Help little ones practice fine motor skills and recognizing basic shapes with these fun printable mountain playdough shape mats for kids!

Free printable mountain maze activity sheet for kids. The maze and solution are available as free PDF downloads.

What could be better than learning about friction and landforms while crafting a fun hands-on toy? Not much if you're a 9- or 5-year old boy. I speak from experience. My sons had a blast with this. Here's how we made our mountain climbers … that actually climb! For each mountain climber, you'll need: Mountain climber template (download my free PDF from Google Drive here) Heavyweight cardstock paper Scissors Yarn Plastic drinking straw Penny 2 pony beads clear tape Markers, colored pencils…

In this lesson, students develop a model of the earth’s surface and use it to discover an important principle about how rivers work.

Watercolor Snowy Mountain Scene - Kid Craft Idea w/free printable template

Our Popsicle Stick Snowy Mountain tutorial is a budget-friendly project that uses inexpensive materials & simple techniques

As many of you know we moved last week. The new owners close on the house today, so yesterday we went to clean out our few remaining things & walk around our old home one last time to say goodbye. It was an emotional final walk through the empty house that we called home for so […]

How to Make Paper Mache Mountains | mountain facts | learn hands-on ideas | Chimborazo Day | ideas for a homeschool unit study.

I took a regular paper bag, turned it inside out and made a mountain out of it. I painted the top with white acrylics and the river with blue. I left an opening on the back - it was our cave. I taped the mountain to a tray and put green colored rice around it. First my daughter did not even notice the cave, she just played with the animals. They ate the grass and drank water from the river. When she got bored with it, I turned the tray around and she saw a cave full of minerals. I found the…