Here are seven fun things to do in Iceland with kids from whale watching and swimming in thermal pools to the Golden Circle and the Northern Lights.

Elevate your Iceland photography with 35 photography location and travel tips compiled during a one-week summer Iceland photo workshop.

A sugar cookie variant that is great for a cold winter day

Icelandic caramelized potatoes are a loved side dish especially around the holidays. However, it is a real treat for any occasion. So simple and delicious, I can't believe I had never come across these little gems before.

Find out the most delicious Icelandic recipes you can make. Find out how to recreate them at home. See our complete list. Read more.

It's Bolludagur again - so it's time for a repost from 2008: In Iceland, the last Monday before Lent is called Bolludagur , or Bu...

Our Iceland Facts for Kids will provide interesting fun facts about Iceland, the land of fire and ice, its volcanoes, glaciers and attractions

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Our Iceland Facts for Kids will provide interesting fun facts about Iceland, the land of fire and ice, its volcanoes, glaciers and attractions

Looking for fun Iceland facts? Check out this list of interesting facts about Iceland that includes culture, nature, food, and more!

(I’m still catching up with some of activities we did over the past few weeks. This one was done during the first week of class while we were discussing magma / lava properties.) I went sea…

Our last featured craft before Christmas break was Iceland's Puffin Craft. My daughter followed the directions and used the printables provided in the Let's Go Geography curriculum. I absolutely love that this curriculum is so easy to use. She wants to continue using the 3-year program next year and I am thankful that it is so affordable. I wanted to share her Art project with you today. She used white paper, colored paper, colored pencils, and a glue stick for this art project. She colored the Puffin's beak using a variety of color selections as suggested in the curriculum. I look forward to seeing her work at the end of the day. She also colored a page featuring the Puffin. She learned that 60% of the world's Puffins live in Iceland. The author of the curriculum provided an educational link for her to explore and learn more about Puffins. She shared the facts with me after she spent some time researching. Thank you for visiting and checking out this wintery craft. I will link this post up at Blogging Through the Alphabet Linky. I is the letter of the week so come join the fun and link up your post. I will also link this post up at the Homeschool Blog Link Up, Virtual Refrigerator Blog Hop, Life at Rossmont's Wordless Wednesday, and Tots and Me Wordless Wednesday.

It’s a Viking raid here on Naturally Educational! My friend, Athena, is always exploring the most exciting topics with her three kids. Last year they delved into American pre-history and foun…

Spread the love This week our family & I are heading to Iceland for vacation. My husband & I have been before & love it there. We are excited to take our daughter to see…Continue Reading…

Ice volcanoes are easy to make and a fun science and play activity for kids of any age.

A fun and easy craft inspired by our favourite childrens book; The snail and the whale - written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler

Kids will explore the phases of the moon using playdough, Oreo cookies, books, moon viewers and more fun & easy hands-on science activities!

Vejle’s food scene has become quite big in recent years. The town of Vejle has some of the most amazing wine bars, cocktails bars, gin bars, and whiskey bars. If you are a foodie, and would like to discover some of the most fantastic soul food, then check out Me|Mu, which has also been awarded a Michelin Star. Another place worth exploring is GAMA, which offers some of the most refined culinary dishes. With the combination of epic food and a variety of bars, you will not be disappointed with your evening and night out in Vejle.

I was lucky enough to spend 3 days visiting a variety of preschool & primary settings in the wider Reykjavik area in the company of 33 other education practitioners from across the UK & USA. The whole scenario came about through a vision that Tom Shea & Hulda from Fafu Play had way back in March/April. Tom wanted people to see & experience the 'ethos' of Icelandic society first hand, by visiting settings & also for us to share our good practice & experiences with peers from Iceland. Hulda did an amazing organisational job of sorting everyone into groups & managing to find 2 settings a day for us all to visit - no mean feat! Our group spent the first day in 2 very different settings, the first was a Hjalli school, where they follow the philosophy of Margret Pala and teach the children from the age of 2 upwards in classes divided by gender. Having grown up in a society where children are separated by religion and gender at times, I was intrigued by this system. On reflection I could see why some were in favour of this system but in my opinion it was more for the boys to flourish than to empower the girls, as women in Iceland already seem very independent & strong thinkers. The whole gender divide challenged me less than the lack of resources available to the children. I can see the point of pairing back on 'stuff' & do feel we have too much in our classrooms but I'm not sure how much progression there can be in 3 years spent playing with just hollow blocks. This is one sector I would like to revisit & see as many of the different schools within this model as possible. We observed 2 English lessons & from that it was easy to see why everyone speaks such impeccable English in Iceland, the lesson reminded me of how the children in the main school learn French back home - it was fun & all done through games & songs. I like the pictorial signs in the foyer to encourage as much independence as possible - getting dressed for outdoor play in the snow must be like a military operation! Learning colours & body parts through play This I could copy for getting on wet weather gear The second setting was very special to me, Steikkjaras preschool, as I have had links with this school for over a year & was hoping to be in a Comenius partnership with them for 2 years but were unfortunately unsuccessful. Bottle babies greeted us at the entrance! This school is inspired by the Reggio Emilia approach & has close contact with the wonderful nature that surrounds the school. We went off into the forest to meet up with the class who were out on their weekly visit. This setting felt most familiar to me as I could relate the time spent out in the forest to our visits to Peatland or An Creagán but on a larger scale. The children were busy & engaged for the 2.5 hours we were outdoors with them, they played happily on old pieces of machinery & scrambled up on rocks & over river beds & stone bridges. It was very apparent that these children feel a particular affinity with this space because they visit once a week. They wanted to show us an area where older children had cut down trees to make shelters, not that this was an issue, but the fact they left lots of rubbish about made the children cross! The time spent in the forest was unhurried & the children were totally self directed, every teacher kept saying that this was their favourite day of the week & they couldn't believe they got paid to spent the day in the forest having fun. I know from experience that when we had funding to go to the forest once a week for 2 years, it was definitely the least stressful day ever. After meandering back to the school, the children went to their classroom for some snacks & drinks while we were taken to the staff room to do the same. Staff rooms in Iceland are for relaxing, no computers or work related info on the walls, just coffee machines, candles & flowers. We had a chance to share some photos from our settings & ask questions before being shown around the building. A home corner created in a store cupboard! The rooms in the classrooms are much smaller than any you would see in the UK or Ireland but have lots of different room branching off for the variety of activities. This school, being influenced by Reggio had dedicated studios spaces for art activities & a specialist teacher too. A room just for art! I noticed lots of schedules on the walls for children on the Spectrum but could never have picked any child out as having ASD. It made me realise a child who uses a schedule with the Boardmaker symbols could travel anywhere in the world & be able to follow their schedule. There was a very warm feel to this school, with parents wandering in & out to collect children & stopping to talk with us & ask about our stay. Luckily, in Iceland, they can still have the school doors unlocked. It is always good to see familiar resources when you are visiting settings elsewhere but also to see things that could be introduced back home. I was very taken by the way choices were made in the Hjalli school & could see me introducing this in 3rd term - the children chose were to play by picking cards & obviously some didn't get their first choice. These choices were also recorded by the staff so they could see which areas a child preferred to go to to or tended to avoid. Choosing areas to play in & tracking where the children tend to go. The art work on display in the Steikkjaras preschool was inspiring & something I would like to try with my class - I loved a mobile made up from all those lost 'things' that gather up as the year progresses. I am eternally grateful to Tom & Hulda & all at Fafu Toys for making this trip possible. I hope they know how much the experiences I had on this visit will influence my practice for many years to come.

A beautiful aurora borealis Northern Lights art for kids technique.

indoor Waterfall with food coloring in a mason jar

arctic fox, snowy owl, caribou, polar bear, narwhal www.babyanimals.etsy.com

Learn how to make a Snowstorm in a Jar, one of the best science activities for kids. Perfect for winter or weather preschool curriculums.

Located in Iceland, the Panorama Glass Lodge provides an incredible opportunity to watch the northern lights. The lodge is 30 minutes outside of Reykjavik.

Make a quick and easy baking soda and vinegar color changing volcano! It takes just three minutes to prep and is so easy to wash away!

Children will have fun learning about Ireland and its culture with this FREE Printable Ireland Coloring Pages for kids of all ages!

These chalk pastel Northern Lights pictures are super easy and fun for the kids to make and just look at how beautiful they are.

Create a beautiful butterfly craft using items found in nature! This nature butterfly sticky wall is a great summer craft for kids!

See how easy it is to make this cute arctic puffin card craft with our free printable template! It's a simple winter craft idea for kids!