What is a STEM kit? STEM kits have projects to create using concepts from science, math, technology, and engineering . These subjects together encourage critical thinking, problem solving, and creativity. These kits that I chose come with five different engineering projects each. This is perfect to set aside one per week. I used the booklet […]
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“You learn something new everyday if you pay attention” – Ray Lebond What an impactful quote! So how do we ensure that our children are attentive when their school day starts? Here are my top 3 tips: #1 Sleep: I have seen time and time again how a lack a sleep can make learning difficult.
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Magic sand is a new science experiment for us to learn and try out this week and it did not disappoint! What is Magic Sand? “To produce magic sand, companies start with standard sand, silicon dioxide, and then add a very thin layer of a chemical called trimethylhydroxysilane. This coating makes the sand hydrophobic, or
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It’s Shark Week and I have planned a week’s worth of fun and educational activities for my kids. To kick off Shark Week, we started with something easy to make: an origami shark bookmark! These came out so cute and it’s a great introduction into origami. You can read the instructions below and also watch
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I want to share with you a homeschool essentials list when you first start homeschooling. There are so many things that will be accrued as you homeschool throughout the years, so you do not have to buy everything on this list right now, but it may end up in your homeschool classroom one way or
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This upcoming week is Shark Week (July 24-July 31, 2022)! We started early by attending Shark Con at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa on July 17. This was our first homeschool field trip to Shark Con and it was amazing! There are lots of hands-on activities that are free for the kids, speakers who
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This month’s homeschool art lesson includes trying out different methods of fluid art painting. We began our lesson with an introductory video from YouTube (link below) which went over the three different types of pours for beginners. One was a dirty pour, tree ring pour, and a clean pour. My boys absolutely love this art
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These wooden battle bot electronic toys are really awesome and are a great hands-on introduction for building and learning about motors and circuitry. Instructions The instructions came in a handheld booklet of a few pages. The illustrations are clear for the bigger pictures and a little obscure for the smaller pictures i.e. the screws. There
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This is always one of the coolest projects to do- making crystallized ornaments out of borax and pipe cleaners! For a fun Fall/Halloween edition, we turned our pipe cleaners into ghosts, pumpkins, and spiders. What kind of spooky or non-spooky ornament will you make? Tag me @playinquiremakelearn, I’d love to see your Halloween projects and feature
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Today’s art lesson was inspired by Dadaist, Marcel Duchamp. His artwork is titled “Happy Accident String Drop”. This is a really fun and inventive art project involving different lengths of strings and colorful paint. Being that it’s process art- we aren’t going to focus on the end product! Instead, we are going to enjoy dropping
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