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Holiday STEM and Learning Activities

Holiday STEM and learning activities. Super fun learning games, activities, and science experiments for the whole year. #holiday #STEM #science #learningactivities #christmas #easter #stpatricksday #fall #halloween Team-Cartwright.com

I love a good theme.  Themes make learning more fun!  And the holidays give the perfect excuse to them out learning activities.

I have found my kids get super excited about learning games when they involve the holidays.  So I capitalize on that.  It is easier than you think!

Here are holiday STEM and learning activities for your kids.

Holiday STEM and Learning Activities

Looking for some easy and fun St. Patrick’s Day STEM activities? Here are four fun options for preschoolers and toddlers. There is minimal prep and very little clean up. Learn, have fun, and enjoy the holiday! STEM Activity | Kid craft | Learning | Homeschool | St. Patrick’s Day Activity for kids #toddler #preschooler #kid #activity #STEM #science #learning Team-Cartwright.com

St. Patrick’s Day STEM

Make rainbows walk, float some gold coins, and engineer some lucky marshmallows.  St. Patrick’s Day offers up a lot of learning fun!

Easter Egg Rockets! They are very easy to make and super fun. You need plastic Easter Eggs and a toilet paper tube! Enjoy! Preschool Science Activity | Easter Science for kids | Easy Easter STEM | Easter learning activity #STEM #science #activity #Easter #project #preschool #toddler #kids Team-Cartwright.com

Easter Egg Rockets

Take those plastic Easter eggs and make the fly!  There is nothing like a rocket to get kids excited about STEM.  You don’t need much to make this fun activity into an Easter tradition.

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10 Days of Easter STEM

10 Easy and fun STEM activities, perfect for Easter! These activities are fast, relatively mess free, and perfect for toddlers and preschoolers. Older siblings will enjoy them too!

Here’s what you can find:

  1. Jelly Bean Slime
  2. DIY Crystal Egg Geodes
  3. Rubber Eggs: Turn Easter Eggs into Bouncy Balls
  4. Ink Chromatography Easter Art
  5. Easter Bunny Peeps Launcher
  6. Easter Number Sense Games
  7. Jelly Bean Bottle Flipping
  8. Easter Egg Submarines: Sensory STEM Fun
  9. Easter Egg Stacking: A Holiday Engineering Challenge
  10. Jelly Bean Coding
Easy and fun science activities perfect for Halloween! Explore STEM concepts and enjoy holiday fun with these simple low-prep activities. #Halloween #science #learning #activities #STEM #toddlers #preschool #fall #autumn #kids Team-Cartwright.com

Fall Science Activities

Fall tends to be all about Halloween and candy, but you can add some learning!  These are easy and fun learning activities that teach kids about spiders, mummies, and make ghosts fly.

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Oozing Pumpkins

You can do more than just carve a pumpkin, you can make it ooze with creepy sensory foam!  Get three easy ways to make your pumpkins spew, perfect for holiday parties.

Monster sensory bags for toddlers and preschoolers! Make an easy and fun sensory learning experience for your children. #sensoryactivity #sensorybag #learningactivity #toddler #preschool #learning #game Team-Cartwright.com

Monster Sensory Bags

I have found kids like this activity year round. It’s fun and who doesn’t like happy monsters?  But at Halloween, it gets even better.  This is a mess-free sensory game that screams Halloween fun.

Create a fun and easy ghost and learn at the same time! Halloween learning activities for preschoolers and toddlers. Work numbers, letters, shapes, and more! Low prep and lots of learning. #learning #craft #activity #numbers #letters #shapes #preschooler #toddler #kids #educational #Halloween #ghost Team-Cartwright.com

Ghost Number and Letter Craft

Work on letters and numbers with this simple ghost craft! This is a great way to learn and make a fun Halloween decoration.

Looking for a fun and easy Thanksgiving family tradition? Make a thankful tree! This simple activity will teach your children about gratitude and help them have a thankful heart. #thanksgiving #thanksgivingtradition #familytradition #thankfultree #easythanksgivingactivity #toddlers #preschoolers #thankfulbooks #thanksgivingbooks Team-Cartwright.com

Thankful Tree

Thanksgiving is the perfect time to teach children about gratitude.  This is a family tradition that teaches kids to be grateful all month long.

Looking for some easy science to do with your kids this holiday? Check out these five activities that can be set up in 5 minutes or less. They are perfect for some holiday fun! #preschool #STEMKids #ChristmasSTEM

Christmas STEM

Bring a little science to your Christmas celebrations!  Make a snowball shooter, fake snow, candy cane color run, and more.  Enjoy the season with some easy and fast learning fun.