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August 11, 2023
DIY Foosball Table Game and STEM Project for Kids

DIY Foosball Table Game and STEM Project for Kids

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Making a DIY foosball table is a really fun STEM project for kids of all ages to make together and loads of fun to play with too! The diy games for kids is the project for a rainy day or as a summer bucket list idea.  Try this homemade games for kids with preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and 4th graders too. This EPIC kids activity is sure to be a hit with your kids.

Making a DIY foosball table is a really fun STEM project for kids of all ages to make together and loads of fun to play with too! The diy games for kids is the project for a rainy day or as a summer bucket list idea.  Try this homemade games for kids with preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and 4th graders too. This EPIC kids activity is sure to be a hit with your kids.

DIY Foosball Table

Looking for an engaging stem activity for kids? How about creating your own diy foosball table! This homemade foosball table is super simple to make and will provide hours of fun as your kids battle it out on the soccer field. all you need to make diy games for kids are a few simple materials you can find around your house. We have some suggestions for creating homemade game for kids, but use your imagination and get creative with this kids activity. This diy indoor games is perrect for preschoolers, kindergartners, and elementart age students in grade 1, grade 2, grade 3, grade 4, and up!

Stem Project Idea

Homemade Foosball Table

This is such a fun project to make together from recycled materials and things you have laying around your house! Use what you have on hand, be creative! Here are some ideas to get you started:

  • box (shoe, Amazon, cereal, etc)
  • ping pong ball
  • 10+ clothespins (plain or colored)
  • wooden skewers or tinker toys
  • sharpie markers
  • tempera paint
  • washi tape or cute duck tape

DIY Games for Kids

Summer Activities for Kids

After we had gathered our supplies, we painted the inside of our box with watshable green paint.

things to do with a box

Summer Bucket List Ideas

Continue painting until well covered with paint. Allow it to dry thoroughly before moving on.

We thought this not only made it pop, but was authentic to the green grass soccer players compete on.  You can use any color you like!

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DIY Games for Kids

Carefully use scissors to cut a hole on both of the smaller ends to be the goals.

Kids Activity

Homemade Games for Kids

You can use more paint or construction paper to cover the exterior of your homemade game. We opted for orange construction paper for ours.

DIY Indoor Games

Kids Activity

On your completely dry box interior, use chalk or white pen to draw the midfield and goals at both ends.

wikki tape project

Stem Activity for Kids

It’s time to create your clothespin players! You can use pre-colored ones or create your own. We used wikki tape to maek some fun patterns. You will want to make sure you have at leats 5 of each color (or more depending on the size of your box / game).

You can use sharpie to add faces ro features if you like. We opted for just pink/red versus blue/teal team.

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DIY Indoor Games

Now it’s time to insert your wooden skewers and add your football players!

Depending on the thickness of your box you can use the pointy end of your skewers or scissors to carefully make holes to put the skewers through. You want the holes to be big enough to easily rotate the clothespins and evenly spaced so the 4 skewers are evenly spaced.

HINT: Test the skewer placement so the clothespin plaers can get close the bottom without scraping when spun.

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Box Activities for Kids

Once the stick is on, you can clip your clothespin and hang the handle downward. Ensure they can all spin.

You want the players to be arranged like the picture above so the players are divided into 2 rors: one by the goal (goalie and defender) and 3 on the opposite side of the middle line (forwards).

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Stem Project Idea

Grab a friend and try out your fun table-top game! The sticks shoudl slide back and forth to move the players right and left. The sticks should also turn or spin to kick the ping pong ball bakc and forth to try to make a goal!

homemade soccer game for kids

Things to Do with a Box

If you use a bigger box you can do 3 lines of players each and have one goalie, 2 defenders, and 3 forwards more like the traditional game. But if you are keeping it small and manageable – this works great!

diy soccer game

Activities for 3 year olds

With a little help, this activity for kids works as a great activities for 3 year olds! It is not only fun to create and decorate, but great for improving coordination and fine motor skills with younger children who are 3 and 4-year-olds.

Making a DIY foosball table is a really fun STEM project for kids of all ages to make together and loads of fun to play with too! The diy games for kids is the project for a rainy day or as a summer bucket list idea.  Try this homemade games for kids with preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and 4th graders too. This EPIC kids activity is sure to be a hit with your kids.

Make a DIY foosball table as a fun STEM project! Make diy games for kids on a rainy day or as summer activity.  This homemade game is EPIC!

 

If your child loves sports, you need to grab these super cute sports worksheets. Included in the sports worksheets pdf are a variety of alphabet letter and number tracing, addition, subtraction, beginning letter sounds, and other educational activities. Also included in these free printable sports worksheets are activities like sports crossword puzzles, design your own team jersey, I spy pages and more! Grab these sports worksheets for preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, and 2nd grade students.
Do you watch the March Madness Basketball Tournament? It is huge in this family. It rivals Christmas with the food we make, the commitment, and the fun. We are a big basketball family! Younger kids want to be involved but don’t quite understand all of the concepts of the games, so this Basketball Bingo will help them stay engaged with the game but in their own way, without feeling lost! Simply download pdf file with Bingo Basketball and you are ready to play!
Making a DIY foosball table is a really fun STEM project for kids of all ages to make together and loads of fun to play with too! The diy games for kids is the project for a rainy day or as a summer bucket list idea.  Try this homemade games for kids with preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and 4th graders too. This EPIC kids activity is sure to be a hit with your kids.
Work on letter recognition with these super cute, Find the Letter Worksheets. These find the alphabet worksheet have a fun sports theme to engage your sports fan in preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten. The sports printables are filled with soccer, bowling, baseball, tennis, beach, volleyball, basketball, and more sports equipment. Kids will have fun strengthening fine motor skills and literacy skills as they complete the letter find worksheets pages. Simply print pdf file with kindergarten alphabet worksheets and you are ready to play and learn!
If your child likes sports, you will love this list of sports books for preschoolers, kindergartners, and grade 1 students. These sports books for kids will help keep their interest with beautiful illustrations, engaging texts, and a topic they enjoy. Not only will they have fun, but they will work on early literacy skills that will help them become confident, successful readers! Come take a peak at these sports picture books for children!
Basketball is such a fun sport. It’s a great way to get exercise, learn a skill, strengthen teamwork and so much more. Did you know, though, that basketball can be a learning game for kids too? It’s a tool that can be used to help kids practice alphabet, numbers, sight words and equations! Let me show you how to play lots of fun, hands-on basketball learning games with kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and 4th grade students.
Kindergarten and grade 1 students will LOVE matching the pieces to make complete cvc rhyming words! This cvc word activity is perfect for a spring or summer theme as it features basetballs. Kids will choose a card and find the matching short vowel sound and then create a matching baseball puzzle with the given puzzles. Simply print pdf file with cvc printable and you are ready for an engaging rhyming activity.
FREE Baseball printable division games - this fun, free printable math game makes practicing math fun for kids in 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th grade. Use this baseball themed math activity in a spring themed math center, as extra practice, or for some summer learning in grade 3, grade 4, grade 5, and grade 6. #division #mathgames #homeschool
Does your pre-k student love sports? Grab these free printable sports worksheets for preschoolers to work on some fundamental math and literacy skills with a fun sports theme. These sports preschool worksheets include exercises to learn, practicing and reviewing pre-writing skills, alphabet letters, counting, addition, subtraction, writing name, and more!. Simply print the preschool sports themed printables to play and learn with this fun preschool sports theme.
Help kids learn a variety of math and literacy with this fun preschool sports theme! These sports activities for preschoolers include basketball, soccer, football, swiming, olympics, and more. From sports math to sports themed literacy, sports worksheets to sports games, and of course sports crafts for kids and sports activities too.

Sports Activities

Get ready for a summer full of fun, memories, and creative activities your kids will remember forever! We have over 50 fun ideas for summer! These summer activities include ideas for indoor, outdoor, exploring nature, summer craft ideas, and more! Add these to your summer bucket list ideas with toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th graders too!
kindergarten summer math worksheets
Looking for a hands-on summer math activity to practice adding? These super cute and clever addition puzzles use free printable addition worksheets to sneak in some summer learning with kindergarten, first grade, and 2nd graders too.  These summer worksheets for kindergarten are easy to prep and learners can practice addition to 20 while having fun at the same time. Simple print the addition to 20 worksheets and you are ready to go!
This vinegar and baking soda rocket is an out-of-this-world fun AND educational summer activity for kids! Preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th grade students will enjoy making the baking soda rocket. This how to make a bottle rocket project is one of those really cool science projects your kids will remember forever!
If you are looking for a fun unique activity using eggs, you will love this silly egg head craft. This egg shell diy chia pet is cute, simple and silly spring activities for kids. This egg shell craft is fun for toddler, prsechool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, and 2nd graders too!
These super EASY to make marshmallow shooters are a must for your summer bucket list. This summer activity for kids is not only fun, but it is actually a STEM activity for kids too! Students assemble, tweak, and design this simple marshmallow cannon to try to get the most distance they can. THis is such a simple, but fun summer activities your preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, and elementary age students in first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grdae, 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th grade students will want to try over summer break!
Nothing says summer like a big juicy watermelon! We whipped up a bath of this gorgeous watermelon playdough for our upcoming watermelon theme! This homemade playdoh recipe is super easy-to-make, soft, and such a fun watermelon activity! Use this summer activities for preschoolers, toddlers, kindergartners, grade 1, grade 2, and grade 3 students.
Kids will go nuts over this super cute red white and blue slime recipe for Independence Day! This fourth of July slime allows kids to stretch, sheen, drizzle, and wow over this fun-to-play-with slime as patriotic activities. This 4th of July slime is perfect for toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, and 2nd graders too. Whether you have a whole 4th of July theme, party, or are just looking for clever 4th of July activities, you will LOVE this patriotic slime.
Looking for the best sidewalk chalk paint recipe? We think this sidewalk chalk is perfet because it is super quick, only uses 2-ingredients, and makes such bold, vibrant colors for kids to color with. Use this diy sidewalk chalk paint with toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, and 3rd graders to let their imaginations SOAR! Let them use the homeamade chalk to create dragons, butterlies, flowers, trees, aliens, and more. Creating and using homemade sidewalk chalk paingit such a fun, simple, and classic summer activity for kids of all ages!
Ready? Set. GO! This really fun car activity for kids is sure to be a hit. Whether you race your cars outside as a summer activity or indoors as a rainy day activity for kids - this is EPIC! This pool noodle activity is fun for toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd graders, and up. Just grab a pool noodle, duct tape, and our free printable to create a cool hot wheels race tarck in just 5 minutes!
Making a DIY foosball table is a really fun STEM project for kids of all ages to make together and loads of fun to play with too! The diy games for kids is the project for a rainy day or as a summer bucket list idea.  Try this homemade games for kids with preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and 4th graders too. This EPIC kids activity is sure to be a hit with your kids.
Get ready to say WOW! You and your kids are going to love making this clever and beautiful tin foil art! This Amazing aluminum foil art uses a simple technique to make a truly stunning work of art from simple flowers to butterflies, crosses to houses, animals to any picture or design you can dream up. Try making foil art for kids from toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, and elementary age kids in first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and 4th graders too. All you need are a few simple materials to make a stunning work of art with this tin foil crafts. 
Looking for a fun, engaging pasta craft? This pretty stained glass pasta project has so many different possibilities to let your children explore their creativity, create something unique and beautiful, and strengthen coordination with those little hands. In this pasta art you will use dyed pasta to creat a beautiful stained glass craft. This stained glass art for kids is perfect for toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, and 2nd graders.
Even your reluctant learner will get excited to try this easy science experiment where you will product a HUGE erruption! In this classic Mentos and Soda Experiment you will mix a couple simple materials to produce a chemical reaction. This mentos in Coke project is a MUST TRY for kids of all ages from preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and 4th graders too. Even adults love trying the coke and mentos experiment. Don't worry, we'll give you the diet coke and mentos experiment results explained so you get all the learning out of this fun summer activity for kids!
The goal of an amazing science experiment for kids is to grab kids attention and make them wonder why did that happen, how could that work, and I want to try that! This leak proof bag is such a simple science experiment for kids that explores polymers. What's best is this amazing science experiment with everyday materials! Try this water experiment with kids of all ages from toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and 4th graders too.
ice cream craft
Ice Cream Volcano Summer Science Experiment for kids
Edible Ice Cream Playdough Recipe - amazing 2 ingredient playdough recipe perfect for toddler, preschool, kindergarten and kids of all ages for an ice cream thing, kids activity, or summer bucket list #playdough #playdoughrecipes #icecream
Protecting your skin from the sun's UV rays may be a hard, abstract concept for kids to understand... at least until they get a sunburn. This simple sunscreen experiment allows kids to learn about the importance of using sunscreen this summer. This summer science is perfect for all ages from kindergartner, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th graders. All you need are a few simple materials to try this sunscreen construction paper experiment.
DIY Lava Lamp - super easy way to make your own lava lamp with simple things you have around your house. This homemade lava lamp is such a fun science project for kids of all ages to sneak in some summer learning. This science experiment is for toddlers, preschoolers, pre k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and kids of all ages at home, homeschool, summer camps, classroom, etc.
100 Amazing Food experiments for summer science with kids
Looking for a really fun and memorable science experiment for kids? You will love these EPIC pop rocks experiment. Try this pop rocks science experiment with preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and 4th grade students to try a simple chemical reaction. This Whether you try this pop rocks science experiments for homeschool science, at a science birthday party, or as part of a summer science project - this is a MUST try,  really cool science experimentkids will LOVE.
2 ingredient wow slime recipe
Kids of all ages will love playing with this new ocean slime. Not only does this ocean slime recipe have a wonderful texture and mesmerizing color, but this ocean activity for kidswill lead to hours and hours of creative play. Add this under the sea slime to your next ocean unit for some engaging play with ocean animals with your toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd graders, and more!  These ocean activities for preschoolers is a MUST try.
Take your homemade playdough to a whole new level of FUN with this amazing Color Changing Playdough recipe. This is sure to be a hit with toddler, preschool, pre k, kindergarten, first grade, and 2nd grade children alike. 
bleeding tissue paper fireworks craft
Are you looking for a quick, easy, and FUN 4th of July Craft to celebrate this Independence Day? You are going to love this shaving cream art project! Make a super cool firework craft using shaving cream and food coloring. This shaving cream craft is perfect for toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, and 2nd graders too. With the simple technique, you will not believe what beutiful craft for Fourth of July you can make!

Summer Activities for Kids

This amazing color changing slime is going to blow your mind! This heat sensitive slime will actually change color as your kids touch it because it is heat sensitive! This is a super cool project for kids you MUST TRY! Must try summer activity for kids to add to their summer bucket list
Whether your kiddo is fascinated by the possibilities of aliens from outer space or you just want to make a super cool car-of-the-future, this balloon hovercraft is loads of fun! This cd hovercraft is simple to make in just 5-10 minutes and loads of fun to fly for hours and hours! Try this cd balloon hovercraft experiment for a fun kids activity for preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, and 5th graders too.
Looking for a super cool kids activity that combines art and science? This super cool drawbot is as fun to make as it is to play with. The scribble bot is quick and simple to put together with things you have laying around the house.  Then make some really cool art projects with the help of your scribble robot. This electronics experient is fun for kids of all ages from preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th graders too. We've included instructions to make this summer activity for kids or use it in your school as an electricity experiment for kids.
Edible Ice Cream Playdough Recipe - amazing 2 ingredient playdough recipe perfect for toddler, preschool, kindergarten and kids of all ages for an ice cream thing, kids activity, or summer bucket list #playdough #playdoughrecipes #icecream
Beach Science Experiments
Use these super cute beach worksheets to sneak in some fun summer learning in between all your summer activities to keep up skills and avoid the summer leaning loss. These free beach printables include letter find, beach i spy, beach math, counting, addition, skip counting puzzles, and so much more. This HUGE pack of over 70 pages of beach worksheets for preschool, pre k, kindergarteners, and first graders is so handy! Simply download pdf file with summer worksheets for preschoolers and you are ready to play and learn with a beach activity for kids!
Looking for really fun beach activities for kids? This sand volcano is not only a really cool thing to do on your summer vacation, but a fun summer science experiment too. This volcano experiment is perfect for toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, and 3rd graders too.  This summer activities for kids is super quick and easy with NO clean-up.
Bring some beach fun home with this super simple, sand slime. This sand slime recipe is quick and easy to make for your beach theme or a summer activity for preschoolers.  Kids of all ages, from toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, and first grade students will LOVE this beach slime!
Practice tracing lowercase alphabet letters with these super cute Alphabet Sandcastles.
Tin Foil Art
Whether you are having a doctor theme preschool unit, talking about germs, community helper activity, or are just looking for a fun and silly craft for kids, you will love this band aid art project for toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, and 2nd grade children. You are going to love this really fun, creative craft for kids!
Nothing says summer like a big, juicy watermelon! This watermelon slime is an delightful summer activity for kids! Whether you are planning watermelon activities for a watermelon theme, National Watermelon Day on August 3rd, along with The Watermelon Seed book, or just as really fun slime recipe for kids. These waterelon activities for preschoolers, toddlers, kindergarnters, grade 1, and grade 2 students is sure to be a hit!
Strawberry Handart summer craft for kids
EPIC Bubble Painting - kids of all ages will love this fun summer art project where they will make a bubble craft by blowing bubbles. Recipe included for this fun to make, easy, summer activity for kids!
Looking for a fun summer activity for kids? You are going to love blowing colorful snake bubble. This sock bubbles activity is super simple and such an easy summer activity idea for toddlder, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, and 3rd graders too. It takes blowing bakcyard bubles to a new level making long, colorful snakes with a simple technique using a sock and a plastic bottle. You've got to try this bubble snake experiment.
This watermelon rubber band activity is an epic science experiment for kids of all ages
Spring is the time for field trips to the local zoo. In an attempt to make our homeschool field trips extra fun (and educational) I created these super cute, zoo scavenger hunt templates. We have lots of choices with these zoo scavenger hunt printable pack to accomidate kids of all ages from toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten to elementary age students in first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th grade students. Whether you use the simple animal scavenger hunt or learn about endagered animals or animal habitats in one of these zoo scavenger hunt ideas - kids will have fun learning about zoology in science. Simply download free printable scavenger hunt pdf file and you are ready to learn about animals with this printable scavenger hunt at your local zoo.
Get ready for FUN with these Summer Word Searches! These free printable summer word search pages are perfect kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grdae, 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th grade to work on spelling and word recognition skills with all things to do with summer, the beach, hot weather and more! Simply print the summer word search printable and you are ready to have some indoor fun anytime!
Summer Art and Craft Bucket List Ideas for Kids The whole family can enjoy some arts and crafts with these creative summer craft ideas.
kindergarten summer math worksheets
melting sandcastle summer science experiments for kids
Kids will love eating this summer snack that looks like a sandcastle, but tastes like a yummy ice cream novelty. This sandcastle activity for kids is a quick and easy summer snack for kids! You will used a clean sandcastle mold, ice cream, vanilla wafers, and assorted candy to decorate. This is an EPIC beach activity your kids will be talking about for years to come. So add this fun idea to your bucket list to make (and eat) this summer activity for kids!
Get ready for an epic summer of discovery and learning with these fun summer science activities for kids of all ages. These summer science experiments are perfect for preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th graders too. Plus most of these summer science experiments for kids are quick and easy with a great WOW moment!
Help kids practice identifying numbers 1-20 while refining their fine motor skills with these super cute summer color by number worksheets. 
FREE ice cream summer bucket list - this is such a cute idea with lots of clever summer activities for kids plus blank scoops too to make a visual summer fun list for kids. #summerbucketlist #kidsactivities #summerideas
Have you ever heard of a lemon volcano? Kids are going to love this fun, creative,volcano experiment that screams summer! This simple lemon volcano experiment is perfect for curious kids from toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, and 3rd graders too. All you need are a few simple materials to make some amazing erupting lemon volcanos!
Firework Activities
Nothings says summer like fireworks! Whether you see them at the fair, Disney, or your local 4th of July celebration, they are a way to end an event with a stunning bang. Kids will love creating a beautiful firework craft to recall what they saw. This fourth of July crafts is super simple, but so much FUN to make. The possibilities are endless using this  independence day craft ideas. Try this July 4th crafts technique with preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th graders too. So grab your supplies for watercolor painting with salt and let's make some stunning summer crafts for kids.
If you’ve tried Aqua Sand you know how much kids are amazed and fascinated by this amazing play materil - it goes into water as sand, but magic sand keeps its shape. Instead of spending money on this expensive novelty, turn it into a fun science activity where kids will learn and play! Let me show you how to make hydrophobic sand with our easy magic sand recipe! This waterproof sand is an EPIC kids activity for toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd graders, and up!
Looking for a fun way to practice compound words for kids? This ice-cream compound word puzzles is a free printable building activity. Use this compound words activity as a fun and hands-on method of practicing and learning with compound word picture puzzles while building a lovely ice-cream. This compound words game is a great summer learning activity for your pre-k, kindergarten, or first graders. Simply print this free Compound Word exercises and let your learner practice learning their compound words with some hands-on practice!

Summer Activities

Looking for more outdoor activities for kids and things to do in the summer? Your toddler, preschool, pre k, kindergarten, and elementary age kids will love these fun ideas to keep them busy all summer long:

Beth Gorden

Beth Gorden is the creative multi-tasking creator of 123 Homeschool 4 Me. As a busy homeschooling mother of six, she strives to create hands-on learning activities and worksheets that kids will love to make learning FUN! She has created over 1 million pages of printables to help teach kids ABCs, science, English grammar, history, math, and so much more! Beth is also the creator of 2 additional sites with even more educational activities and FREE printables – www.kindergartenworksheetsandgames.com and www.preschoolplayandlearn.com. Beth studied at the University of Northwestern where she got a double major to make her effective at teaching children while making education FUN!

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