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What better way is there to help get kids interested in science than with dinosaur toys? Boys and girls love the ideas of dinosaurs and their intriguing back story… and they’ll soak up dino info at a truly awe-inspiring rate.
Ready to create a Jurassic spark of learning in your home? Here’s a few ways to help your little paleontologists get started…
Keep your museum member pass at the ready
Nearly every community, big or small, has a museum devoted to its natural or local history. If you live in North America, your museum will most likely include narration on local fossil discovery. Explore your museum’s summer or holiday break offerings for camp or workshops. And famous paleontologists, like Dr. Scott Sampson, often tour the country’s museums, giving lectures on how experiences with science and nature are critical to a child’s development.
Game on, Pteranodon!
Educational games that bring together your child’s love of dinosaurs and STEM-related subjects are the best! Turn family game night into a prehistoric adventure with fun board games geared toward their age and skill level.
Pretend play
Ever hand a child some dinosaur figurines? Watch the magic happen. Those lucky dinosaurs will go on adventures from the backyard to bathtub. You’ll see entire prehistoric civilizations pop-up on your child’s bedroom floor. But watch where you step! You don’t want to be the one to wipe out the dinosaur population again.
Books are power
Similar to adults, if you give a child books about a subject matter he or she is interested in, total captivation can happen. A little one will soak up dino facts read to them, and the beginning reader will take more interest in reading when he cares about the book’s contents. Get friendly with your library and load ‘em up!
Your child isn’t the only one learning
So apparently the long-necked brontosaurs you heard about in school 30 years ago is now called the Apatosaurus? The best part of your child making discoveries about the Earth’s history is the new things you get to learn. If you take an active interest in your child’s curiosities with dinosaurs, they feel free to discuss their wonder in a supportive place.
Who knows? Maybe this might turn into something?
It goes without saying that a healthy love of something as a child might very well turn into a career as an adult. Be sure to foster your child’s interest in fossils, dinosaurs, and the prehistoric world because you might never know where it might lead!
What better way is there to help get kids interested in science than with dinosaur toys? Boys and girls love the ideas of dinosaurs and their intriguing back story… and they’ll soak up dino info at a truly awe-inspiring rate.
Ready to create a Jurassic spark of learning in your home? Here’s a few ways to help your little paleontologists get started…
Keep your museum member pass at the ready
Nearly every community, big or small, has a museum devoted to its natural or local history. If you live in North America, your museum will most likely include narration on local fossil discovery. Explore your museum’s summer or holiday break offerings for camp or workshops. And famous paleontologists, like Dr. Scott Sampson, often tour the country’s museums, giving lectures on how experiences with science and nature are critical to a child’s development.
Game on, Pteranodon!
Educational games that bring together your child’s love of dinosaurs and STEM-related subjects are the best! Turn family game night into a prehistoric adventure with fun board games geared toward their age and skill level.
Pretend play
Ever hand a child some dinosaur figurines? Watch the magic happen. Those lucky dinosaurs will go on adventures from the backyard to bathtub. You’ll see entire prehistoric civilizations pop-up on your child’s bedroom floor. But watch where you step! You don’t want to be the one to wipe out the dinosaur population again.
Books are power
Similar to adults, if you give a child books about a subject matter he or she is interested in, total captivation can happen. A little one will soak up dino facts read to them, and the beginning reader will take more interest in reading when he cares about the book’s contents. Get friendly with your library and load ‘em up!
Your child isn’t the only one learning
So apparently the long-necked brontosaurs you heard about in school 30 years ago is now called the Apatosaurus? The best part of your child making discoveries about the Earth’s history is the new things you get to learn. If you take an active interest in your child’s curiosities with dinosaurs, they feel free to discuss their wonder in a supportive place.
Who knows? Maybe this might turn into something?
It goes without saying that a healthy love of something as a child might very well turn into a career as an adult. Be sure to foster your child’s interest in fossils, dinosaurs, and the prehistoric world because you might never know where it might lead!
by Erica Sandberg, Consumer Economics Expert and Author of Expecting Money: The Essential Financial Plan for New and Growing Families
Tax Day is almost here! Ready to take a break from filling out your tax forms? With a few simple tips, you can turn April into an opportunity to help your kids add up a little bit of learning… and a whole lot of fun!
Even the youngest children can benefit from practicing basic money concepts. It helps them better understand the world, build their math skills, and gain confidence. Best of all, it can be an engaging activity that you share together.
As a personal finance expert, I’m thrilled to have this opportunity to help parents teach kids about money in a way that they can really love and relate to!
Ready to get started? Check out my five top Dollars and Sense tips below…
Take a trip to the ATM
Have your kids practice math and counting skills plus teach them about earning and saving money with the new Teaching ATM.
This interactive toy ATM will help your kids understand that in order to pull cash from the ATM, you have to have a bank account and save money. Then, with a bank card and a secret code, you can make withdrawals from the “machine.”
Introduce Uncle Sam
Taxes? What are those? Where does the money go? Use a store receipt to show your kids the line for sales tax and explain that the government uses the tax money they collect to do things like repair the roads and support fire and police stations.
Set up a restaurant or shop
Play grocery store or coffee shop and use this cash register to make change for customers.
Let your child pay the bill
Give your kids a chance to play grown-up by giving them cash or letting them hold your credit card the next time you get coffee. Have them pay the barista while you explain how much it costs and how to leave a tip!
Save for something special
A goldfish. A special toy. Let your child choose something they have been wishing for and together set a goal to save for this special item.
Each week put aside a bit of money in a savings jar or piggy bank and keep track of how close you are to reaching your savings goal. When the goal is met, empty the bank and you and your child get to go shopping!
With these simple tips, your child will be money savvy and set up for success!
by Erica Sandberg, Consumer Economics Expert and Author of Expecting Money: The Essential Financial Plan for New and Growing Families
Tax Day is almost here! Ready to take a break from filling out your tax forms? With a few simple tips, you can turn April into an opportunity to help your kids add up a little bit of learning… and a whole lot of fun!
Even the youngest children can benefit from practicing basic money concepts. It helps them better understand the world, build their math skills, and gain confidence. Best of all, it can be an engaging activity that you share together.
As a personal finance expert, I’m thrilled to have this opportunity to help parents teach kids about money in a way that they can really love and relate to!
Ready to get started? Check out my five top Dollars and Sense tips below…
Take a trip to the ATM
Have your kids practice math and counting skills plus teach them about earning and saving money with the new Teaching ATM.
This interactive toy ATM will help your kids understand that in order to pull cash from the ATM, you have to have a bank account and save money. Then, with a bank card and a secret code, you can make withdrawals from the “machine.”
Introduce Uncle Sam
Taxes? What are those? Where does the money go? Use a store receipt to show your kids the line for sales tax and explain that the government uses the tax money they collect to do things like repair the roads and support fire and police stations.
Set up a restaurant or shop
Play grocery store or coffee shop and use this cash register to make change for customers.
Let your child pay the bill
Give your kids a chance to play grown-up by giving them cash or letting them hold your credit card the next time you get coffee. Have them pay the barista while you explain how much it costs and how to leave a tip!
Save for something special
A goldfish. A special toy. Let your child choose something they have been wishing for and together set a goal to save for this special item.
Each week put aside a bit of money in a savings jar or piggy bank and keep track of how close you are to reaching your savings goal. When the goal is met, empty the bank and you and your child get to go shopping!
With these simple tips, your child will be money savvy and set up for success!
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