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Summer activities are different this year while families are following shelter-in-place guidelines amid the coronavirus outbreak. However, kids can still enjoy a summer of fun from home. Whether you have an active child who loves the outdoors or a creative kid who adores arts and crafts, there are endless opportunities for fun things to do home this summer. Take this time at home to bond with your little ones, explore their interests, and showcase their creative talents with this list of summer activities for kids. Outdoor Summer Activities For Kids There are so many ways to enjoy the outdoors with...

Nothing says summer like a day at the beach. The sand, the sun, the surf…it’s what memories are made of. The beach is also an amazing classroom teeming with possibilities. Get ready for some easy, entertaining, and highly educational fun! Here are some simple activities that anyone can do at the beach. Surf’s up, and so is summer learning with school beach days! Free Sea Shell Sorting Mats She Sells Seashells Seashells are chock full of possibilities. They are fun to find and exciting to collect. Don’t stop at just collecting them in pails. Seashells can be used to make...

Space units are always exciting. Part of it’s the history, but a lot is that space is our final frontier, a wild untamed land that man knows so little about. Now that Elon Musk’s SpaceX has safely delivered American astronauts to the International Space Station for the first time in almost a decade, the fever of excitement over space couldn’t be higher. I have a list of over 20 websites I use to support this theme for K-8. Here are five of my favorites:  SpaceX ISS Docking Simulator This simulator will familiarize users with the controls of the actual interface used...

 Hooray! It’s summertime! School is out and kids are free to play and just be kids! But wait…this is not just any summer!  This is the summer in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.   Why does that matter?  This school year was cut short for almost all students by at least 3 months. That is 1/3 of the school year!  Although the schools and teachers scrambled to offer some type of educational services virtually and/or through packets mailed to students, educational instruction and progress took a major hit and a significant number of students will show skill regression in the...

— Recommendations are independently chosen by Reviewed’s editors. Purchases you make through our links may earn us a commission.Face masks are a part of life now for most of us now. As states start reopening and families start venturing out, the Centers for Disease Control recommends anyone over the age of 2 years old wear masks in public settings where it’s difficult to practice social distancing. Face coverings are not recommended for children under the age of 2, due to suffocation risks. While masks are becoming a fact of life for us, not all kids—especially little ones—are on board with...