This is a 15 minute science lesson for 4 or 5 year olds about what a flower needs to grow, and learning how to draw that. Perfect for a spring theme.

A simple STEM activity for preschool - learn to draw a car using shapes, then use shape blocks to design and draw more vehicles.

A fun springtime activity at preschool is to place fake birds around the classrom up high, then give kids binoculars and a "field guide" to see if they can find all the birds.

Creation Station is a child-led art process activity, where with a piece of cardboard, a little glue, and some random scraps saved from the trash or recycling, preschoolers can create their artistic vision.

A 15 minute activity to teach preschoolers a basic idea about how a robot works. Their program says: if you can do this, then do this, else do something else. We play a Simon Says variant to practice.

An easy kids' science activity. Children observe details about apples, and do a taste test of different apples. They learn how to draw an apple and a tree.

A 15 minute science lesson for preschool to early elementary kids about what robots are, that ends with an exercise in designing a robot to do a job.

Opaque and Translucent A science-themed craft project for 4 to 5 year olds. They learn about opaque and translucent items and their shadows, and make a pretend stained glass window with markers.

I've just fully updated my collection of 150+ free downloadable parent education handouts, covering a huge range of topics about parenting from age 1 to 9. Feel free to share these with anyone you know! gooddayswithkids.com/for-professi...

This post is notes from an out-of-print book about science books for young children. Includes book recommendations.

At preschool today, we learned how to make heart shapes.

A 15 minutes hands-on science lesson for learning about the big dipper, constellations and astronomy. Appropriate for ag 4 - 8.

Today I wrote a post about one of my favorite book genres: hopepunk. Science fiction with characters who choose empathy and justice even in dark times. janelledurham.com/2026/01/31/h...

Reflection – Mirror Boxes Want a simple "loose parts" activity for a station at a play-based class? We built simple mirror boxes (tape together three square mirrors in a half-a-cube shape). I also like theflexible, cuttable mirrors, that you can bend to different angles. Or you can tape two…

Shadow Science for Groundhog’s Day One science concept young children should learn is how light creates shadows. Groundhog's day creates a fun excuse for studying shadow science. Here are some easy hands-on activities to try.

Taking kids on hikes is a great way to help them learn about nature. Here is a curriculum for a year's worth of hikes that works well with preschool to elementary.

The new edition of Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn - the book I co-author - was released today! Makes a great Christmas present. 🙂 amzn.to/3ZzBtH7 This 6th edition is completely updated and significantly revised from our 2016 edition, and I'm really proud of it.