Have you ever made a density tower using only sugar?!? Read on to learn more about this interesting science experiment! So to start off, this one took a lot of patience and it required you to measuring very accurately, but the outcome is so beautiful and it’s totally worth it! It took us about 30 […]
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We are going to learn about oceans this week! One of my favorite things to do is set up a simple tray of sensory items for play. We are using play dough, play sand, seashells, and ocean themed figurines. To make it more education, I found a few of our ocean themed books to read
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Have you ever made a rain cloud in a jar? We love doing this science experiment! Usually it is done with shaving cream, but because we made soap soufflé with a bar of soap, this was the perfect “cloud” to put in a beaker and make it “rain”! What is soap soufflé? The best part
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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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