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.
Hurricane Katrina – lessons to learn
Hurricane Katrina is truly a tragic natural disaster! Although are girls are all under 5 years old, there’s many lessons to learn:
1. Geography: We started learning from the Rookie Read-About Geography series
2. Science. How and where hurricanes form, weather differences between coastal states and where we live in Toledo, Ohio. We used internet search. How New Orleans is below sea-level and what this means.
3. Current Events. I used Yahoo! News and we reviewed the news videos, pictures, and breaking new stories.
4. Charity, Compassion and Humanity. We discussed many issues of the refugees, lotting, and all their basic needs.
5. History. Hurricane Katrina is the worse natural disaster/hurricane in over 40 years.
6. Techonology: The issue of the levy’s and how we need to build an entire city from sewer systems, electricity, etc. from the “bottom-up”. We were on our walk last night and our kindergartener saw the sewer drain and she yelled “Mama, this is what they have to fix in New Orleans, right!?”
7. Reading & Research: We just picked up Children’s Encyclopedias and Dictionaries at the library. We’re learning how to find certain words in alphabetical order.
These are just a few of the lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina. Please offer us more ideas and thoughts by sharing your comments below.
May God bless all the families directly affected by Hurricane Katrina, and may God guide all of us to help those suffering.
