Category: STEAM

Exploring Rocket Ships

leslie March 31, 2021 0 Comments
Our Space Adventure month is coming to a close, but we couldn't leave without exploring Rocket Ships! This day was a blast (literally and figuratively) thanks to some awesome ideas in my Experience Preschool teacher guide and some added fun with a Christmas present that was aching to be revisited. Rocket Ship Math As an Experience Early Learning (EEL) Blogger, I receive the EEL Preschool...

STEAM: Making Moon Craters

leslie March 23, 2021 0 Comments
This month our learning box from Experience Early Learning has transformed us into Space Explorers, and you know that means we have to blast off to the moon! The moon is something that has always fascinated my children. They see it sometimes during the day, most of the time at night; it changes its shape, color and size! What's not to wonder about the moon?! As an Experience Early Learning...

Creating the Grand Canyon: a STEAM Lesson for Young Learners

leslie February 21, 2021 0 Comments
We are having a global adventure right from the warmth of our own home thanks to our Experience Early Learning box! This week we are exploring God's beautiful Natural Wonders all over the world. We love Nature Study, and our week of studying Natural Wonders from our Global Passport box is absolutely perfect! We took our Grand Canyon STEAM lesson indoors because of the chilly temps and we had so...

STEAM: T- Rex Measurement

leslie January 15, 2021 2 Comments
** This post contains affiliate links.** Yall! This week we received the coolest (literally) blessing here in Texas... SNOW! It was glorious and my 6 year old kept on saying it was "a wonderland" and how the snow "sparkled like glitter," It was simply breathtaking. Although we celebrated Monday with a snow day, we went right back to our Dinoland Discovery box from Experience Early Learning on...

Digging for Dinos

leslie January 8, 2021 0 Comments
** This post contains affiliate links.** Three years ago I introduced dinos using our Dinosaur box from Experience Early Learning, to my then 3.5 year old little girl and she has been smitten with these "terrible lizards" ever since! So much so, she even asked for a Rainbow Dinosaur 4th birthday party! Fast forward 3 years later, and we are visiting old memories and making new ones with our Dino...

STEAM: Polar Bears and Sea Ice

leslie December 17, 2020 0 Comments
*This post contains affiliate links* My 6 year old daughter has always been curious about animals, and this week with our Ice Castles theme from Experience Early Learning we are spending a whole week learning about animals of the Arctic Tundra. We've spent time learning all about Arctic Foxes, Snow Leopards, and today we learned about Polar Bears. A polar bear standing on sea ice. As...

Experimenting with Ice

leslie December 9, 2020 0 Comments
As an Experience Early Learning (EEL) Blogger, I receive the EEL Preschool Curriculum in exchange for my honest opinions and authentic stories about our experiences using the curriculum. All opinions and thoughts are completely my own. Lately, our bedtime chapter books have been from the Zoey and Sassafras series. There are 8 books in the series and we have now read them all except the newest...

Preschool Science: Root Study Experiment

leslie November 30, 2020 0 Comments
In college, I majored in Art Education. I always wanted to be an art teacher, but the Lord had other plans. Six out of the eight years I spent as a public school teacher, I was a science teacher. It was a subject I learned so much about and quickly grew to love. (I blogged about it often in 2012 and 2013 right here!) As an Experience Early Learning (EEL) Blogger, I receive the EEL...

STEAM: Exploring Physics with Pendulums

leslie November 14, 2020 0 Comments
Our learning adventures with Experience Early Learning have taken us to the Rainforest this month. Each week we are studying a different layer of the rainforest and this week is all about the Understory. As an Experience Early Learning (EEL) Blogger, I receive the EEL Preschool Curriculum in exchange for my honest opinions and authentic stories about our experiences using the curriculum. All...

STEAM: DIY Tornado Bottle

leslie October 31, 2020 0 Comments
We are learning all about Seasons and Weather this month with our Experience Preschool box and our last week is culminating on Wild Weather, like hurricanes, hail, thunderstorms, floods, and tornadoes! As an Experience Early Learning (EEL) Blogger, I receive the EEL Preschool Curriculum in exchange for my honest opinions and authentic stories about our experiences using the curriculum. All...