These board books and picture books will help your preschool child learn about shapes including circles, squares, triangles, and other geometric figures. Plus, these math children’s books are tons of fun to read. Sometimes are even hilarious or heartwarming. Understanding shapes is a foundational math skill as well as an important visual identification skill. As […]
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New STEM Books for Grades K – 3
I’ve been holding onto a stack of new STEM books and can’t wait to share them with you today. These will be books you can use in the classroom to introduce concepts like simple machines, matter, and more. New STEM Books for Grades K – 3 How to Seesaws Go Up and Down? A […]
40+ Coding Classes, Websites, Games, and Apps for Kids
Updated: 1/1/19 If you’re looking for coding or pre-coding classes, games, toys, and apps for your kids to learn to code, you’ll find everything you need here. But first, let’s define terms. Coding is learning a foreign language — a machine foreign language. Just like any language, the ability to read and write it is a literacy of […]
Our Family Loved This Addition Card Game
Our entire family of four gives two thumbs up each (that makes 8!) for the new addition card game Check the Fridge! A Shameless Game of Bluffing from MelonRind, the game company that made the super fun money game, Clumsy Thief. (And thank you to MelonRind for this review copy.) We’re pretty picky about which games stay […]
Best STEM (STEAM) Chapter Books for Kids
I’m so excited to see more STEM and STEAM chapter books (science, technology, engineering, art, and math). The stories on today’s list make STEM enticing to readers. If it isn’t already, that is. Whether or not your kids are even interested in STEM, see what develops after reading one of the book on this list. […]
What’s So Important About STEM: A Chat with Hank Green
You probably know Hank Green of The Vlog Brothers and a ton of other cool nerdy sites (NerdFighteria being one). We spoke last week about what parents need to know about STEM, STEM careers, and fostering a love of inquiry. Green is currently partnering with Emerson whose whole goal is to try to figure out […]
Big List of Counting and Number Books for Kids
As kids read books from this big list of counting and number books, they’ll begin to develop number sense and numeracy skills that are foundational in math. These books make counting and numbers playful and fun. That’s why I like them for children. See for yourself! Big List of Counting and Number Books for Kids […]