into play? As children are playing, [...]
Pancakes are part of a family tradition. We love our family traditions!! We love our bucket lists and Activities for Autumn. These pancake activities are on our list of favorite activities. The kids enjoyed reading the book, If you Give a Pig a Pancake. When my hubs is working late we have a pancake night, [...]
