If you were given just one wish, what would it be? Would it be for yourself or for others? Would you choose something that made the world a little bit better, happier, and sillier? For five-year-old Florence, her wish did just that. When Florence faced a challenging battle with brain cancer at the age of 3, she was comforted by revisiting her favorite places and people, if only in her …
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A Classic For A Reason The Floor is Lava is a classic game packed with great learning, and filled with imaginative role-play and physical limit testing. Kids rehearse different scenarios and outcomes, helping to grow a sense of readiness for new experiences in a changing world. It’s unique every time and shaped by the different players, environments, and resources. The most magical part is that it also creates an explosive amount of learning! Basic Instructions …
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Do tortoises and turtles bite? The simple answer is yes. In captivity it normally happens by accident. Usually, it happens during hand feeding or when they are hungry and “test bite” to see if something they see is edible. In this video I filmed in the moment while cleaning our Russian Tortoise’s enclosure. It found my gloved hand “interesting” and possibly “edible” so he took some what I call “test …
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Ahoy there! International “Talk Like A Pirate Day” is just around the corner. On September 19, we celebrate the fun of, well… talking like a pirate! Map Making Is Awesome. Maps are a fundamental way we communicate, understand, interpret, and connect with our world. David Sobel has said that, “Map making, in the broad sense of the word, is as important to making us human as music, language, art, and mathematics.
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Make your own asteroid for display using sculpting, painting, and color theory techniques.
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Have fun with this recipe for making seed “cakes” that will help grow native flowers and plants for our pollinator friends to enjoy!
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Spring is here, which means caterpillars are starting to creep and crawl here at Kidspace!
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Congrats on adopting your caterpillar! As they start to grow, you have the opportunity to build them a temporary home, so they have room to spread their wings.
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Get creative with what you have and tinker your way into making a puppet of your own invention.
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We share expressions of love in so many different ways; cards, gifts, food, music, spending time together, and art. Join us as we focus on sharing love through art.
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Ever wonder if 1st graders could build a parade float? Kidspace and teachers did!
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