This week we are learning about astronomy. We were kindly gifted the Astronomy Project from Build A Project to review and go along with our studies and the kids really enjoyed doing the projects Nancy outlined in the lesson plan. Prior to starting our lessons, I gathered our science and junior encyclopedia that talk about […]
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Oobleck is so easy to make and it really is a lot of messy fun to play with. Waterbeads are another great sensory toy to play with and just combining them both together, is filled with learning and imaginative play that’s really the best part of childhood. What is oobleck? Oobleck is a non-newtonian fluid
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Today we reviewed positional math using our geometric shapes and magnetic tiles. I also added in cars to show how this same activity can be used for smaller children while they engage in play. Click here for the free instant download of the positional terms.
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Catan, Jr. is a game about strategy. You have to build ships and lairs in an alternating fashion and who ever builds all 15 pieces first, wins the game. The game has different resources (5) to trade instead of cash, and you have to be strategic because building ships and lairs require different sets of
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Have you ever wondered why the colors of the skittles do not mix when placed in a plate of water? Check out our experiment below and learn the reason why! Materials: Bag of SkittlesPlate Warm water (just enough to cover the surface of the plate) Directions: 1️⃣Place skittles in a pattern of alternating colors, along
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🔹🔺🔸 Patterns 🔹🔺🔸•Today’s prompt for #1newplayaday on Instagram is Patterns! I brought out our tangram jigsaw puzzle 🧩 (a.k.a. Tetris for those of us who used to play this game on a superannuated computer 👩💻 😜). This game is so fun and really addicting! There is always a new solution and if you can’t solve it the first time, just rearrange a few
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If you have never made the solar system using crayons and a blow-dryer, you are in for a beautiful surprise! I have to say, my boys and I really loved how this turned out! I was inspired by @sensoryplaymatters for this “cool hair” technique using crayons, a hot glue gun, and a blow dryer, that I wanted
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Here’s a fun way to learn greater and less than math problems using jumbo playing cards. We took out the face cards and used Ace through 10. We let the Ace card represent 1, and 10 is used as a 10, or when combined with, for example 5, it would be 105. I split the
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Using our dried up cloud dough which now has a consistency of fine sand 😃, I made these simple measuring worksheets for my boys to practice measuring with spoons. The worksheets helped to visually see what each measuring spoons capacity was, and compare it to the next unit up. I also made an equivalent worksheet
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This week we are covering Space and Astronomy in our Kindergarten to 3rd Grade homeschool lessons. Space is such a wonder for children to learn about: The planets are amazing, rocket ships are pretty cool, and galaxies are mesmerizing. I am really excited to put this unit together and learn alongside my kids. For our
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