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Solar Week: Baking Cookies in a Shoebox
Celebrate the sun by baking cookies in a shoebox! You don’t need an oven at all, just a shoebox or small shipping box, and a few supplies. This is a great activity to help kids realize the full power...
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24-Hour Solar Booklet Download
Thank you so much for joining me this week for Solar Week! I hope you found at least one idea you can try out this summer with your kids. You can access all the lessons from this week in a 12 page...
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Owen and the Summer Reading Book Exchange
You can imagine my girls’ excitement when they found a box delivered outside our front door – with reading activities for their enjoyment! This summer we participated in the Summer Book Exchange over...
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“Last Child in the Woods” and a Nature Hunt
Many people would agree that the culture we grew up is in extremely different than the culture of the typical child today. With fond memories of exploring fields, and hunting for crawdads, it is my...
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Solar Fun with Pizza Box Ovens and Solar Toys
Thanks to everyone who made it out to our family workshop on Solar Fun at the Adventures in Homeschooling Conference last weekend. It was great to see so many people having a great time building...
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Backyard Discoveries–Endorsing Outdoor Playtime!
If you don’t, get your kids outside to play…and join them! I completely endorse outdoor playtime. I love that outdoor play cultivates the imagination in my kids and they become little scientists at...
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Introducing Wormy Wednesdays
I’m so excited to share that I’ve teamed up with Darci from STEMmom and Erin from The Usual Mayhem to bring you a large kindergarten unit on WORMS! Yep, our kids all went worm-hunting with flashlights...
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Wormy Wednesday–Worm Diet and Predators
Hooray! It’s our 4th week of Wormy Wednesday and this week I’ll be offering ideas on teaching your kids about a worm’s diet and predators! Before you read ahead, don’t forget to check out STEMmom and...
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Wormy Wednesday: The Benefit of Worms
Welcome to Wormy Wednesday! Did you know that earthworms have been a significant creature through history? It seems that even Cleopatra held worms in high esteem as sacred creatures in Ancient...
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Worms on my Brain (and a freebie!!)
Do you know when you have one of those days when you set out to do something, but nothing gets accomplished because you get side-tracked? That was me today. After doing kindergarten, the girls were...
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Help Children “See” the Months–Early Graphing
What luck is was to get the mail and see that Ladybug Magazine had an activity to cut out cards for each month of the year. What a perfect fit with our current math lesson of trading beads on the...
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8 Simple Ways to Educate While Gardening with Kids
With a new backyard and spring in the air, it’s time to get a garden in order! One of my favorite activities to do with my kids is spend time in the backyard. It gives me a sense of togetherness and...
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Germy Germs K-1 Unit: Science and Math Activities
Welcome to Week 1 of our collaborative thematic unit on germs and microbes! I’m happy you stopped by and hope you’ll be able to use some of these ideas we’ve gathered with your own children. This...
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Shoebox Solar Ovens (Guest Post)
Join me over at Life with Moore Babies today where I’m explaining how you can take a simple shoebox and turn it into a solar oven to make yummy treats! If you want some other solar fun, check out my...
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Melted Crayons in a Pizza Box Solar Oven
Looking for some summer fun that can double as a science experiment? Try making crayons in a pizza box solar oven and using some crayons outside of the oven for a control. I’m thrilled to be guest...
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Teddy Bear Picnic Event
It’s July and a time when the teddy bears sneak into the woods to have their teddy bear picnics. Why not put on a teddy bear picnic for all of your K-1 kiddos so they can join the bears in their...
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Teddy Bear Picnic Station Ideas
What do you do with the kids who attend a Teddy Bear Picnic? Yesterday I outlined how to get started with planning a Teddy Bear Picnic and included and invitation idea as well as a passport for kids...
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Teaching Weather with Freddy the Frogcaster {review}
This post is a sponsored review and contains affiliate links. For more information see my disclosure policy. Are you preparing to teach your children about weather this coming year? Don’t do it alone,...
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