GLCM Stream Video Archive
Kids Craft Lab
Blue, White, & Red Star Jar
Red rice, and blue rice too. Dye rice in patriotic colors for a great sensory experience and Memorial Day decoration!
Mother’s Day Heart Card
Mother’s Day is coming up. Make Mom a heart to show her you love her.
Chalk it Up!
Stencil with chalk! Learn how to make and use stencils from cardboard, paper, and things around the house. Spectacular works of art happen when you combine chalk with the stencils you make.
Galaxy Animal Silhouettes
Make a “space-tastic” work of art! Using watercolor paints, turn your favorite animal into a deep space galaxy traveling across the night sky.
2Liter Planting Project
Earth Day is a great time to get something growing . . . . and recycle plastic all at the same time. We will turn 2 liter bottles into colorful painted planters and watering cans.
Spring Forest in a Box
Create a spring forest scene in a box to enjoy a little bit of green before our warm temperatures get here.
Chalk it Up!
Stencil with chalk! Learn how to make and use stencils from cardboard, paper, and things around the house. Spectacular works of art happen when you combine chalk with the stencils you make.
Tacos and Pizza
Let’s make lunch! April fools! This food may look good enough to eat . . . but it’s not real! Have some fun today!
Rainbow Plate Spinner
Make and hang up a rainbow! By painting stripes of colors and cutting a spiral, all you need is a little wind to make it spin.
Rainbow Sponge Painting
Paint a rainbow using a sponge. See what happens when you paint with all the colors of the rainbow.
Rainbow Shaker Wands
St. Patrick’s Day is on the way! Make a bright rainbow shaker to celebrate. Maybe you will get a visit from a leprechaun.
Twirligig Spinner
Make a twirligig spinner toy from strips of paper and a wooden skewer. It twirls as it spins and makes all kinds of beautiful patterns. Tons of fun to play with!
Swirl A Jar!
See how bright colors swirl together inside a jar!
Abstract Art
Alma Woodsey Thomas was a famous African American Artist. She painted bright colored abstract paintings. Lets try it too!
Icy Art
Use things you collect from nature (and your refrigerator) to make sun catchers to hang outside. It’s icy art! You can make a heart for Valentine’s Day.
Heart Strings
February is a great time to feed the birds. Make a string of hearts using cereal and pipe cleaners.
Zoo Kazoo
It’s National Kazoo Day! Celebrate by making a few Kazoos that look like animals from the Zoo.
Squirrely!
Its Squirrel Appreciation Day! We will use paint, glue and process art to explore all things squirrely!
String Thing
Twist and wind your way to a fun and easy art project with yarn, string and toothpicks.
Clearly Amazing
Gather up some evergreens . . . and anything else randomly red and green. We will stick them together on clear contact paper to create amazing ornaments or lovely sun catchers.
Wrap it Up!
Got cookie cutters? Kids can make the most gorgeous homemade wrapping paper ever . . . just in time to wrap something up for the Holidays.
Branch Out!
Turn twigs, branches and pinecones into special holiday decorations for your door, ceiling, window or wall.
Unbelievable Weave-able
Weave a colorful mat for the table with fall colors and crazy patterns.
You won’t believe the designs you will get!
Geo Quilt
Got Scraps? Cut shapes and patterns to turn them into great art!
Colorful Corn Wreath
Experiment with bubble wrap, a potato masher, or an ear of corn to make a Thanksgiving decoration for your door.
Monster Headbands
Dress up for Halloween! Make a funny, scary, silly, creepy, spooky, crazy headband. You can be the monster that you invent.
Spooky Sponge Paint
Bat, Spider, Cat! Sponge paint 3 animals of the night for Halloween!
Scrappy Little Owls
Whoo’s watching you? Owly eyes made from bright scrappy paper, that’s whooooo.
Cotton Ball Painting
Paint Great fall foliage with a clothespin and a cotton ball.
Leafy Prints
Experiment with three great ways to make an impression with fall leaves!
Pine Cone Painting
Paint the pine cone. . . . and then. . . . paint with the pine cone!
Collage Crazy
Turn bits and pieces of paper and scraps into imaginative animals. Every one will be unique!
Totally Tubular
Looking for yet another way to use a toilet paper tube? Go “tubular”
Tape it and Paint it
Create modern works of art using tape and paint!
Very ImPRESSive
Press designs into play dough, then preserve them or squish them!
Nature Smash Paintings
Amazing pigments come from nature – you just have to smash them out!
Cereal Box Creations
Games, puzzles, and toys – all from a cereal box!
Whoo Loves Dad?
Make an owl themed Father’s Day card for dad!
Super Sandy Stencil Art
This craft is a little rough – paint shapes in sand!
Squish ‘Em
Paint beautiful works of symmetry, squish style!
Leafy Tree
Create a 3D leafy tree from a grocery bag!
Paper Crush
Crush it up, paint it, and see how it turns out!
Fantastic Fireworks
Paint fireworks on paper using the power of air!
Fabulous Fork Painting
Create flowers and fireworks using a fork as a paintbrush!
Our House
Make a picture of your neighborhood using scrap paper!
Nature Weavings
Create wonderful weavings from things you find outside!
Bug House made from a Flower Pot
Bug House made from a Mason Jar
Earth Day Bug House Alternate Instructions
Paper Roll Bird Feeder Instruction Sheet
StoryTime Adventures
The Way Back Home, by Oliver Jeffers
When a boy discovers a single-propeller airplane in his closet, he does what any young adventurer would do: He flies it into outer space! Millions of miles from Earth, the plane begins to sputter and quake, its fuel tank on empty. The boy executes a daring landing on the moon . . . but there’s no telling what kind of slimy, slithering, tentacled, fangtoothed monsters lurk in the darkness!
Pecos Bill, An American Cowboy Legend
The story of Pecos Bill began when he fell off his family’s covered wagon heading west, and was raised by Coyotes. It’s a howling good tale!
Diary Of A Worm, by Doreen Cronin
This is the diary of a worm. This worm lives with his parents, plays with his friends, and even goes to school. But unlike you or me, he never has to take a bath, he gets to eat his homework, and because he doesn’t have legs, he just can’t do the hokey pokey—no matter how hard he tries.
Talking Crayons
If your crayons could talk, what would they tell you? Yellow might be tired of coloring the Sun . . . and Magenta might not like her name.
What do you think?
Arnie The Doughnut, by Laurie Keller
At first glance, Arnie looks like an average doughnut―round, cakey, with a hole in the middle, iced and sprinkled. He was made by one of the best bakeries in town. Find out what happens when he realizes that someone might actually eat him.
Rainbow Crow
Learn how Crow went from being multicolored with a beautiful voice to the crow we know today. Lenape legend of how crow saved the animals.
Tales of Coyote
Coyote is a trickster and always seems to get into trouble. Find out what he has been up to and why his fur looks like it does today.
It’s Okay to Be Different, by Todd Parr
It’s okay to need some help.
It’s okay to be a different color.
It’s okay to talk about your feelings.
It’s more than okay to be who you are.
April Fools
April Fools Day is a day for playing tricks. The Puppets have been planning to play tricks on everyone for a long time. Guess who did what and vote to see who played the trickiest trick.
Monster’s Moon
Monster sees the moon…and he’s hungry! What does the moon look like to you? A big marshmallow? A scoop of ice cream? Half a pie? Do the phases of the moon change what you see? How would you go take a taste?
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Suess
Perfect read for the day after St. Patrick’s day when you have green leftovers. Why not green eggs! Dr. Seuss will have readers of all ages craving Green Eggs and Ham—no matter where they are.
The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
This is the story of a very mischievous rabbit and the trouble he encounters in Mr. McGregor’s vegetable garden.
Superhero!
Q. What do we like about Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman?
A. They do amazing things to help people!
Let’s create our own Superhero together to see what wonderful, outstanding things we can do in our world.
Rover, Rover, Let Curiosity Over
Did you know scientists once programmed Curiosity, the Mars rover, to sing “Happy Birthday”?
Chicken Little by Rebecca Emberly
If someone tells you that the sky is falling, would you believe them?
Chicken Little’s farmyard friends believe her and they all run off to escape.
The Mitten by Jan Brett
One by one, animals in a snowy forest crawl into Nicki’s lost white mitten to get warm until the bear sneezes, sending the animals flying up and out of the mitten.
What Groundhogs Do
Did you ever wonder what groundhogs do with their time when they are done looking for their shadow on Groundhogs Day? Let’s wonder together! We will come up with something crazy, silly or maybe even real.
The Little Dipper
Q. What do the Little Dipper and the Big Dipper have in common?
A. They both look like dippers! Right?
Yes . . . but the Little Dipper has its own stories to tell.
Paul Bunyan
Hear the story of Paul Bunyan and how Babe the Blue Ox became his best friend.
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
A small boy named Peter experiences the joy of a snowy day.
If I built A Car by Chris Van Dusen
If I built a car, It’d be totally new! Here are a few of the things that I’d do. . . Young Jack is giving an eye-opening tour of the car he’d like to build. Listen to the story and get a chance to “Inspire the World” with your dream car!
Pandora’s Box
A story from the ancient Greeks: Beautiful Pandora was given a box and told not to open it. But, guess what? She opened it anyway. Find out what happens when she does.
Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson
One by one, a whole host of different animals and birds find their way out of the cold and into Bear’s cave to warm up. But even after the tea has been brewed and the corn has been popped, Bear just snores on until. . . find out what happens when he wakes up.
The Last Cookie
All right. . . . . . Which one of you ate the last cookie? Be a “cookie detective” and help solve the mystery. Afterwards we will make cookies for the birds.
How the Birch Tree Got Its Burns
If your Grandma told you to go out and get some fire because she was freezing, would you do it? Yes? Even if you were being chased by a Thunderbird?
I’m a Turkey!
I’m a Turkey By Jim Aarnosky Let’s talk turkey! Gobble! Gobble! Gobble!
Holiday Sound Effects Special
Let’s tell a Halloween tale and make our own sound effects from things around the house.
How The Milky Way Came To Be
Hear the Cherokee story of what happened to a huge dog from another world when he tried to steal a basket of corn.
Telling Tall Tales: Anansi The Spider
This folk tale from the Ashanti people of west Africa tells of Anansi the Spider and how his six sons saved him from trouble.
The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything By Linda Williams
Once upon a time, there was a little old lady who was not afraid of anything! But one autumn night, while walking in the woods, the little old lady heard . . . clomp, clomp, shake, shake, clap, clap. What was that?
T-Rex In the Museum III
You will choose which dinosaur comes to the museum and what happens when he gets there! Play along with us! Fun for kids and dinosaurs alike.
Why Coyote Howls
Once, long ago there were no stars to light the night . . . just the Moon. Hear a story about how all those stars got up there. Find out why Coyote howls at the night sky.
Here Piggy, Piggy!
Join us for the best pig story ever! Laugh out loud at our crazy pig jokes! Count your toes with “This Little Piggy”
Fall is Not Easy by Martin Kelley
A tree shows us in its own special way, why out of all four seasons, autumn is the hardest.
Down to the River, Chicken Liver!
Hike on down to the river with us . . . . rhyming all the way!
A Big Fish Story
The August full moon is the Sturgeon moon; here’s a sturgeon story!
Bears, Bears, Bears!
Did you know bear used to have a long, bushy tail? Find out what happened to it
Owl Babies
Owl babies worry when they can’t find their mother, where did she go?
Hole in the ground
You can find a lot in a hole in the ground, can you remember it all?
Whoo Loves Dad?
Make an owl themed Father’s Day card for dad!
The Big Dipper
An Australian story tells the story of how the Big Dipper got into the sky.
Squish ‘Em
Paint beautiful works of symmetry, squish style!
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Can all the letters fit in a tree?
Chickens at the Lighthouse II
The Chickens are bored again, where should they go?
T-Rex in the Museum II
T-Rex is playing in the museum. How can he get in that helicopter?
Moon Rope
Coyote wants to go to the moon, how can he get there? How would you?
Chickens at the Lighthouse I
The Chickens at the lighthouse are bored. Where should they go?
T-Rex in the Museum I
T-Rex is playing in the museum. Is that a helicopter up there?
Little Blue Truck
Little Blue Truck is going for a drive. Let’s all play in the mud!
First Steps Science
Suck it Up!
Find out what amazing things you can do with a simple straw. (besides drinking your juice) As it turns out, straws have a bunch of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math for us to discover .
Geology Rocks!
Become a rock detective and find out about Sedimentary, Metamorphic, and Igneous, rocks with hands on editable experiments. You can eat a Sedimentary Sandwich.
Building Bridges!
Have you ever designed and built a bridge for your toy animals or cars to cross over? If you have, you are an Engineer! Engineers design and build things like bridges and roads to help get us places we need to go. What makes bridges strong and safe enough to cross over? Let’s find out.
Experiment Update: Seed Needs!
Check out the results of the experiments we started on 4/18/21 with ‘Seed Needs’! Do your results agree?
Ice, Ice, Ice Cream!
Why do things freeze? Why does ice melt? Let’s make some ice cream in a bag and find out. It’s the yummiest science ever. Get ready to shake up something delicious.
Paper Making Challenge
Ever wonder how paper is made? Let’s give it a try! Can you make your own paper from scraps you find around the house? Experiment with what makes the best homemade paper and recycle things you might usually throw away. Great science. . . and good for the Earth too!
Seed Needs!
What do seeds need to get growing? What if we took away air, water, dirt or light? Would the seeds still grow? We will set up some experiments to watch and find out. Time will tell.
Ask a Worm!
Hey Worm! What do you do down there in the dirt all day? Do you eat dirt? What kind of dirt do you like? Where is your head? How do you move without legs? What is your job in nature? We will get our hands dirty exploring what worms and dirt are all about.
Experiment Update: EGG-strava-ganza!
This is a quick update to some experiments we did on 2/20/21 with ‘Plants, Animals, and Us’ and 4/2/21 with ‘EGG-strava-ganza’. The egg tuned red and bouncy, and the celery turned blue and started sprouting roots! How did yours turn out?
EGG-strava-ganza!
Let’s do some playful and amazing experiments with eggs! This super easy egg fun will bring science right into your bunny basket.
Mission to the Moon
If you could travel to the Moon, how would you get there? What would you need to take with you to survive? What tools would you bring with you to help you explore? Imagine and build a Moon shelter future astronauts will need. Those astronauts could be you!
Craters!
There are craters on the Moon. There are craters on Mars. Asteroids have craters, and there are even craters on Earth. Find out how they got there and what caused them. Craters can teach us about history and what planets and moons are made of. We will experiment with craters by dropping objects of various sizes and shapes into sand and other materials. You can be a Crater Scientist!
Moonquakes!
The Moon shakes too! The Moon is a very different place from our home planet Earth, but some things there are the same. The ground shakes. Yes, quakes happen in both places. Experiments and see how quakes happen in both places. Supplies to gather ahead of time:
Asteroids!
Our Solar System has asteroids! Asteroids are small, rocky objects in space. Many asteroids in our solar system orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter . . . .Some of them contain precious metals or water ice. Let’s imagine what our lives might be like in a future filled with more space exploration looking for treasures in the Asteroid belt. Check out these amazing asteroid activities!
Keeping it Clean
What makes water dirty? What keeps water clean? Try out some hands on experiments and find out.
Plants, Animals, and Us!
Explore the ways plants, animals and humans need and use water everyday. We will make celery turn the colors of the rainbow and watch gummy bears grow! Discover how much water is inside your body. Find out how polar bears stay warm in freezing waters.
What Would Water Do?
Participate in the “Water Science Olympics” to see how amazing water can be.
Solid, Liquid, Gas
Flow, freeze, float, fly! Find out how water does all these things and more. Hands on experiments will help us discover how water changes. You can make a water wheel and a frozen hand too!
Deep Space
Our solar system is part of a large galaxy called the Milky Way. Discover what galaxies, supernova, and black holes are all about with hands on projects.
Our Solar System
My Very Excited Mother Just Served Us Nine Pancakes! Together we will make a model of our Solar System and learn about the size and order of the planets.
Moon and Stars
From down here on Earth, what we see in the night sky changes. Explore why the Moon changes shape and why the Big Dipper turns upside down.
Day and Night
Experiment with a ball and a flashlight. Find out how day and night happens. Find out why you can’t see stars during the day. Explore the colors of sunlight.
Toy Workshop
Bounce a ball! Spin a top! Slink a Slinky! Play with these toys and check out some real science fun.
Evergreen Investigation
Bring in some branches for the holidays! Evergreens make great decorations. We will use our nose, eyes, and fingers to find out some “Tree-riffic” science.
Candy Cane Lab
This holiday treat is jam packed with science! Can you drink orange juice through a candy cane? Can you make a candy cane fizz? How about making a candy cane disappear before you eat it? This Science tastes good!
Butter and Pie!
Thanksgiving is a great time to take a look at the science behind pumpkin pie and butter (Two great dinner time staples). Kids will practice measuring skills while making pie in a bag and get a great work out shaking up a batch of butter.
Lucky Day Science
Turn Friday the 13th into your luckiest day ever by doing some easy, fun and lucky science! Go ahead, open that umbrella in the house!
Boo Lab
Halloween is here! Have fun with spooky, gooey, bubbly, STEM experiments. Make kookie sounds! Mix up a delicious edible potion!
Cloudy Day Science
Light and fluffy or thick and gray? “Ice Cream Castles in the Air?” Find out what clouds are all about with cloud experiments and hands on fun.
Moon Quest
Become a moon watcher. Have fun with our hands on moon science experiments. Create some craters! Make a moon phase puzzle! Play an orbit game.
Good Vibrations
See sound! Explore echos! Generate and amplify those vibrations we call sound. Make a megaphone. Let’s make noise as we find out what sound is all about.
Water Wonders
Dew Drop in and make a splash with these cool water experiments. Find out why ice is nice. Try out some floating fun that may really surprise you. Make an aqua scope to view what lies beneath.
Leaf Lab
It’s time for fall leaf magic! Do an experiment and find out where all those fall leaf colors come from. Mix up science and art by painting with chlorophyll. You are going to have a green thumb!
Apple Lab
Try out these awesome apple experiments: Stage an apple gravity race! Build an apple from the ground up with playdoh! Blow edible apple bubbles! Float ‘em and Sink ‘em!
Why Things Fly
Experiment with paper airplanes, parachutes, and marshmallows to find out why and how they fly! Make a fantastic marshmallow shooter. Fold up a paper plane. Find out what makes the best parachute.
Rocket Science
Fun and easy rockets kids can make!
Light it Up!
Do you know how a flashlight works? Discover how they light up. Learn how electricity flows through a circuit. Light up a mini Christmas light with a battery. Make an electromagnet.
Rainy Day Science
Evaporation, condensation, and precipitation! Make it rain in a jar and experience a mini water cycle. Create a cotton ball cloud and make a rain gauge.
Windy Day Science
Discover the power of wind. It will blow you away! Play based science fun will include wind races and balloon rockets. How much wind will it take to move an object? The answer is blowin’ in the wind.
Cling!
Exploring Static Electricity It makes your tee shirt stick to you and your hair stand on end! Discover this invisible force and the science that makes it happen. It can be very shocking.
Sunny Day Science
Learn about shadows, sun prints, sun clocks and s’more! Science happens when the sun comes out.
Catch Some Light!
Discovering what light can do! Can you really make something invisible? Find out as we experiment with light! Prepare to be amazed!
Magnetic Magic
What do magnets do? Get your magnets off the refrigerator and let’s explore push and pull together! You can do three exciting projects that will highlight the science, mystery and magic of magnets.
That’s Heavy!
That’s Heavy! Exploring and comparing weights!
Take a Closer Look
Build science skills by learning how to use a magnifying hand lens. Make observations. Open your eyes to a whole new world. Find out what things look like up close. In this session we will look at common items from around the house, things from nature, and explore your fingerprints.
What’s Up With Sand?
Explore what sand is made of using a magnifying hand lens. Why does sand stick together? Have any living critters become part of sand over time? Do experiments and find out.
Fill and Pour, Measure and More!
Learn by exploring, observing and figuring out how things work with GLCM STREAM! Explore volume with spoons, cups and containers. You will create your own Water Xylophone and be able to share a song with us.
Drop by Drop
Explore the sensory wonderland of color! Using pipettes, water, and food coloring, kids will expand their understanding of primary and secondary colors. This session includes three exciting pipette projects to enhance fine motor control.
Owl Pellets
Tom opens up an owl pellet to find out what a Great Horned Owl ate.