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Home » Project Based Learning

THE BEST Monthly Learning Kits for Kids [2020]

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Teaching Kids Grit Materials

A great way to supplement your child’s learning at school, or to bolster your homeschool program, is by joining monthly learning kits. These subscriptions are rock solid ways to get your child excited about learning and cover a wide range of topics. Here are a few awesome monthly subscription kits my family enjoys. What are […]

Tagged With: Homeschool, Positive Parenting, Project Based Learning

40+ Open-Ended Questions for Kids & Parents

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Open Ended Questions

If you are an inquiry-based teacher or parent, these open-ended questions for kids are perfect for you. Inquiry questions for kids are a way to get kids thinking on their own terms and without any barriers. Furthermore, these types of questions allow the adults in a child’s life to gather information in order to better […]

Tagged With: Creativity, Project Based Learning

Photography for Kids – Awesome Ideas to Teach Kids

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Teach a Kid about Photography

Photography for kids? Yes! Absolutely. Teaching kids about photography to kids has a bit to do with learning how a camera functions but also how to tell a story. I admit that I am a new photographer. What I appreciate most about learning photography is teaching photography to my sons.  More often than not, my sons […]

Tagged With: Elementary, Kindergarten, Photography, Project Based Learning

12 Awesome Ways to Learn at a Construction Site

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Preschool

We live in a forestry neighborhood. We can’t see our neighbors. So when a family bought the lot ‘next’ to our property, I knew we were in for some excellent play and learning over he next year. From clearing the land to building the home to the less tangible ideas around environmentalism. There are loads […]

Tagged With: Preschool, Project Based Learning

A Parent’s Guide to Teaching Kids to Code

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Robot Turtles Teach Kids to Code

There is a craze going on. Have you heard? (That was a rhetorical question.) Yes, it is the craze of teaching kids to code and to code EARLY because, well, they are capable of doing it. This post’s aim is to give you a guide on how to teach kids to code. Remember, though, that nurturing […]

Tagged With: Elementary, Kindergarten, Positive Parenting, Project Based Learning, Technology & Engineering

9 Fantastic Ways to Help a Child with Science Thinking

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science with kids

I want to nurture my son’s passion for science. Besides focusing on teaching kids to code, it is important to help kids to learn how to think scientifically. I don’t want to pressure him or make him feel like I am paving his path. I have been thinking a lot about ways to help him with his […]

Tagged With: Project Based Learning, Teaching

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