STEM Activities

Discover 10 mind-blowing balloon science experiments for kids ages 3-10. Easy setup with household items. Teaches physics, chemistry, and engineering concepts!

The Gasp That Started My Favorite Science Unit I will never forget the look on four-year-old Maya’s face when she squeezed yellow paint into blue and watched green appear for the first time. Her eyes went wide, her jaw dropped, and she whispered, “It’s MAGIC.” She called every other child over to see, and for…

The Kitchen Drawer That Taught My Students More Math Than Any Workbook One Monday morning, our math manipulatives shipment was delayed and I had twenty-two four-year-olds staring at me expecting circle time. In a mild panic, I raided the staff kitchen and came back with a bag of dried pasta, a muffin tin, a handful…

The Rainstorm We Built on the Kitchen Counter It was pouring outside, field trip canceled, and my class of twenty preschoolers needed something big to match their disappointed energy. So I grabbed a clear glass jar, filled it with water, squirted shaving cream on top, and handed each child a pipette full of blue food…

The Invisible Force That Makes Kids Shriek with Delight There is a moment in every child’s life when they first feel two magnets snap together and their entire face changes. Eyes go wide, mouth drops open, and they immediately try to pull the magnets apart and smash them together again. And again. And again. I…

Last week, my four-year-old nephew accidentally discovered the joy of levers when he figured out he could launch a grape off his spoon by smacking the handle. The grape sailed across the kitchen, the dog caught it mid-air, and just like that, we had our first physics lesson of the day. Simple machines are everywhere…

The lima bean in the plastic bag taped to my classroom window was supposed to sprout in five days. It took eleven. Eleven days of twenty-three kindergartners pressing their noses against the glass every morning, asking, “Did it grow yet?” And when that tiny white root finally curled out from the split seed coat, you…

Building and construction activities kids love! STEM projects that develop engineering skills through play.

There’s a moment in every building challenge when a child’s tower reaches that precarious height where one more block will either make it magnificent or send the whole thing crashing to the floor. You can see it in their face — the held breath, the careful hand, the absolute focus. And whether the tower stands…

Screen-free coding activities for kids! Teach programming concepts through fun unplugged games and activities.