Science, Techonology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Tips for Kids
My girls and I were so bummed that our tweets were not showing up for our very first participation in a Girls Night Out (twitter hashtag #gno) with dear mommy blogger Jyl at MomItForward.com this past Tuesday because the topic was dear to our hearts: Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM).
We had some short tips ready to share with the mommies, and we tried our best to keep up with the questions only to find that no one can see us 
So, mid-way through we dropped out of the party
But, I couldn’t let our humble tips go unnoticed, so I shared some of our tweets below. [At the time of posting this, we just noticed that Jyl had the awesome idea of sharing wonderful tips shared from that night in this comprehensive post here.]
*Tip: If we have a link in the tweet, just click the image because it’s linked to that site.
1. STEM Homeschooling Parents
Introduction and one reason why this #gno was important so important to us:
2. Getting kids excited about STEM
Q1: Get kids into Inventing/Designing for an Inv Convention *not* just a sci fair: http://bit.ly/3igeh4
Q1: the reaction of testing sugar, warm H20 & yeast is fun http://bit.ly/bYeJdU TipL not boiling hot H20, warm tap
3. Websites to help kids enjoy learning Math and Science:
Q2: Math Another *Great* website: http://www.coolmath-games.com
Q2: Math *Great* website: http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/ We use in our Math Club
4. What do your kids want to be? What did you want to be when you were growing up?
5. Thoughts about how STEM classes are taught in school Then and Now:
6. Was there a stigma for girls entering STEM when you were growing up?
Remember, we only have 3 girls; so if there’s definitely no stigma in our house 
May God have mercy on Mommy’s soul–we miss you
We’d love to try all your wonderful STEM tips! Please share them below.
Potty-training & more
Woo hoo…our youngest pooped and peed in her training potty today. She actually enjoyed hangin out there and giving high-fives to everyone too. She’s 20 months old.
Our 4 year-old figured out addition and subtraction herself. It was way cool. She said, “Mama there’s five of us and when Baba goes to China (where he conducts business) then there’s only four of us”. We played with our family of five, added and subtracted and she actually got the concept without having to count every single person.
For example, she says if I go with Baba, then three of you are left at home. If we both come home then all five of us are together again. Aww…what a proud moment.
Our 4 year-old and 3 year-old got regular watches last month, even though our 4 year-old only knows how to tell digital time. I haven’t had a chance to teach her minutes, until today, I made a drawing of a clock with hours in the center, and minutes (all 60 minutes) on the outside. I had her check the digital time and find the numbers on the drawing and showed her watch so she made the connection.
She absolutely loved it. She was also reading the minutes as single digits until today, I tought her the twenties, thirties, etc. She’s catching on very well.
Our 3 year-old had a field day drawing family pictures. She finally makes bodies with all our faces, she’s so proud of herself…so are we of course.
After a wonderful warm spring day yesterday, as fate would have it we got snow today. Aww…I love days warm at home.
