Engineering for kids

Critical Thinking Quest Box — Our family has been homeschooling for about two years now, and during that time my goals for my kids’ education has changed. Instead of focusing on grades, I want them to learn how to teach themselves. I’ve realized in order for them to be able to teach themselves, they need […]

Grow Kids’ Critical Thinking with Monthly Quests!

11 Oct, 2022 in Engineering for kids / Homeschool tagged critical thinking / homeschool / problem solving / STEM by Homeschool Momgineer

About a year ago I made some homemade valentines cards for my youngest son to give out to his class at preschool. We made valentine’s cards that included a small baking soda heart glued on, and made them a few days in advance, just to make sure they had time […]

Fizzy Homemade Valentines Cards

11 Feb, 2021 in Engineering for kids / Teaching Kids Engineering tagged STEM / STEM activity / stem activity for kids / valentine's day STEM by Homeschool Momgineer

My family started our homeschooling story last week. We met our co-op group, enjoying being with families again, each of my boys finding new friendships. I’m so glad we started homeschooling with a group of others who know so much more about homeschooling than I do. My fellow homeschooling moms […]

Simple Ideas to teach Atomic Number

22 Jan, 2021 in Engineering for kids tagged atom / atomic number / middle school / STEM activity / STEM activity for middle school / STEM for kids by Homeschool Momgineer

One of the areas I struggled with in college was circuits. It was all very confusing talk about voltage, current, resistors, power, and all the other electrical terms. The mystery behind circuits continued in my career, until I met an electrical engineer who was able to equate electrical circuits to […]

Christmas STEM Project for Middle School

3 Dec, 2020 in Engineering for kids tagged circuits / electrical circuits / middle school / STEM activity for middle school by Homeschool Momgineer

As the beginning of the school year is approaching, and many of our children will be learning virtually, and hands-on learning will be at a minimum. STEM activities are a great way for kids to apply many of the concepts they will be learning from school. From problem solving, math […]

12 STEM Subscription Boxes for STEM at Home

2 Aug, 2020 in Engineering for kids tagged STEM activities / STEM subscription boxes by Homeschool Momgineer

We finally jumped on the DisneyPlus bandwagon about a month ago. After watching all my childhood favorites, I finally let the boys start watching some of the other shows. They started by watching every episode of “The Floor is Lava”, then stumbled upon a show that looked really interesting. “Shop […]

STEM Challenge Inspired by”Shop Class”

13 Jul, 2020 in Engineering for kids tagged STEM activity / stem challenge by Homeschool Momgineer

I received a free trial box from Raddish kids, but the opinions in this post are completely my own. I recently had an opportunity to try out Raddish Kids’ cooking subscription box. Cooking is NOT one of my strengths. I have 5 go-to recipes that I do really well, but […]

Get Kids Cooking with Raddish Kids!

20 May, 2020 in Engineering for kids tagged science of cooking / subscription box by Homeschool Momgineer

The season of love is upon us! While we don’t really celebrate Valentine’s day at our house, I don’t mind using the holiday to do some fun science experiments and STEM activities! I put together a list of over 35 heart themed science and STEM activities in honor of Valentine’s […]

Heart Themed STEAM/STEM Activities

4 Feb, 2020 in Engineering for kids tagged valentine's day STEM by Homeschool Momgineer

In a previous post my son’s explored semipermeable membranes (coffee filters) by creating beautiful art. While admiring their art, I realized these would make beautiful valentines! All we needed was a change of colors, and addition of some hearts to make an adorable, custom valentine. While I contemplated ways to […]

DIY Valentine using Water Science

19 Jan, 2020 in Engineering for kids tagged STEAM activity / valentine's day card / valentine's day experiment / valentines day by Homeschool Momgineer

Use capillary action to create beautiful fireworks at home! Using common supplies at home, watch a colors explode using water! — Whether it is New Years, July 4th, or just a really big party, there’s no better way to celebrate big than with some colorful explosions (or fireworks)! When I was a young child, we lived in a small town, and one of my many uncles owned a bit of land […]

Capillary Action Color Explosions!

31 Dec, 2019 in Engineering for kids tagged STEM activity / water properties / water science / water STEM by Homeschool Momgineer