A LONG time ago, I created Montessori-style Supreme Court Justice cards that could be used to play matching or memory style games. I recently updated those cards to include all the most recent Justices, since there have been 3 replacements since I created the original set. To go along with those ...
Middle School Learning
2020 U.S. Presidential Election Lap Book
This site uses affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!Once every four years, those of us in the United States get a wonderful opportunity for teaching our kids a little about how our government works. In 2016, I created my first presidential election lap book. Over the past few weeks, several people inquired about whether or not I would be updating my ...
2020 U.S. Presidential Election Cards
This site uses affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!Four years ago, I created Montessori-inspired, multi-part U.S. presidential election cards and a lap book to go with it. I've had several inquiries about whether or not I would be updating my material for the 2020 election. The free printable cards on this page are nearly identical to my original ...
Visit the Getty at Home
This site uses affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!Not long ago, my kids and I hosted a book club party in which we transformed our home into the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Living in California, it will probably be a long time before we visit the actual Met. However, to get the art museum experience in real life, my family recently went to the ...
Michelangelo Soap Sculpture Activity
This site uses affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!Recently my kids and I finished reading From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. (Click here for full review.) We decided to do this soap sculpture activity inspired by Michelangelo as part of a book club party school our family was hosting. If you are interested in this fun way of ...
Spotting the International Space Station
This site uses affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!I LOVE astronomy. It all started when my mom rented me Space Camp from our local video store about 30 years ago. I became absolutely obsessed with that movie. As a junior in high school, I figured out how to enroll in our local community college so I could take Intro to Astronomy over the summer. ...
Cloud in a Jar Experiment
This site uses affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!For the past several months, my kids and I have been studying Earth Science using the Sassafras Science Adventures curriculum. (My kids still enjoy this curriculum after 2 full years. Click here for my full unsponsored review.) However, as the school year draws to a close, we've definitely fallen ...
Color-Changing Invisible Ink
This site uses affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!What better way to get kids excited about science than with an experiment straight out of a spy novel? Write a secret message using colorless ink, wait for it to dry, then use a special secret solution to reveal the message. This activity was inspired by the Berlin blue experiment in this chemistry ...
Extracting DNA from a Strawberry
This site uses affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!Extracting DNA in the kitchen? I know what you're thinking. That *sounds* cool, but I'm sure it's way too complicated. At least, that's what I thought. I'd seen some instructions in the past that involved weird ingredients and lots of waiting and I figured, my kids won't be up for that. Then we did ...
Raspberry Pi Computer Building for Kids
This site uses affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!I'll be honest. I'm a little cheap. I wasn't always this way, but I've been with my ultra-frugal husband for almost 20 years now (crazy) and he's rubbed off a bit. An organization in my area that provides STEM classes for kids recently advertised a computer building class for nearly FOUR HUNDRED ...