To stimulate mental development, it’s important to keep young minds actively engaged with activities for kids. We’ve featured many different educational activities on our blog, now we’re ready to narrow down our favorites. Here are 10 great of our favorite children’s books that feature educational activities for kids for children:

1. 10 Great Books with Educational Activities
for Kids
To stimulate mental development, it’s important to keep young minds actively engaged with
activities for kids. We’ve featured many different educational activities for kids on our blog, now
we’re ready to narrow down our favorites.
Here are 10 great children’s books full of
educational activities for kids!
10. Explore Ancient Rome! 25 Projects, Activities, Experiments
“Explore Ancient Rome! 25 Projects, Activities, Experiments” by Carmella Van Vleet features
25 hands-on projects, activities, and experiments to help kids learn about ancient Rome, as well
as their homes, food, playtime, clothing, conquests, gods, entertainment, and more.
One of our favorite activities in this book teaches children how to make a keystone puzzle. Click
here to download this activity for free!

2. 9. Explore Colonial America! 25 Projects, Activities, Experiments
“Explore Colonial America! 25 Projects, Activities, Experiments” by Verna Fisher features
educational activities for kids through 25 hands-on projects, activities, and experiments to help
kids learn about America’s earliest settlers.
Our favorite activity in this book teaches children how to make a soap boat. Click here to
download this activity and see if your boat floats or sinks. Then, be sure to share a picture of
your own soap boat on our Facebook page!
8. Explore Life Cycles! 25 Projects, Activities, Experiments
“Explore Life Cycles! 25 Projects, Activities, Experiments” by Kathleen M. Reilly teaches
children about the amazing changes plants and animals experience throughout their lives.
The 25 projects, activities, and experiments in this book will help children fully understand how
life cycles work. They can even learn how to plant a seedling with an educational activity for
kids, available for free download by clicking here.

3. 7. Explore Rocks and Minerals! 25 Projects, Activities, and Experiments
“Explore Rocks and Minerals! 25 Projects, Activities, Experiments” by Cynthia Light Brown
and Nick Brown helps kids learn about fossils, how they can learn about the past, and how to
start their own collections of rocks, minerals, and fossils.
Children can also make their own fossil with this free educational activity that you can download
here.
NOTE: Do not pour any plaster down the sink!
6. Explore Transportation! 25 Projects, Activities, Experiments
“Explore Transportation! 25 Projects, Activities, Experiments” by Marylou Morano Kjelle takes
kids on an adventure through time and around the globe to learn about the history and science of
transportation.

4. In this book is a great educational activity that teaches kids how to make a paper-mâché basket to
transport goods. You can download it for free here.
5. Explore the Solar System! 25 Projects, Activities, Experiments
If you have a child or classroom full of children excited to explore the solar system, you’ll love
“Explore the Solar System! 25 Projects, Activities, Experiments” by Anita Yasuda
Click here to download the great educational activity for kids: How to make your own solar
eclipse
4. Explore Water! 25 Projects, Activities, and Experiments
“Explore Water! 25 Projects, Activities, Experiments” by Anita Yasuda features 25 hands-on

5. projects, activities, and experiments to help kids learn about the water cycle, water resources, and
much more.
Learn how to make a mini water wheel with this free educational activity for kids!
Here’s what author Anita Yasuda has to say about this activity:
“The water wheel was important to Colonial American life. Before electricity, the colonists
needed the mill to grind grains like wheat, corn, and oats.”
3. Explore Simple Machines! 25 Projects, Activities, and Experiments
If you have children fascinated by machines and objects, you’ll love “Explore Simple Machines!
25 Projects, Activities, Experiments” by Anita Yasuda. This activity book for readers ages 6-9
features 25 hands-on projects, educational activities, and experiments that invites children to
build machines of their own.
Enjoy this free download from the book: How to make your own movable pulley
Here’s what author Anita Yasuda has to say about this activity:
“Try this activity to pick magnets off the floor with help from a movable pulley. Have an adult
help with the scissors.”

6. 2. Explore Spring! 25 Projects, Activities, and Experiments
If you have budding scientists excited to explore spring, they’ll surely love “Explore Spring! 25
Projects, Activities, Experiments” by Maxine Anderson. This book for readers ages 6 –9
features 25 hands-on projects, experiments, and educational activities for kids that invite young
readers to become scientists in the field and explore the wonders of spring.
Click here to download the educational activity for kids: The magic of leaves
Here’s what author Maxine Anderson has to say about this activity:
“Leaves not only help a plant make its own food. Leaves also help plants collect moisture from
the soil. Why? Because more leaves mean more space in a plant for water to go. More space for
water to go means more will be collected. In this experiment you’ll see if a plant with leaves can
move water from the soil better than a plant without leaves.”

7. 1. Explore Ancient Egypt! 25 Projects, Activities, and Experiments
Do you have a child, or a classroom full of children excited to explore the fascinating civilization
of Ancient Egypt? Then you’ll love “Explore Ancient Egypt! 25 Projects, Activities,
Experiments” by Carmella Van Vleet
Intended for young readers ages 6 – 9, this book features 25 hands-on projects, experiments, and
educational activities about pyramids, mummies, amulets, temples, and pharaohs. Kids will
definitely get a wholesome view about ancient Egyptian homes, food, money, and more in this
book.
Click here to download the free educational activity for kids, How to Make Your Own
Reed Boat
What are your favorite educational activities for kids? Be sure to share them with us in the
comments below.
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