STEM Activities for Kindergarten and First Grade
We are really working away and discovering all of the great STEM activities for different ages.
STEM activities for kids is a really great way to learn and explore the dynamics of science, technology, math, and engineering. Whether they are building, counting, or discovering the explanation of why something happens then they are optimizing learning. Check out these 25 super fun STEM activities for Kindergarten and First Grade.
25 STEM Activities for Kindergarten and First Grade
K’NEX Education STEM EXPLORATIONS: Gears Building Set
1. Introduce your child to the wonderful options of K’nex Education with simple gears and fun mechanics.
2. Use this Mine For Gemstones Kit to dig up all your favorite gemstones!
3. With this Magic School Bus Engineering Lab can learn math, science, and technology components.
4M Science Magic Kit, Multicolor
4. This Magic Science Kit is super fun and it teaches real science behind the magic. Perfect for any magicians you have in your house!
5. Deck out your own 4M Solar System Planetarium that allows kids to explore the vastness of the solar system.
LEARNING RESOURCES Primary Bucket Balance
6. Use this Learning Resources Primary Bucket Balance to determine the factors of weight and differences in mass.
7. Your kiddos will really enjoy using their imaginations to build an create with these Magna Tiles Shapes that come in 48 cool pieces!
8. How cool is it to build your own car with this Laser Pegs 4-in-1 Car Building Set.
9. Check out this K’nex Rex Building Set to make the ultimate dino fun!
10. Match things up and learn some math too with this Learning Journey Match It! Math Memory Game.
11. Any kid will love the hands on fun of building with this Amusement Park Engineering Set.
12. Dig up and assemble your own T-Rex Skeleton like a real paleontologist with this Ultimate Dinosaur Science Kit that incorporates both science and history.
13. Your kiddo can learn geometry and physics with this K’nex Education Intro to Structures and make their own replica.
Snap Circuits Beginner, Electronics Exploration Kit, Stem Kit For Ages 5-9 (SCB-20)
14. Your child will be amazed at what music, light, and sound can do together with this Snap Circuits Lights Electronics Discovery Kit.
4M Green Creativity Trash Robot
15. Turn your trash into a cool environmentally safe project with this 4M Trash Robot Kit.
16. This Ultimate Lab Kit equips your child will all kinds of super cool items for the best science projects.
Cra-Z-Art Shimmer ’n Sparkle Jewel & Gem Dazzling Designer
17. This Jewelry Set is perfect for those who want to make things they can eat like a culinary chemist!
18. Give your kids the opportunity to explore ants up close through the way they make their habitats and tunnel through sand with this Uncle Milton Giant Ant Farm.
19. Explore all of the mental processes of math with this ThinkFun Math Dice Jr. Game that is fun for the whole family!
LightUp Tesla Kit – Learn to program
20. Snap together magnetic circuits and learn engineering with this LightUp Tesla Kit that is super cool.
21. There are so many pieces in this MindWare Q-Ba-Maze that lets kids build to their imagination and is every engineers dream!
22. Build your own balloon propelled rocket with this awesome Rocket Science Kit.
23. This IQ Twist is a great multi-level logic game that also doubles as a challenge for the car too!
MindWare Dig It Up! Giant Skeleton T-Rex Excavation kit
24. Discover many wonders of the world with this Excavation Dig Kit that explores minerals and rocks through excavation.
25. Explore your child’s potential through this Inventions and Electricity Kit that is super fun.
Do you have a fun STEM activity for kindergarten or first grade? Share your ideas!
More STEM Activities for Kids:
The Curious Kid’s Science Book
STEM Activities for Preschoolers
Nature Scavenger Hunt (with FREE Printable)
Those are all great ideas! Both of my boys are SO into STEM activities. Mine are a bit older, so we are into science experiments these days.
We bought a STEM gift for our son for christmas and he LOVES it! He built it immediately and loves how it lights up.
I’m loving these clever ideas. It would be fun to try a bunch of them to figure out what the kids like best.
These all look like wonderful activities! I love how they all engage the child’s problem-solving skills and their creativity. I just wish they didn’t all have so many pieces, lol!
As a home educating mom, I always try to bring STEM into my daughters daily routines. Good that you are fostering the love of STEM early
This is a great list of what to do with the kids. I would share this to my friend teacher.
These look like such great activities! I love activities that seem like fun to kids but really keeping their minds engaged and help them develop their skills.
I really love educational yet very fun toys for kids that boost their creative skills. I will have to make sure this gets into the birthday gift list of my nieces and nephews!
These are cool learning tools for children. I like buying toys that are educational.
Love so many of the activities you’ve listed, it’s hard to pick a favorite! What a great list!
This is a great list of activities. It’s always hard to come up with things to keep the kids busy but this is quite a list of activities that could keep them busy for a long time!
These are awesome activities that look so fun. It’s great when educations is enjoyable. It’s important to include the “A” for Art in Kid’s Education = STEAM! đŸ™‚
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I love that STEM is being encouraged from such a young age. These are seriously great activities.
These are great STEM activities to try. I will have to share this with my friends with little ones.
Look at all these fun and wonderful games. I am a huge advocate for building blocks and “put together” type activities. It really helps in so many ways.
My son is very curious and loves these type of activities. Once we made electricity. He also loves learning about nature!
These are awesome STEM activities for little ones. I will have to share this with my sister and nieces for there kids. It is so important for our children to learn about STEM activities in my opinion. Thanks for sharing the actives.
I am in some Anti-CC groups and it always baffles me to see some of the group members against STEM.. And I don’t mean particular curriculum.. just STEM as an idea.
Is CC Common Core?
Thanks for the suggestions. Think I need to invest in a few for my daughter who starts school in 2 weeks time.
These are wonderful ideas. I hate to think about it, but it won’t be before long that my youngest starts kindergarten!
Great activities!!!! My daughter is all about stem kinda stuff… Totally opposite of me. I was more dolls and make believe… My daughter is more engineering and stem….