Engage children with a hands-on introduction to science when they are in pre-school and elementary school, which is a naturally curious age.

We have free information and experiment ideas at www.MiniMeGeology.com where you can Dig Into Geology for fun learning. Our Rock Detectives kits, Deluxe Kits, Junior Kits and GeoBytes are designed to get kids interested in science and learning. If you need help deciding what items are appropriate for your budding scientist, just ask!

Science education sometimes takes a back seat these days with the push of reading and math being so strong. But, science is a part of our daily life. Everything we do and deal with in life is science from cooking, playing ball, growing a garden and understanding how technologies work to watching a rain storm. Understanding science helps kids appreciate and relate to the world around them.

Elementary school is the perfect time to get kids interested in science when they are naturally curious. Science education fuels that curiosity and provides children with valuable ideas, skills, and potential future career choices. For example, scientists are an important part of the future of our world. Without them, we would not be able to predict the weather or earthquakes, understand global warming, cure illnesses and take care of the sick, or have many of the products that enhance our lifestyles today.

Geology education teaches children about earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides and tsunamis arming them with knowledge and Earth processes that can protect their health and safety throughout their lives. Children with a basic understanding of rocks and minerals are able to translate that knowledge to a wide variety of activities and potential careers such as gardening, groundwater recovery, pollution control and clean-up, engineering, environmental research, oil and gas exploration and recovery, road construction, mining, energy production and jewelry manufacturing.

Mini Me Geology can be a valuable resource for parents and teachers who are interested in promoting science education with their children and students. Our rock and mineral kits give kids hands on experience with the samples and help to teach the reasoning and identification skills while they identify the samples. Our free geology education information, word puzzles, project ideas and experiments are designed to give children a better understanding of geology, while having a little fun too. Please visit our website www.MiniMeGeology.com for more information about our products and services.

Summer is on the way and school is almost over.  How do we keep our kids learning during these warm months when learning is the last thing on their mind?

 Stock up on Educational Toys.  Educational toys are a great way to keep children learning all summer long.  Rock and mineral kits, butterfly nets, and model dinosaurs are fun toys that children love to play with and rarely notice that they are learning in the process. 

 Ask Questions.  Ask your children simple questions as you play during the summer.  Why do you think the baseball comes back down after you throw it up in the air?  How many legs do you see on the caterpillar?  Why do you think that rock has stripes?  Help your children look up the answers that they don’t know either in a dictionary or on the computer.

 Bake Together.  Baking is the perfect opportunity to teach your kids about experimenting.  Baking cookies or a cake requires that children measure and mix just like many science experiments.  They exercise their math and science skills simultaneously.  You can even use the baking process to explain how sedimentary and igneous rocks turn into metamorphic rocks through high heat.

 Take a Nature Walk.  You don’t have to live in the countryside to take a nature walk.  Nature is all around you from grass fields to forests, from ball parks to city sidewalks.  Walk around the neighborhood with your children and see how many signs of nature you can find.  Take a notebook to write about your findings and the animals you see.  A small collection bag can be great for holding rock and leaf samples.  When you get home, see how many of your samples you can identify using books or computer resources.

 Visit the Zoo or Science Museum.  Take a trip to the closest zoo or science museum to allow your children to experience science in person.  Summer trips can spark new interests in animals, ecosystems or rock types.  Have your children take a journal and write about their favorite exhibits.  Another great way to continue learning is to have the children write an adventure story about the exhibits that they saw with them as the star scientist!Remember, no matter what you do this summer, science is all around you.  Just take a minute to look and enjoy.  Visit www.MiniMeGeology.com for more science fun!

Elementary school is the perfect time to get kids interested in science when they are naturally curious.  Science education fuels that curiosity and provides children with valuable ideas, skills, and potential future career choices.  For example, scientists are an important part of the future of our world.  Without them we would not be able to predict the weather or earthquakes, understand global warming, cure illnesses and take care of the sick, or have many of the products that enhance our lifestyles today.

Geology education teaches children about earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, and tsunamis arming them with knowledge and Earth processes that can protect their health and safety throughout their lives.  Children with a basic understanding of rocks and minerals are able to translate that knowledge to a wide variety of activities and potential careers such as gardening, groundwater recovery, pollution control and clean-up, engineering, environmental research, oil and gas exploration and recovery, road construction, mining, energy production and jewelry manufacturing.

Mini Me Geology can be a valuable resource for parents and teachers who are interested in promoting science education with their children and students.  Our rock and minerals kits give kids hands-on experience with the samples and help to teach reasoning and identification skills as they identify the samples.  Our free geology education information, word puzzles, project ideas and experiments are designed to give children a better understanding of geology, while having a little fun too.  Please visit our website www.MiniMeGeology.com for more information.