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Make a Pi Day Necklace

March 9, 2016 By Kim
Tagged With: activities, math, projects, special STEM day or week

Learn how to make a Pi Day necklace on www.TheMakerMom.com!

Whether you're literally outfitting a child or you want a few tchotchkes for a classroom of kiddos, Pi Day is mainstream enough that you can find everything from t-shirts, to temporary tattoos to Pi plates and tins with just a click these days. But the best stuff is the stuff you make yourself, right? So try your hand at making a colorful Pi Day Necklace.* This post contains affiliate links. Make a Pi Day Necklace Supplies Perler ... [ Read More ]

Candy Construction Challenge

July 21, 2015 By Kim
Tagged With: engineering, maker projects, math, projects, snacktivity, sponsored

Candy Construction Challenge, a STEM snacktivity from www.TheMakerMom.com

The Candy Construction Challenge is what one of my friends refers to as a snacktivity. Snacktivities combine the best of all worlds: playing, learning, and eating. The Candy Construction Challenge is super easy and provides many ways to learn and play. And it's a fun way to prevent the summer slide. The idea is to have kids explore math and engineering concepts with toothpicks and candy. I'll share a few of my favorite ways to play. ... [ Read More ]

Back-to-School STEM Part 2: September #STEMchat Summary

September 28, 2013 By Kim
Tagged With: #STEMchat, math, STEM, STEM Girls

The September #STEMchat sponsored by Texas Instruments was full of great ideas--too many for one post! I split the awesome in two. Part I covers transitioning back to school and loads helpful resources for students and their parents that provide assistance and enrichment in STEM topics. Below, we'll look at the crowdsourced view of critical STEM skills, the role of technology keeping girls in STEM, STEM in the movies and a fun side convo from the ... [ Read More ]

Back-to-School STEM Part I, the September #STEMchat Recap (Part 1)

September 27, 2013 By Kim
Tagged With: #STEMchat, math, STEM, STEM Girls

The September STEMchat on Back-to-School STEM was sponsored by Texas Instruments. Our chat was so full of awesome that it's going to take two posts to summarize it! Also, we trended on Twitter. There's just too much to fit in, so consider this part one. Part two will follow soon.We started off talking about getting back into the school routine. Parent-tested back-to-school tips included a lot of sleep suggestions, like trying to get in the ... [ Read More ]

The Boy Who Invented TV: The Story of Philo Farnsworth

August 21, 2013 By Kim
Tagged With: books, math, STEM, technology

Philo Farnsworth, the boy who invented television.

I think I've mentioned that I'm the managing editor of the parent blog at Bedtime Math, a site that encourages an evening math problems (and other math fun) for kids ages 3-8.  The Bedtime Math folks share a daily math problem via their website, email, and app and their Facebook page.  At any rate yesterday's math problem gave a nod to The Boy Who Invented TV, Philo Farnsworth, in honor of the anniversary of his 1930 patent. That reminded me ... [ Read More ]

Fun Math Resources for Families: June #STEMchat Recap

July 8, 2013 By Kim
Tagged With: #STEMchat, books, family fun, math, STEM

Thanks to our fabulous panelists, sponsor Bedtime Math, and participants like you, we had a great June #STEMchat focused on recreational math, or fun math resources for families. Our lively crowd share a whole lot of great ideas as you'll see by the dozens of math links below.We "chatters" not only support the idea of integrating math into everyday life, but we walk the talk with family games, observations and activities. It's clear ... [ Read More ]

Recreational Math, Making Math Fun for Kids: June #STEMchat

June 18, 2013 By Kim
Tagged With: books, math, STEM

I wasn't kidding when I said that the May #STEMchat topic was recovering from my son's bar mitzvah. But it's June and I'm ready to roll Tweet. The chat will take place on Twitter on Tuesday, June 25 from 9 - 10 PM Eastern. We're talking about recreational math and making math fun with our sponsor, Bedtime Math.The concept behind bedtime math is simple, yet revolutionary. We all know how special story time with our children is at the end of ... [ Read More ]

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About Kim

Kim headshot Summer 2012 I’m a Chicago-area mom / empty-nester who is passionate about sharing ideas and resources to raise kids who love Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). I’m a published author, blogger, vlogger, baker and maker. I love to travel, especially on trips that involve hiking and other active endeavors, farm tours, and learning new things in general.[Read More...]

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