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Two EASY Holiday STEM Ideas for Kindergarten!

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Have you heard the news? We've Moved to  HeidiSongs.tv ! Our new website features an online video streaming service, updated blog posts at  Heidisongs.blog , and a wealth of fresh resources designed to make learning even more fun and engaging. You can also continue shopping for our educational products there and at our  Teachers Pay Teachers store ! Head over to  HeidiSongs.tv  now and explore all the exciting new features.  See you there! __________________________________________________________________________ This post is from a few years ago when I wasn't teaching remotely, but I wanted to share it again for any teachers or parents that may be looking for some fun Holiday STEM ideas! Read on! :) Today I am super excited to share TWO fun and easy STEM ideas that I did this month with my TKs! The first idea is called “Santa’s Chimney Challenge,” and the second is “Build a Shelf for the Elf.” The kids absolutely LOVED them both, and you KNOW tha...
   

EASY "London Bridge" STEM Challenge Idea!

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Have you heard the news? We've Moved to  HeidiSongs.tv ! Our new website features an online video streaming service, updated blog posts at  Heidisongs.blog , and a wealth of fresh resources designed to make learning even more fun and engaging. You can also continue shopping for our educational products there and at our  Teachers Pay Teachers store ! Head over to  HeidiSongs.tv  now and explore all the exciting new features.  See you there! __________________________________________________________________________ Here's a fun and easy idea for a bridge making STEM challenge that you can implement in your classroom, whether your students are in Pre-K, first or second grade, or higher!  Plus, it would be super easy to integrate this into a nursery rhyme unit by simply telling the kids they are making the London Bridge! My students really loved this one, and were super motivated to complete it.  I think yours will be, too!  This can be don...
   

A Fun Pumpkin Bridge STEM Project!

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Have you heard the news? We've Moved to  HeidiSongs.tv ! Our new website features an online video streaming service, updated blog posts at  Heidisongs.blog , and a wealth of fresh resources designed to make learning even more fun and engaging. You can also continue shopping for our educational products there and at our  Teachers Pay Teachers store ! Head over to  HeidiSongs.tv  now and explore all the exciting new features.  See you there! __________________________________________________________________________ Here is a fun and easy STEM project that is perfect for October or any fall day: the Pumpkin Bridge! This project is great because you can use absolutely ANYTHING you have in your classroom for building materials! The challenge is that the children must build a bridge with the classroom materials of their choice. The requirement is that the bridge must support a mini pumpkin. I did not require that the bridge be a certain length, but i...