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Egypt Crafts For Kindergarten Create a Fun Kid Sized Mummy

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If you’re looking for Egypt crafts for kindergarten, you’ll love this kid sized mummy. Grab my other craft ideas on my kindergarten homeschool curriculum page.

Here is a fun hands-on way to teach younger children about Egyptian mummies.

This activity literally puts them in the middle of it and they are able to complete it mostly on their own from start to finish. 

Egypt Crafts For Kindergarten Create a Fun Kid Sized Mummy

Those types of activities have a lot of value for learning as well as enjoyment.

Also, add in a few Ancient Egypt activities to make your day a fun learning day.

More Egyptian Crafts for Kindergarten

Make a fun mini sensory bin to explore more.

I have some great figures below that would go perfectly with this activity.

Egypt Crafts For Kindergarten Create a Fun Kid Sized Mummy

Then, below are some facts for you to share with your eager learner.

Fun Egyptian Facts

  • What is a mummy?  The body of a person that has been preserved after death.
  • Why did Egyptians make mummies?  They believed that preserved bodies could be used in the afterlife.
  • Was everyone made into a mummy? No, just those who were rich and could afford it.
  • Who did Egyptians believe was the god of mummification? Anubis with a human body and the head of a jackal was the god of mummification.
  • Were mummies buried with anything else? Yes. Often they were often buried with personal items, games, food, and more so they could use them in the afterlife.
  • Where were the mummies placed? In a Sarcophagus, which is an elaborate stone coffin.
  • Do people still make mummies today? Mummification is not very common but there are a few places that still practice it like Papua New Guinea.

Also, add in more kindergarten learning ideas below.

Other Tips and Crafts for Kindergarten Homeschool Curriculum

Egypt Crafts For Kindergarten Create a Fun Kid Sized Mummy

Finally, look at these hands-on ideas.

In addition, you can grab a roll of shipping paper at Dollar Tree (well the $1.25 Tree now) as well as a 4 pack of toilet paper and the paper plates to complete this project with plenty left over to spare for other crafts.

Egypt Crafts For Kindergarten Create a Fun Kid Sized Mummy

All three come in handy for many things so it is totally worth the few dollars investment to have them on hand.

How to Make a Kid Sized Mummy

You will need:

  • An excited little learner
  • Brown roll of paper
  • Toilet paper, crepe paper, or torn copy paper
  • 2 paper plates
  • Gold paint
  • Scissors
  • Markers

Roll out your brown paper as long as your child and trace around them with pencil.

If you have more than one child you might let them take turns tracing one another.

Egypt Crafts For Kindergarten Create a Fun Kid Sized Mummy

Darken the lines with a black sharpie marker so that it is easier to cut around the lines later on.

Have your child brush glue all over one section of the outline.

It’s okay if they go over the lines, this will be cut out later.

Have them press pieces of toilet paper all over the glue, pressing in well.

Tear off different lengths of squares from 1 piece to longer strings of 5 or 6 with your child to cover different areas.

Again don’t worry if it overlaps the outline.

Egypt Crafts For Kindergarten Create a Fun Kid Sized Mummy

Repeat the glue and papering process until it is completely covered. 

They can put on one layer or more, just keep adding glue.

Egypt Crafts For Kindergarten Create a Fun Kid Sized Mummy

Allow your “wrapped” mummy to dry.

While you are waiting for it to dry completely, cut the center out of one paper plate and cut out the curved strips of the ruffled edges.

Paint one paper plate gold all over as well as the two strips you made.

Egypt Crafts For Kindergarten Create a Fun Kid Sized Mummy

Let the gold paint dry.

When dry, have your child draw on the death mask details with a marker or paint pen.

Egypt Crafts For Kindergarten Create a Fun Kid Sized Mummy

Add the two strips underneath the sides of the full plate and let them hang down, glue in place.

Cut out your completely dried mummy or let your child cut it out on their own.

Egypt Crafts For Kindergarten Create a Fun Kid Sized Mummy

Apply a mask over mummy’s face.

Your child’s mummy is all ready to go on display.

Day 24 Finding homeschool Curriculum For Unique Learners And New Homeschooler Free Bootcamp

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Today is day 24 finding homeschool curriculum for unique learners. You’ll find the other tips for this new to homeschool boot camp on 31 Day Free Boot Camp for New Homeschoolers.

When I first started leading classes for new homeschoolers, I thought the most challenging parents I had to help were those with triplets.

Then, numerous parents who are homeschooling children with special needs or unique learners entered my workshops throughout the years.

My journey of understanding their needs began because I do not have a special needs child.

Day 24 Finding homeschool Curriculum For Unique Learners And New Homeschooler Free Bootcamp

How would it be possible to help somebody if I didn’t have a child with special needs? I did have one child with speech delay so I could sympathize, but it is still not the same.

By helping families that have children with ADHD, dyslexia, processing disorders or autism, I learned that these parents have to be the best advocate for their children.

There is no way another person can fully appreciate what a parent goes through that has a unique learner.

These parents seem to find an inner strength that I admire.

They share with me how their special needs child slapped them in the face because the child didn’t know how to deal with feelings of frustration.

They find a way each day to look past those types of things and go on.

Parents with unique learners are the backbone of the homeschool community.

They know the traditional way of learning in a classroom will not meet the needs of their children, most of whom are very bright.

5 Sanity Savers for Parents of Unique Learners @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

5 Sanity Savers For Parents of Unique Learners

My best advice to these parents who are determined to homeschool with a hardiness that a lot of us can learn from is this:

1.) There is nobody else, even professionals who knows your child better.

Make it your determination to know EVERYTHING there is to know about your child’s strengths and weaknesses.

2.) Without trying to make you feel defeated, I want you to know that there does not exist curriculum that is just for unique learners.

There is curriculum that is easier to tweak for your learner, but most of it does not fall into the boxed curriculum method..

3.) Do not try to follow the scope and sequence of ANY curriculum.

Children that learn differently develop skills, for example, like reading at a later time. Teach to their strengths.

They may be developmentally ready later for reading but excel at math. Focus on what they can do instead of what they cannot do.

4.) I have learned that visual aids help challenged children chart their progress.

Because a lot of unique learners may also be right brain learners they have to “see” math or “see” language arts.

They can be learners that learn whole to parts, which is opposite of the way that phonics is taught. This is opposite of the way a lot of public schools teach.

For example, phonics is taught through letter sounds put together to form words, then sentences and then paragraphs which is parts to whole words and sentences teaching.

Challenged learners sometimes learn better by seeing the whole picture first or globally, then focus on the parts.

5.) Resources that educate you are far more important in understanding curriculum than looking for years in frustration trying to find curriculum that your child can use.

They help you to turn any resource into something that a unique learner can use.

Homeschool Resources for Teaching Unique Learners

Look for curriculum that is more visual along with learning aids or hands-on that makes it easier to teach children that learn differently.

An example of some of the curriculum resources that parents have used for unique learners are: All About Spelling, Math U See, Living Math, Brave Writer, Handwriting Without Tears, Explode the Code, Games like Stack the States on the iPad, Eyewitness Book by Dorling Kindersley, Kidspiration Software and Life Of Fred.

Some take delight in making lapbooks.  My blog has lots of free lapbooks.

Tapping out music to sounds they are learning or creating art to learn about history are other creative ways to learn.

Online resources about history and geography, drawing significant events in history and even playing Mine Craft are strengths of visual learners.

Please do not discount creative ways like playing games as not learning.

Children of any age can learn any subject by playing a learning game, but unique learners especially benefit.

More importantly than finding curriculum is understanding the fact that you are teaching a child and not curriculum.

Do not get on the band wagon of those who always use a left brain measuring stick for progress. If you do, instead of realizing the brilliant child you have, you may feel like you have a child that is always behind.

When we all accept that our children learn outside the box and equally praise a gifted artist right alongside a child that read early, then we have tapped into the real meaning of an excellent education.

Struggling with the challenges of a unique learner now produces a confident teacher later.

Resources for Educating Unique Learners

By helping families that have children with ADHD, dyslexia, processing disorders or autism, I learned that these parents have to be the best advocate for their children. 

How to Get Your Child Off the Refrigerator and On to Learning

Carol Barnier knew that her son -- more likely to be sitting on the table (or the refrigerator) than in his chair -- was worthy of high expectations. She also knew that he could easily miss achieving them if she didn't find the right key to unlock his capacity to learn.

Learning in Spite of Labels

All children can learn. It is time to stop teaching subjects and start teaching children!

Learning In Spite Of Labels helps you to teach your child so that they can learn. We are all "labeled" in some area. Some of us can't sing, some aren't athletic, some can't express themselves well, some struggle with directions, and on and on!

Homeschooling Your Child With Special Needs: Practical Support And Encouragement For Learning With Differences

It happens almost every day. I hear from a mom desperate for information on homeschooling her child with special needs and learning differences.

Dreamers, Discoverers & Dynamos: How to Help the Child Who Is Bright, Bored and Having Problems in School

Does your imaginative, computer-proficient daughter tune out in the classroom? Does your spirited son become headstrong and aggressive when faced with the simplest decisions? Does your bold, energetic child have trouble focusing on basic tasks?

The Highly Sensitive Child: Helping Our Children Thrive When The World Overwhelms Them

With the publication of The Highly Sensitive Person, pioneering psychotherapist Dr. Elaine Aron became the first person to identify the inborn trait of “high sensitivity” and to show how it affects the lives of those who possess it. In The Highly Sensitive Child, Dr. Aron shifts her focus to the 15 to 20 percent of children who are born highly sensitive—deeply reflective, sensitive to the subtle, and easily overwhelmed. 

Hands-on Activities for Children with Autism & Sensory Disorders

Innovative, practical and fun activities for children with autism and sensory disorders.

The Out-of-Sync Child Has Fun

The first accessible guide to examine Sensory Processing Disorder, The Out-of-Sync Child touched the hearts and lives of thousands of families. Carol Stock Kranowitz continues her significant work with this companion volume, which presents more than one hundred playful activities specially designed for kids with SPD.

New to Homeschooling Start with the Basics

1 – 7 Start with the Homeschool Basics

8-14 Homeschool Organization 101 for Beginners

15 – 21 Best tips for New Homeschoolers Choosing Curriculum

22- 28 Homeschool Preschoolers, Highschoolers, and Unique Learners

Day 24 Finding homeschool Curriculum For Unique Learners And New Homeschooler Free Bootcamp
Day 24 Finding homeschool Curriculum For Unique Learners. {31 Day Boot Camp For New Homeschoolers on My Blog}

3 Veteran’s Superb Tips to Understand Homeschool Learning Style Differences

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There is no denying that knowing homeschool learning style differences can help us make a difference in teaching. You’ll love the other tried and true tips I have on my page Homeschool Learning Styles.

Too, many complicated definitions exist about learning styles.

In addition, learning styles are explained in the educational world as visual, auditory, and kinesthetic to name a few.

3 Veteran’s Superb Tips to Understand Homeschool Learning Style Differences

And I never found that very helpful as a mom.

So, after 20+ years, I have researched, learned, and educated others about learning style differences.

I know you’ll benefit from these three tried and tips.

3 Tested Tips about Learning Styles

First, I want to share 3 things that makes it easier to understand learning styles.

1. Learning styles can be compared to a default setting.

This means that instead of jumping out there and selecting curriculum based only on our learning style, we want to consider our child’s style primarily.

Sometimes we think our teaching style is so clear easy to follow and the problem is with the child.

In truth, our teaching style may be causing the problems because we chose curriculum based on it.

At this point it’s important for you to know that teaching style can stem from our learning style.

We learn in specific way or style which makes complete sense to us.

Hence, this pours over into the way we teach.

As educators, we think our way is how school is supposed to be done and are not willing to bend from that method.

Understanding that like a machine, we have an inborn default setting for our personality and come pre-wired to make choices.

When we speak or write, we think we are absolutely clear in the way we communicate because we default to our natural way of learning. 

Our natural way of learning becomes our teaching style.

3 Veteran’s Superb Tips to Understand Homeschool Learning Style Differences

Often times choices in curriculum are based on our pre-wired settings or default setting.

Unlike a machine though, we can appreciate that choices do not always have to be comfortable for us.

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As the teacher, it’s important to understand that children have a way they come pre-wired to learn also. 

It is easier for us as adults to move out of our comfort zone or default setting to teach in a way that our child understands.

Our focus is on teaching unique individuals which are our children, not mini versions of ourselves.

2. You Must Wear the Educator Hat Too.

For the most part children want to please us.

As moms, we tend to first think that a child is acting up.

But in reality, something is wrong with the material or (clear throat here) our way of teaching (i.e. our default setting of learning clashes with child’s default setting).

Thinking like a teacher means that we try to understand what our child cannot articulate but expresses only through tears or resentment.

If a child is analytical we can ask questions like: Is the material below their level or do we really need to repeat it over and over?

Is the material too overwhelming with details for a wiggly child or does it not have enough details for a child who thrives on details?

 3.Appreciate differences.

Instead of deciding that one curriculum by one provider meets the needs of all our children, we can use different curriculum for each child.

We value that right brain and left brain children can learn together under one roof and that both sides of the brain work together.

Embracing differences motivates us to choose three different math programs, if necessary, and if it meets the needs of each child.

It makes us move out of our comfort zone as a teacher and appreciate the strength and gifts of each child.

Learning styles are not exact sciences, they are just another tool to help us grow to learn how our children learn.

Being conscientious about not putting labels on our children is important.

However, balance is also needed. 

Helping our child to understand why he is strong in some subjects and perhaps weaker in other areas equips him to embrace ways of tackling tough subjects.

It helps us, as educators, to discover the uniqueness of each child and nurture it.

Have you helped your child to discover his riches?

Why Your Child’s Learning Personality is Important

Because teaching styles are only part of choosing curriculum easily, I’ve included a link to my online course Identifying Your Homeschooled Childs Learning Personality.

How to Determine the Best Learning Style Approach for Your Child? Determining the best learning style approach is much easier when you know about homeschool learning styles. A learning style is not something I thought about when I started homeschooling or even when my kids were struggling. However, had I taken time to learn what is the best learning style for each of my children, I would have saved myself unnecessary stress.

YOU WILL LEARN:

  • How to understand the way your child prefers to learn so that you can teach him in a way that he enjoys learning;
  • How to pinpoint your child’s learning personality;
  • A starting point in understanding (barring any special learning challenges or disabilities) and accepting your child’s preferred way of taking in information;
  • Understanding when the learning personality emerges; and
  • Teaching tips for each learning personality to stop the head-butting.
3 Veteran’s Superb Tips to Understand Homeschool Learning Style Differences

Other Homeschool Learning Style Resources

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Day 23 When Your Child Hates Homeschooling And New Homeschooler Free Bootcamp

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Today is day 23 when your child hates homeschooling of the 31 Day Free Boot Camp for New Homeschoolers. 

Turning to a serious note, I want to address one more mind-set that could potentially debunk your smooth new beginnings.

And that is the attitudes of you and your children toward your new lifestyle.

Not long into your journey you may hate homeschooling. Your children may hate homeschooling.

Day 23 When Your Child Hates Homeschooling And New Homeschooler Free Bootcamp #hateshomeschooling

So, this week is called “When It Happens” because I want to arm you with some positive thoughts that will help you to sail past any feelings of pestering doubt.

Also though it can feel flat out defeating when your child hates homeschooling.

First, it is normal to come down off the homeschool honeymoon.

First Time Homeschooler

Crazy as it sounds, homeschooling is like a honeymoon and similar to how your life changes after the wedding.

Everybody looks so good dressed up in their best on their wedding day and the start of anything new is beautiful and memorable.

However, day to day routines and chores set in and it is about cooking, working and cleaning.

Beginning to homeschool and settling in to a new routine is similar.

The new books have lost that delightful new smell and now you question if it was a good fit in the first place.

Your room, your routine and your reading program don’t look as good as they did when you first selected them.

school bus little dear does not want to homeschool

New Beginnings Homeschool

However, that only compounds the feelings of inadequacy if your children also tell you that they hate homeschooling, miss their friends and want to go back to school.

Now your journey calls for sheer grit and an iron will.

Over the years, I have had many homeschool parents tell me that since their children are missing their public school friends that they were returning to public school.

Even though I feel that my face may show my utter disbelief that a child of any age is dictating his future, I can say thankfully I have never responded in a negative way.

10 Questions When Your Child Hates Homeschooling

The truth of it is, we all need to self-analyze and be prepared to answer mind-numbing questions like these:

  1. When does a child determine what is best for him?
  2. Who has been given the responsibility to train and educate a child, even a teen?
  3. Can I change something about the way I teach so that my child is more engaged? Is this the missing component in our homeschool day?
  4. Have I loitered too much at home when my child obviously needs friends?
  5. If I have driven myself almost insane by having my child participate in socialization activities, then is my child’s attitude an obedient one toward the decision that his father and I have made?
  6. Has my child fallen victim to the faulty thinking that friends have to be their same age? Or have I?
  7. Are the friends that my child may have left behind at public school and their parents the kind of people that I would treasure for my child for a lifetime? Would they encourage my son in the paths of goodness?
  8. Instead of ruling with an iron will, can I show my child that I am open to his needs, without him thinking that the has the right to determine what is best for him at 10 years old or 17 years old?
  9. Do I keep asking my child if he is missing his friends, and by inference he is thinking that he missing out on something?
  10. Do I TRULY believe that I am giving my child a superior education and show it by my actions and commitment?

As you can see homeschooling a lot of times becomes more about parenting or the lack thereof, which makes this a very delicate but sober topic to bring up.

Here are some tips that I have found that work over the years when others have said their child hates homeschooling.

5 Empower Yourself Tips When the Little Dear Doesn't Want to Homeschool @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

5 Tried and True Tips for First Time Homeschoolers

If you or your child hates homeschooling, look at my five tried and true tips below.

1. Do not threaten to send your child to public school.

From the beginning of your journey, do not use the thought of returning to public school as a way to entice a child to do his work or change his attitude.

From my experience and as unintentional as we may mean it, a child may feel they he has been given a choice and is on equal footing with us.

Even teens need to understand that they are not co-parents.

2. Your attitude matters more than you realize.

The attitude of the parents mean more to your child than you realize.

For example, if you are constantly asking your children if they miss their friends, well meaning as you are, could you be planting a seed of doubt that your new lifestyle is not superior in every way?

Creating doubt fosters dilemmas.

3. Go gentle with your child as they now see you as teacher.

Sometimes it is not homeschooling that is the negative, but children may now resent you as the teacher.

This happened to me when I took Mr. Senior 2013 out in Kindergarten and I still had to retrieve back my status as teacher from a 5 year old.

Children are smart at a very early age and it takes time for them to now respect you as the teacher.

You don’t need their approval.

4. Homeschooling is a different way of learning and is hard for some kids in the beginning.

There is no sweet cake way to put it, but homeschooling can be flat out hard. Studying is more than finding an answer or superficial reading.

It is about comparing, analyzing and tying it into something your child knows.

Some children are not prepared for studying the depth of any subject.

Up until this time, your child may have had many interruptions in class time.

Short spurts of critical thinking in a classroom cannot prepare your child for the possible challenges of intense 1:1 help he now gets.

Day 23 When Your Child Hates Homeschooling And New Homeschooler Free Bootcamp

When my sister’s daughter started homeschooling in the 3rd grade, they had crying matches each day.

My sister was pushing too hard to “complete” a day’s assignments and my niece was feeling quite behind from what she did not know. A lethal combination leads to misery.

I cannot emphasize enough that if she had gone with a lower grade level for her first year instead of pushing ahead thinking that her daughter would get behind, her first year would have been way more easier.

5. Children deserve explanations. It’s one thing to give explanations, but quite another to make lifelong choices.

Dignifying your children with explanations is a beautiful thing because they deserve it.

It is okay to tell them your plans, hopes and even fears, but dignifying them with information does not mean they have the right to question your choices.

I made it my determination from the beginning that if anything controversial ever came up and my children wanted to return to public school that I would do whatever it took to not have that happen.

And that children have to experience bad to appreciate good is not thinking I aggre with. I don’t have to cut off my right arm to appreciate my left.

They do not need to experience the negative effects of peer pressure, drugs and immorality to appreciate good.

New Homeschooler

I never left it up to my sons to determine if they wanted to go back to school. When you child hates homeschooling, it’s never easy to hear.

However, whatever the reason, take time to listen to your child and make right what you can.

Of course, this is different if you start homeschooling when your teen is already in 11th or 12th grade.

That is a very different circumstance and I am not saying they get all the final say so as to the decision.

It never is easy when the little dear does not want to homeschool and decides he wants to return to public school.

Fortifying yourself now with the mind-set that homeschooling is YOUR way of life will allow you to embrace it’s benefits.

I am not encouraging homeschooling without regard for your children’s tender feelings.

But it is about finding a solution that does not involve returning to what you left in the first place because it didn’t work.

Instead of focusing on what you think your child is missing out on, focus on what you and your child will be included in and NOT just for this year, but years to come.

Homeschool with a goal in mind that goes beyond your first or second year and when the dear decides he doesn’t want to homeschool, you will already have a back up plan in place.

New to Homeschooling Start with the Basics

1 – 7 Start with the Homeschool Basics

8-14 Homeschool Organization 101 for Beginners

15 – 21 Best tips for New Homeschoolers Choosing Curriculum

22- 28 Homeschool Preschoolers, Highschoolers, and Unique Learners

Day 23 When Your Child Hates Homeschooling And New Homeschooler Free Bootcamp #hateshomeschooling

Hugs and hang in there if this happens and know you are not alone,

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National STEM Day – Popsicle Sticks for Creative DIY STEM Projects

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If you’re looking for DIY stem projects, you’ll love these ideas for National Stem Day.

What is so great about STEM?

A STEM activity is one that incorporates one or more of its components.

  • Science,
  • technology,
  • engineering, and math in a learning activity.

Stem is hands-on which is always a great method for learning.

National STEM Day - Popsicle Sticks for Creative DIY STEM Projects

It teaches children about science and technology, problem solving, critical thinking, curiosity, accepting failure, initiative, flexibility, creativity, innovation, and so much more.

It has its place in your homeschool whether you are an unschooler, Charlotte Mason, classical, or eclectic family.

Careers in STEM

There are many fascinating careers in STEM that your child might be interested in-

  • Computer Sciences
  • Software Developer
  • Web Developer
  • Mechanical Engineer
  • Statistician
  • Mathematician
  • Actuary
  • Accountant
  • Cartographer
  • Aeronautics-aviation, aerospace, and astronautics
  • Biology
  • Biotechnology
  • Chemistry
  • Civil Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Environmental Science
National STEM Day - Popsicle Sticks for Creative DIY STEM Projects

This isn’t even an exhaustive list just some that jumped out at me.

Popsicle sticks are an amazing homeschool tool.

And you have probably used them for art projects but have you ever considered their many uses as a STEM tool?

They open an amazing world of possibilities for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

In addition, they are inexpensive, very versatile and easy to get your hands on.

It’s a great idea to keep a bunch on hand in different sizes for all sorts of projects. 

Jumbo ones are fun and oversized.

    And Rainbow popsicle sticks add a little flair and color to your projects.

    Too, standard popsicle sticks the backbone of most diy stem projects.

    More STEM Resources

    If you want to put together a STEM kit for your young scientists, mathematicians, or  engineers to tinker with these are a few more great items you might want  to add to your supplies.

    First, look at these LED lights.

    Next, add copper tape.

    Too, rubber bands are important.

    Binder clips, rulers, pipe cleaners and lithium batteries.

    National STEM Day - Popsicle Sticks for Creative DIY STEM Projects

    Finally, look at these STEM ideas.

    13 Fantastic Popsicle Stick STEM Activities

    1. Medieval Catapult. Try this Medieval catapult using the oversized jumbo craft sticks, catapults are a great lesson in force, mass, and acceleration.
    2. 100 Brilliant STEM Activities Using Everyday Items.
    3. STEM: Build a Da Vinci Parachute Activity
    4. Popsicle Stick Chain Reaction. Teach your child about potential energy turning into kinetic energy and chain reactions by giving them the tools they need to create an exploding chain reaction.
    5. Popsicle Stick Gears. These are a great way to learn about mechanical concepts, simple machines, motion and force. This is a great basic project to use as a springboard for more advanced activities.
    6. Craft Stick Crossbow. Not only is this tiny crossbow fun but it teaches physics lessons in force, energy, motion, trajectory and projectiles.
    7. Rubber Band Powered Boat. Launch this lesson on potential energy on the water. Popsicle sticks and rubber bands are all you need.
    8. STEM and Geography: How to Build an Ancient Viking Ship
    9. Rubber Band Powered Car. Same concept but on firm ground rather than the water. Use the stored potential energy in the tightly round rubber band to launch a car
    10. LED Flashlight. Explore circuits, positive and negative charges,
    11. Newton’s Cradle. What a fun way to learn about kinetic energy with Newton’s Third Law of Motion. “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” Kids love that clickety clack perpetual motion
    12. Truss Bridge With Craft Sticks, The STEM activity of building bridges gives your child a hands-on opportunity to learn about engineering through weight distribution, gravity, changing loads, and tension.
    13. STEM Ferris Wheel. Enjoy a turn on a popsicle stick ferris wheel that introduces axles, problem solving, creating symmetrical sides, and engineering with a fun activity.