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STEM and STEAM Activities

Code a Message in Dance… Like a Bee

Code a Message in Dance… Like a Bee

Did you know that bees communicate with one another through dance? Yes, that’s right, bees dance! When a scout goes…

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Balancing Dinosaur Paper Plate Craft ~ STEM Activity for Kids

Balancing Dinosaur Paper Plate Craft ~ STEM Activity for Kids

Combine crafts and education and you have a fun activity that kids can get behind doing. STEAM activities do this,…

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Simple and Easy Rocket Craft and Experiment

Simple and Easy Rocket Craft and Experiment

One of our favourite themes for kids is out of this world and we love activities and crafts about. It’s…

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Pin the Nose on Rudolph Coding Game for Kids

Pin the Nose on Rudolph Coding Game for Kids

We’re back again with another Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Activity for Kids as part of our annual Storybook Advent here…

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Dancing Ballerina Nutcracker STEM Activity

Dancing Ballerina Nutcracker STEM Activity

Welcome back to another of our Nutcracker activities for Storybook Advent this year on Rainy Day Mum. Today we have…

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Nutcracker Thaumatrope Spinning Picture

Nutcracker Thaumatrope Spinning Picture

We are back with another Nutcracker themed activity for our Storybook Advent today. The nutcracker in the Christmas story The…

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Melted Snowman STEM Activity for Kids

Melted Snowman STEM Activity for Kids

Our storybook advent series has featured one of our favourite Christmas books The Snowman by Raymond Briggs twice now. This…

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STEM Stomp Rocket Experiment for Kids

STEM Stomp Rocket Experiment for Kids

It’s time to head of into outer space with this fun rocket experiment for kids. Based on the on of…

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Storybook STEAM Coding Activity for Merry Christmas Mouse

Storybook STEAM Coding Activity for Merry Christmas Mouse

This storybook coding activity pairs a lovable little mouse with Christmas algorithm art to teach preschoolers what algorithms are, practice…

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Stick Man Inspired STEM Number Building Activity for Kids

Stick Man Inspired STEM Number Building Activity for Kids

If your children are like my son, they love to pick up sticks while they are on a walk. They…

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Bear Stays Up for Christmas STEAM Project for Kids

Bear Stays Up for Christmas STEAM Project for Kids

It’s December, and for my family, it means reading lots of Christmas-themed books and doing lots of fun-related activities. Bear Stays…

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Engineering Challenge: Make a Ring Wing Glider

Engineering Challenge: Make a Ring Wing Glider

I’m working with BritMums promoting #TheHolidayMakers campaign, sponsored by The Year of Engineering. It’s all about getting children excited about…

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Flying Snowman STEAM Activity for Kids

Flying Snowman STEAM Activity for Kids

In the book The Snowman by Raymond Briggs, the snowman can fly. This STEM design challenge is based the book…

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Coding the Moon

Coding the Moon

Coding or connecting the phases of the moon is a great way for children to learn them. After all, coding…

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STEAM Paper Airplane Experiment to Challenge your Kids

STEAM Paper Airplane Experiment to Challenge your Kids

Kids love making paper airplanes. It’s such a quick and easy way to spend the afternoon. It’s also the perfect…

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Sleigh Building Challenege

Sleigh Building Challenege

Can you build a sleigh to help deliver the presents on Christmas Eve? Set up a sleigh building challenge with…

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The Polar Express STEM Sleigh Exploration

The Polar Express STEM Sleigh Exploration

There are so many wonderful events that take place in the book The Polar Express. One of my favorites is…

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Christmas STEM Bell Key Chain

Christmas STEM Bell Key Chain

Do you remember what it felt like to believe in Santa? I honestly don’t, but I can remember the feeling…

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STEM Colour Experiment – Study with Pink

STEM Colour Experiment – Study with Pink

This week our #TeachECE (Eary Childhood blogging group) is all about Colour, and we’re carrying on with our STEM themed…

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Pie Tin Boats – STEM challenge for the family

Pie Tin Boats – STEM challenge for the family

Last week I shared our setting up for summer success with chalk as part of our playful preschool blog posts….

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Spider Web construction with Straws and Playdough

Spider Web construction with Straws and Playdough

Observation and construction of spiders webs using straws and playdough a fun preschool engineering project as part of this weeks playful preschool theme. Check the end of the post for more creepy crawley themed learning and creative activities for preschoolers.

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