Summer is almost here! And if you are like us and you are aching to get outside and hang out there all day, I have a great list of easy and engaging STEAM or science activities your kids will love!! Summer is the perfect time to do science activities with my kids. We can get messy and use inexpensive items like pool noodles, water or baking soda to great super exciting science experiments that will wow as well as educate! If you are looking for fun and easy STEAM ideas for summer you have come to the right place!

Amazing Summer Science Activities

1. Sand Slime, Happy Toddler Playtime
2. Pool Noodle Marble Run, Happy Toddler Playtime
3. Fizzy Sun Sensory Bin, Happy Toddler Playtime
4. Frozen LEGO Excavation, Happy Toddler Playtime

5. How To Make Colour Changing Lemonade, Happy Toddler Playtime
6. How to Make A Spinning Paper Helicopter, Happy Toddler Playtime
7. Pool Noodle Water Wall, Happy Toddler Playtime
8. Ice Rocks, Happy Toddler Playtime

9. Awesome Fizzy Ice Cream Shop Sensory Bin, Happy Toddler Playtime
10. Easy Nature Butterfly Sticky Wall Craft, Happy Toddler Playtime
11. Rainbow Pouring Station Sensory Bin for Kids, Happy Toddler Playtime
12. Ice Kitchen Water Table: Summer Sensory Bin, Happy Toddler Playtime

13. Baking Soda and Vinegar Experiment, Happy Toddler Playtime
14. Frozen Pom Poms, Happy Toddler Playtime
15. Homemade Ice Cream Experiment, Happy Toddler Playtime
16. How to make a Lemon Volcano, Babble Dabble Do

17. Bubble Snake, Happy Toddler Playtime
18. Epic Bottle Rocket, Frugal Fun 4 Boy
19. Leak Proof Bag Science Experiment, Fun Learning for Kids
20. DIY Solar Oven, Little Bin for Little Hands

21. Homemade Kaleidoscope, Little Bin for Little Hands
22. Aluminum Foil River, Happy Toddler Playtime
23. Dancing Water Beads, Happy Toddler Playtime
24. Pool Noodle Coding, Happy Toddler Playtime

25. Cloud Jars, Happy Toddler Playtime
26. How to Make Lightening, Learn. Play. Imagine.
27. Ice Volcanoes, Reading Confetti
28. DIY Water Wall, Happy Toddler Playtime
29. Tie-Dye Flower Pot Summer STEAM Craft for Kids, Happy Toddler Playtime

Age Suitability For Summer Science Activities

This activity is good for kids 3 years and up. My kids are 4, 4, and 8 year old.

Mess Level

This is a mess level varies.

Difficulty to Create Summer Science Activities

Varies.

Skills Developed in Summer Science Activities

Sensory play, language development, hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills, imaginative play, creativity.

Check out My Books, TV Show & Play Kits!

Book: Exciting Sensory Bins for Curious Kids

Did you know I wrote a book of sensory bins? Click here for more information Exciting Sensory Bin for Curious Kids. Or grab your copy at Amazon. 

Boring afternoons are made exciting with awesome animal-based bins, like Salty Shark Bay or Yarn Farm. Pretend play bins like Birthday Cake Sensory Play or Bubble Tea Party encourage creativity and imagination. And your kids will have so much fun they won’t even know they’re getting smarter with STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) activities like Sink or Float Soup, Magnetic Letter Hunt or Ice Cream Scoop and Count.

Book: Super STEAM Activity Book for Kids

Learning all about science, technology, engineering, art, and math sets kids up for scholastic success―and it can be so much fun! Watch kids enjoy building STEAM skills as they color friendly fish, help water find its way to tree roots, solve math problems with mazes, and more. 

Find out more and grab your copy here.

Book: Big Book of Riddles for Kids – coming out September 27, 2022

Book: STEAM Crafts for Kids – coming out November 29, 2022

TV Show: Curious Crafting

I’m so excited to finally share my new crafting TV show Curious Crafting which launched July 1 at on TVOkids and TVOkids YouTube!

This show is all about fun and easy crafts for toddlers and preschoolers. 

Set in the ultimate crafting space, Curious Crafting is a short form pre-school age series about the joy of making crafts. I lead a rotating cast of adorable little preschoolers (including my own) making magic out of common household objects.

In each episode we transform recycled items into magical crafts like a milk carton school bus, paper bag puppet or cotton pad turtle. The crafters learn and laugh their way through each activity while demonstrating what their young imaginations can create. 

Curious Crafting shares the adventure and joy of making art with takeaway lessons for creating crafts at home.

The Best Sensory Play Kits for Kids

Play is at the core of learning during the early years and it can take many forms. One of the most important of these is sensory play because it engages all of a child’s senses (taste, touch, smell, sight and hearing) and has a enoumous positive impact on brain development.

Our Sensory Play Kits are some fun and easy ways to keep your child engaged while at the same time using sensory play to nurture their mind!

Shop our ready made play kits here.

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