Celebrating National Kid Inventors Day with STEAM Projects for Kids To Do At Home

Jan 17, 2022

Today’s blog is focusing on transportation and automotive themed projects for kids of all ages. We know that parenting during a pandemic can be quite a challenge, and equally so for our young scholars. So we thought it would be a delightful idea to spread a little happiness and joy along with a bit of education. These projects are excellent STEM/STEAM related opportunities to get creative, foster independent learning, and inspire young minds to think “outside the box.”

You’ll find solo projects and teamwork based options, giving you a little flexibility in play style and learning methods. Each workshop or project is either good for keeping young ones busy while you work on things during the day, or a bit of togetherness time for weekends and evenings or breaks in the day. It’s a multipurpose blog post today! Feel free to suggest your own activities and we may include them in a future blog roundup.

TamingLittleMonsters.com has three different physics related experiments and projects to inspire the physicist in your midst! The projects are delightful, and your children will be so engaged they won’te ven realize they’re learning the fundamentals of a scientific field. Inspire those free thinkers to get creative in problem solving. Each one lists the materials you’ll need to get started.

Lifeovercs.com has an excellent Transportation Activities unit ready to go. You can engage children in preschool, kindergarten, and early elementary school ages with these activities. From Math to Literacy to Arts and Crafts, it’s a full STEAM ahead list of engaging hands-on ideas.

Keep preschoolers interested in play and increasing their motor skills and independent play with some of these excellent activities from Preschoolactivitiesnook.com ! It’s a great option for kiddos who are home from preschool or daycare and are missing the engagement with their peers. There are 5 daily lessons that can be done with a sibling or an adult, as well as on their own for exploration.

Stirthewonder.com offers an excellent lesson using straws, wooden beads, and a little artistic creativity to create wind powered cars! Kids will learn a little science, fine art skills, and improve motor skills. Great for kids in preschool and early elementary school to do on their own, but would make a wonderful sibling-and-me project for older tweens/teens to do with smaller kids.

KiwiCo kits are an excellent idea to engage young learners and encourage them to explore science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics. You can subscribe for a few months at a time, and kits will automatically ship to your doorstep. You can find projects for just about any age from from infant to toddler, early elementary, middle school, and beyond. The company offers “Koala Crates” “Kiwi Crates” “Atlas Crate” “Doodle Crate” options!