Featured STEAM Activities

Our Family Code is a STEAM educational blog with a commitment to teaching kids to code. We offer various coding activities as well as STEAM resources and activities in effort to make STEAM accessible and engaging for everyone.

Get ready for a Summer of STEAM Activities!

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Frozen Baseball Experiment Sports STEM
Find out how temperature impacts a baseball and learn the history of how a baseball is made with this sports STEM activity for kids!
Free Earth Day Vocabulary Worksheets
These Earth Day vocabulary activities for kids are a great way to incorporate logical thinking with language arts with word search puzzles, a logic word puzzle, and Earth Day cryptograms!
Easter Bunny Egg Hunt Coding for Kids
This elementary egg hunt coding activity is a great Easter-themed way to introduce the basics of computer programming to kids in Kindergarten through 5th grade.
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Fibonacci Activity for Kids: Fibonacci Flowers
This Fibonacci activity for kids is a hands-on way to teach the Fibonacci sequence and make some math + art Fibonacci flowers!

Teach Kids to Code

Find a ton of unplugged coding activities for kids designed to encourage computational thinking and logical reasoning while developing early coding skills.

Halloween Conditional Code Worksheet for Elementary
Learn If Then code with Halloween conditional code worksheet for elementary by pairing outfits & conditional statements to help a witch pick clothes.
Coding Apps for Kids: 2021 Edition
We put the best coding apps for kids to the test to see how they engage and teach kids to code! Read this and get your kids started coding!
Easter Bunny Egg Hunt Coding for Kids
This elementary egg hunt coding activity is a great Easter-themed way to introduce the basics of computer programming to kids in Kindergarten through 5th grade.
Earth Day Coding Recycling Sorting Activity
This Earth Day coding recycling sorting activity teaches children how conditional statements work while learning how to sort recyclables!

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Javascript Activities for Kids

Learn p5.js and how to use the JavaScript programming language for creative coding purposes.

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Optimal Javelin Throw Angle Measurement & Graphing
Learn about optimal javelin throw angles, height of throw, and the relationship between the two with this Summer Olympics optimal throw javelin angle measurement activity.
Map the Olympic Host Cities World Geography Activity
This world geography activity challenges kids to use technology to map the Olympic host cities since the Summer Olympics started in 1896.
Frozen Baseball Experiment Sports STEM
Find out how temperature impacts a baseball and learn the history of how a baseball is made with this sports STEM activity for kids!
Plastic Bottle Butterflies Recycled Art
Make plastic bottle butterflies with this easy recycled art activity and learn about Monarch butterfly migration!

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Christmas Unplugged Coding Activities for Kids

Code your way through the Christmas season with these Christmas unplugged coding activities for kids!

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Seven Wonders of the World Virtual Field Trip

Explore the seven wonders of the world and complete a latitude and longitude challenge with a Google Earth scavenger hunt!

Introduce algorithms with this hands-on unplugged coding activity for kids! #teachkidstocode #codingforkids #kidcoders #STEAMactivities #STEAM #STEM

Bitmap Coding Unplugged Coding Activity for Kids

This hands-on bitmap coding activity explores algorithms and features a free bitmap art unplugged coding workbook for kids!

Work on logical reasoning and colors with this Christmas Sudoku unplugged coding activity for preschoolers to 5th graders! #STEAM #STEM #teachkidstocode #computationalthinking #algorithms #logicalreasoning #homeschool #sudokuforkids

Christmas Sudoku Logical Reasoning Activity for Kids

Work on logical reasoning and colors with this free Christmas Sudoku unplugged coding activity for preschoolers to 5th graders!

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First 100 Digits of Pi Color Wheel Activity

Learn the first 100 digits of Pi with this color wheel activity that helps kids to visualize numbers of Pi in the first 100 digits and learn about color wheels!

Turn your drawing into code with this coding activity for kids and code a circle with JavaScript. #teachkidstocode #p5js #codingart #homeschool #codinglesson #CSforkids

How to Code a Circle with JavaScript

Turn drawings into code with this coding activity for kids and code a circle with JavaScript and ProcessingJS.

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Find Tech + Science, Virtual Field Trips, Math + Tech, Tech + Art, and more!

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Become an Elf Engineer with these 25 Days of STEAM Challenges for Elf on the Shelf! #STEAM #elfontheshelf #ChristmasSTEAM #STEM #STEMchallenges

25+ Elf on the Shelf STEAM Challenge Cards

Become an Elf Engineer with these 25 Days of Elf on the Shelf STEAM challenges and free STEAM challenge cards!

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60+ Maker Activities for Kids

You and your kids are going to love these maker activities! Find design builds, tinker trays, invitations to play, and more to get started with STEM today!

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100+ Exciting Summer STEAM Activities for Kids

Summer of STEAM activities for kids! 100s of projects for Math Monday, Tinker Tuesday, Wonder Wednesday, Techie Thursday, & Foodie Friday!

Stone Age Tools Engineering Challenge

Learn about Stone Age tools, animals, and people by downloading this free Stone Age STEAM challenge cards activity!

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Balance Ninja Center of Mass Challenge

This balancing ninja activity is designed to help kids understand what the center of mass is and encourage critical thinking to solve the ninja’s balancing problem.

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Balance Broom Preschool STEM Challenge

Explore the center of mass with this storybook STEAM Activity perfect for pairing with the fun Halloween book, Room on the Broom!

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Plastic Bottle Butterflies Recycled Art

Make plastic bottle butterflies with this easy recycled art activity and learn about Monarch butterfly migration!

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50+ Recycled Crafts & Activities for Kids

These recycled crafts and activities for kids are a great way to reuse recycling materials and learn about protecting our environment!

Recycle plastic water bottles into a sun catcher with this great spring project! #reduce #reuse #recycle #plastics #EarthDay #kidcraft #artproject #suncatcher #outdoor #summeractivities #springactivities

Make Recycled Plastic Water Bottle Sun Catchers

Are you ready for an awesome recycled art project that you can do with your kids? Recycle plastic water bottles into a sun catcher with this great spring project!

This easy Halloween craft for preschoolers is perfect for those busy days when you are looking for a simple project to do with your kiddo. The end result is a super cute Halloween decoration that you can put outside or display inside your house. #preschoolcraft #halloweenkidcrafts #kidcraftsforhalloween #easypreschoolercrafts #halloweencrafts #mummyhalloweencraft #DIYhalloweendecoration #easyHalloweendecoration #makeaMummy #MummyHalloweenCraft #easyhalloweencraftforpreschoolers #kidcrafts

Cereal Box Mummy Recycled Art Halloween Craft for Kids

Make a Halloween mummy decoration out of an empty cereal box with this recycled art Halloween craft for kids!

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Make Digital Mondrian Art in Google Sheets

Make Digital Mondrian art using Google Sheets with this Math + Art + Tech activity perfect for upper elementary students!

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Fibonacci Activity for Kids: Fibonacci Flowers

This Fibonacci activity for kids is a hands-on way to teach the Fibonacci sequence and make some math + art Fibonacci flowers!

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4 Free Spring Graphing Math Worksheets

This Spring graphing coordinate plane activity is a great way to practice basic graphing skills by graphing ordered pairs in the first quadrant.

Plastic Bottle Butterflies Recycled Art

Make plastic bottle butterflies with this easy recycled art activity and learn about Monarch butterfly migration!

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First 100 Digits of Pi Color Wheel Activity

Learn the first 100 digits of Pi with this color wheel activity that helps kids to visualize numbers of Pi in the first 100 digits and learn about color wheels!

50+ Recycled Crafts & Activities for Kids

These recycled crafts and activities for kids are a great way to reuse recycling materials and learn about protecting our environment!

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Find Tech + Art, Science + Art, Resist Art, Recycled Art, Directed Drawings, and more!

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Fibonacci Activity for Kids: Fibonacci Flowers

This Fibonacci activity for kids is a hands-on way to teach the Fibonacci sequence and make some math + art Fibonacci flowers!

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Finding Pi with Math Sun Catchers

The goal of this activity is to explore the number Pi and prove that it is a mathematical constant by making math sun catchers out of fuse beads for a fun math + art STEAM…

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Make Fibonacci Art: Hands-on Math Art Activity!

This hands-on math art activity presents this would-be complex mathematical concept in an easy to understand, tangible way with Fibonacci art and is ideal for elementary-age kids through tweens!

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First 100 Digits of Pi Color Wheel Activity

Learn the first 100 digits of Pi with this color wheel activity that helps kids to visualize numbers of Pi in the first 100 digits and learn about color wheels!

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Pilish: How to Write a Poem for Pi Day

The number Pi, inspired it’s own language known as “Pilish”. Pilish is a challenging form of writing. Learn it today and write a piem!

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Pi Day Activities: 14+ Ways for Kids to Celebrate Pi!

Check out these great STEAM Pi Day activities for kids that pair math with technology, art, engineering, and science!

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Finding Pi with Math Sun Catchers

The goal of this activity is to explore the number Pi and prove that it is a mathematical constant by making math sun catchers out of fuse beads for a fun math + art STEAM…

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Measure Athlete Angles in Olympic Sports

Athletes use angles to analyze their performance. This sports STEM activity challenges kids to measure athlete angles in Olympic Sports.

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Optimal Javelin Throw Angle Measurement & Graphing

Learn about optimal javelin throw angles, height of throw, and the relationship between the two with this Summer Olympics optimal throw javelin angle measurement activity.

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Team USA Medal Tracker Hundreds Chart to 130

Use this Team USA medal tracker to record each medal that Team USA wins during the Olympic Games and complete a hundreds chart to 130.

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Olympic Hundreds Chart: Fill in the Olympic Rings

Practice number recognition and counting within 120 by placing the correct number inside the empty rings on this Olympic hundreds chart!

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Olympic Medal Ten Frames Worksheets for Kids

These Olympic medal ten frames math worksheets are a great way to work on basic number facts with a fun Olympic Games twist designed for Preschool, Kindergarten, and 1st grade kiddos!

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Make Digital Mondrian Art in Google Sheets

Make Digital Mondrian art using Google Sheets with this Math + Art + Tech activity perfect for upper elementary students!

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Free Christmas worksheets for kids: I-Spy, Color Recognition, Number Recognition, Coloring Pages, Letter Recognition, Christmas Addition, & Less Than or Greater Than Christmas Decorations! #easykidworksheets #Winterprintables #freekidactivities #freekidprintables #freepreschoolworksheets #winterworksheets #Christmaskidsactivities #Christmasprintables #freekidworksheets

12 Days of Free Christmas Worksheets for Kids!

Grab these Free Summer Fruit Worksheets for Kids

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Free Halloween Worksheets for Kids!

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Chalk Pastel Leaf Rubbings STEAM Activity

Go on a nature walk, gather some lovely leaves, and make some chalk resist leaf rubbings with this low-prep STEAM experiment!

These preschooler nature crafts and activities will have you going on nature walks all season long! Check out our top 10 nature walk crafts and activities! #craftsforpreschoolers #easypreschoolcrafts #fallcraftsforpreschoolers #freeprintable #leafactivities #leafart #naturewalkcrafts #naturewalk #scienceactivitiesforkids #preschoolscience

10+ Great Nature Walk Crafts & Activities for Kids

These nature crafts and activities will have taking nature walks all season long! Check out our top 10 nature walk crafts and activities!

5 Clean Science Experiments for Autistic Children

5 clean science experiments that are quiet and don’t require children to get their hands messy, since these can be typical triggers for autistic children.

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Thanksgiving Kid Craft – Make a Thankful Tree

In November, we feature a “Thankful Tree” in our house because it’s important to reflect on the things and people that we have in our lives!

Winter Dolch Sight Word BINGO for Kids

Find the correct sequence to help Frosty the Snowman make his way through town before he melts away in this unplugged coding worksheet for kids! #teachkidstocode #freeworksheets #thanksgivingactivitiesforkids #STEM #STEAM #unpluggedcoding #hourofcode

Winter Coding Worksheet: Frosty Sequences

Find the correct sequence to help Cupid make his way through town in this unplugged coding worksheet for kids! #teachkidstocode #freeworksheets #codingactivitiesforkids #STEM #STEAM #unpluggedcoding #hourofcode

Valentine’s Day Coding: Cupid Crossing

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Find preschool math, preschool science, free preschool worksheets, and preschool process art!

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Meet Toni, the Maker Mom behind Our Family Code

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Hey there, I’m Toni! I’m a software engineer and Maker Mom that finds my joy in unleashing my children’s curiosity by exploring STEAM concepts with my fantastic five!

When I’m not chasing toddlers or raising tweens, you can find me tearing things up and putting them back together over here at Our Family Code.

I am the owner and content creator of multiple educational websites designed to increase access to STEAM & STEM education with a focus on teaching computer science and coding to kids of all ages!

You can also find out more about me by visiting ToniGardner.com!