Series: Lab for Kids

While many aspiring artists don't necessarily identify with STEM subjects, and many young inventors don't see the need for art, one is essential to the other. Revealing this connection and encouraging kids to explore it fills hungry minds with tools essential to problem solving and creative thinking.Each of the projects in this book is designed to demonstrate that the deeper...

In Unofficial Minecraft STEM Lab for Kids, you'll find a collection of 48 creative projects that make learning science, technology, engineering, and math exciting for the whole family. Venture off on six action-packed Quests, each with four unique Labs that pair a hands-on activity with an in-game project. Here's just a sampling of what you'll create and learn about: Concoct...

Balancing your child's screen time can be difficult, especially when it comes to popular open-ended video games like MinecraftThe game offers players an exploration, imagination, and creation-focused environment, but its nonlinear game structure can mean spending a lot of time in the game. Minecraft Lab for Kids includes a variety of creative exercises that explore the game's aspects and use...

A refreshing source of ideas for creating fine art with children, Art Lab for Kids encourages the artist's own voice, marks, and style. This fun and creative book features 52 fine art projects set into weekly lessons, beginning with drawing, moving through painting and printmaking, and then building to paper collage and mixed media. The labs can be used as...

Create 25 amazing projects with 3D printing! With 3D Printing and Maker Lab for Kids, you can explore the creative potential behind this game-changing technology. Design your projects using free browser-based versions of CAD software Tinkercad and SketchUp. Follow the simple steps to create a variety of different projects. Learn about the fascinating science behind your creations. Get guidance on...

Kids will love learning to work with clay! These 52 projects use air drying, easy to clean up clay, making them perfect for home or the classroom!Clay Lab for Kids, a new addition to the Lab series, focuses on kid-friendly clays - air-dry, home-made, and polymer- that are safe and easy to use at home or in the classroom; no...

At-home science provides an environment for freedom, creativity, and invention that is not always possible in a school setting. In your own backyard, it's simple, inexpensive, and fun to whip up a number of amazing science experiments using the great outdoors. Science can be found all around in nature. Backyard Science Lab for Kids offers 52 fun science activities for...

Make maths matter! At-home maths allows you to motivate unenthusiastic maths students in an environment through creativity and understanding that is not always possible in a school setting. Math Games Lab for Kids provides a fun, engaging, and colourful approach to maths games, puzzles, and activities for kids from first through fifth grade. Each chapter introduces a category of activities...

With 46 inventive projects, Stitch and String Lab for Kids contains everything from simple sewing, embroidery, and weaving to string art, needle felting, and yarn crafts!Stitch and String Lab for Kids leads children, step by step, through a huge range of sewing and fiber art projects. As they go, they will learn a variety of techniques, develop dexterity and coordination,...

Introduce kids to stop-motion animation and animated filmmaking. Animation is everywhere—from movies and TV to apps and video games—and today's tech-savvy kids know all about it. With the accessibility and ease of use of cameras and video-editing software, people of all ages are learning how to make stop-motion animation. In Animation Lab for Kids, artists, teachers, and authors Laura Bellmont...

Riding a bicycle, learning a new language, catching a ball, reading a book: these activities and everything else we see, hear, feel, and do are made possible by the soft, whitish-pink substance inside our heads called the brain. And yet, we take for granted many of the amazing things our brain does for us. Brain Lab for Kids offers 52...

As in Susan Schwake's first book, Art Lab for Kids (Quarry Books, 2012), the Labs can be used as singular projects, or used to build up to a year of hands-on fine art experiences. Each Lab also features the work of a prominent artist for inspiration. The book begins with an introduction on materials and setting up a space for...

Dig in and learn about the world where we live. Geology Lab for Kids features 52 simple, inexpensive, and fun experiments that explore the earth's surface, structure, and processes. This family-friendly guide teaches the wonders of geology, like the formation of crystals and fossils, the layers of the earth's crust, and the eruption of geysers and volcanoes. Learn about: How...