It’s time to sign up for the annual Pizza Hut BOOK IT program for homeschoolers! Enrollment for the 2020-21 program is now underway. Pizza Hut BOOK IT was created in 1984 and currently reaches over 14 million students annually. Pizza Hut BOOK IT motivates children to read by rewarding their reading accomplishments with praise, recognition and pizza. The …
I remember back to when I thought that the only thing to do for Pi Day (March 14 = 3-14, the first three numbers of Pi) was to bake a pie. It really is a popular choice, not only because everyone loves pie, but because if you look at 3.14 in the mirror, it actually …
A few years ago I had the opportunity to lead a field trip to visit Southern California’s only living rainforest called the BioTrek Rain Bird Rainforest Learning Center. BioTrek is an educational enterprise of the Biological Sciences Department of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Through its greenhouse, garden, and labs, BioTrek brings students and the public both …
This post may contain affiliate links. My children love doing STEM activities (science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)! One moment you may find my daughter making magic potions in the bathtub, while another minute she is begging me to help her with her Snap Circuits or doing an experiment from her Magic School Bus Engineering Lab Kit. I …
This post may contains affiliate links. Last November, my family and I took a week-long vacation and traveled up the Central Coast of California to see the sites. We visited such lovely places as Carmel-by-the-Sea, Big Sur and Monterey. In Monterey, we spent the afternoon at The Monterey Bay Aquarium, a crowd-pleasing favorite that visitors enjoy. Built into …