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Outdoor Activity: Anti-Gravity Water
Alex knows that every time we do an experiment the result should be different from what he normally expects to happen. This time he said that water would not spill if we turn the cup upside down. So I asked him to do just that and water...
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Art Activity: White Crayon with Watercolor
If you wonder why there is always a white crayon in a set, it's to hide messages that magically appear when painted over with watercolors.
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Teamwork Activities for Kids
We are stacking cups with a rubber band and pipe cleaners to promote teamwork. Ability to work together is one of the keys to succeed in life. But in our case this activity is also about building a bond between brothers to show them that...
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Scissors Skills: Sunny Cutting
A sunny way to help my boy to improve his scissor skills
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Montessori Activity: Sound Box with Plastic Eggs
After Easter egg hunt we were left with loads of plastic eggs. So I made this Montessori-inspired sound set. Max had to match sounds, pairing every red egg with one green egg.
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Smelling Challenge for Kids
Testing how sensitive is Alex’s nose to check if he can identify products that are good to eat.
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Fine Motory Skills Practice: Pencil and Nuts
It’s amazing to watch how quickly children learn. When Alex does this activity first time, he uses both hands to save his little structure from collapsing. But after a few goes, he effortlessly builds a really high tower.
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Missing Number Math Activity for Kids
Max is looking for missing numbers with pegs. Some children just remember number sequence as a poem, but this activity challenges them to get a better understanding of numbers.
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Mirror Drawing Activity for Preschoolers
Alex was doing this activity for the second time and he loved it again. I have edited photos of Angelina Jolie, Ellen DeGeneres, Mark Zuckerberg and Beyonce and asked Alex to draw other sides of faces.
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Money Math Activity for Kids
Money Math! We are using coins with different face value to count 10 pence.
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Building a Magnetic Sculpture Using Nuts
Magnets are really a blast to play with! Alex loved making magnetic sculptures with nuts on a strong magnet. I put the magnet on top of steel saucepan to make base studier for more creativity.
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Learn to Read with Blocks
Alex just loved finding words on these rotating blocks. It took me some time to come up with the best combination letters for each block (1 - pcrf; 2 - euai; 3 - tgnd), but then in just a minute, we had this fun educational toy. Every...
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Name Recognition Activity Using Tape
Thank you for your suggestions and comments to my videos. I do read them and here is the result. A new activity for name recognition, but this time Max's name is not all in capitals. Max is sticking tape over letters of his name.
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Name Recognition Activity Using Beans
This activity focuses on recognition of a child’s very own name. It’s very special to them and they feel so proud to be able to recognise or even spell it. You can use anything you have at home to cover letters, like, stickers, stones or...
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How to Teach Basics of Gardening to Kids
Funny looking grass haired monters are due for a haircut.
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How to Mix Primary Colours to Get Secondary Colours
A fun demonstration how the primary colours mix and form the secondary colours. Thanks to the fact that water doesn't mix with oil we can observe how primary colours separate back into layers after mixing. For this activity water is...
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How to Make Your Own Books
For about a week Alex was making books. We have plenty of them now. One book is about everything mommy loves. There is an educational one with tests, tracing and colouring tasks. But my favourite is a cookbook with a recipe how to make a...
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How to Make Xylophone Using Water
Can you make music with water? Just pour water into jars or glasses. Each bottle has diferent volume of water in it, that is what makes it sound differently.
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How to make an Underwater Volcano
We can't stop doing amazing science experiments with Alex and Max. Today it was time for Underwater Volcano in a vase. When a bottle with coloured warm water was submerged in a vase with cold water, it started spreading colour. That...
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How to Make a Sensory Ball
I helped Max to make a sensory ball using a balloon and water beads.
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How to Make Oobleck
If you mix cornstarch and water (2 to 1), you will get a suspension that acts like a solid when you put a pressure on it, but then it can flow like a liquid. Perfect for messy play at any age. If you feel creative, add some food...
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How to Make Drawings Float with a Magic Water Marker
Subscribe to my channel and wait for Alex’s space adventure floating drawing! To make your art creation float you need just white board makers, a plate and some water. I have seen a few videos about this technique but they all seemed to...
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Fine Motor Skills Activity: Nuts and Bolts
Nuts and bolts aren’t something you would first think to offer your kid to play with. But they are great for developing fine motor skills and just super fun.