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How to Draw a Face
Kids had a lot of fun drawing each other portraits on clear folders with whiteboard markers. They enjoyed both keeping a clear folder in front of their faces and doing actual tracing. By the end of the activity, we had three very...
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Kids Sensory Challenge: What's in the Box?
This classic sensory game "What’s In The Box?” is quite easy to set up and it brings a lot of fun. After boys correctly identified all the objects I put for them in the box, they started collecting things around the house to challenge...
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Science Experiment: Static Electricity
Isn't it a magic when you can move a pencil without touching it?! We are exploring the magical world of static electricity.
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Science Experiment with Water and Glove
We are taking a concept behind a syringe and upscaling it with this easy-to-make toy using a glove.
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Simple Music Science Experiment
When Alex played music this way no one could hear it but him. To change the sound he pulled the string a bit tighter or slid hand that was holding the string to change the length of it.
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Tape Activity for Preschoolers
I want to share with you this fun activity Max couldn't stop doing the other day. At first, it might not look like a challenge for a child, but it does take a lot of concentration. You would need a lot of tape, but it is great to explain...
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How to Make Natural Paint from Food
Is it possible to make natural paints from food ingredients at home and make no mess? Max has proven it is. However, he had some help from an inappropriately white apron, convenient Plenty Handy Towels and his inherent precision. We used...
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How to Grow a Bean Plant in a Jar
Here is a simple way to grow beans in a jar with kitchen paper towels. We love activities that involve growing plants. Results in those are usually noticeable only a few days later. So the process requires a lot of waiting and taking...
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Fun Drawing Activity for Toddlers
Here is a different way to draw with markers Max was very excited to try: How to draw multiple objects at the same time. When I was making this, it was a bit of a challenge to align all four markers so that they touch paper at the same...
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Science Experiment: Melting Ice Using Salt
Melting ice with salt and adding food colouring is a simple science project for kids of all ages. I added water in balloons and left them in freezer overnight. In the morning we started the experiment. Salt that was added to the ice,...
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How to Make Eggshell Spin on a Plate
How fun is this breakfast trick?! It's magically spinning eggshell on a plate! The secret ingredient is water. I have dipped eggshell in water, and now it rotates instead of just sliding every time we tilt the plate. If instead of making...
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How to Blow Out a Candle Behind a Bottle
Challenge of the week! Blow out a candle behind a bottle! It shouldn't be difficult because even so, the air cannot go through a bottle, it can curve all the way around and still blow out the candle. We have experimented with different...
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Art Challenge: Draw with your Feet
We are comparing how difficult it is for Alex to draw a picture of his brother using his hand versus his foot.
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Friction Experiment: Rice in a Bottle
We are exploring friction with this simple science experiment. Max put raw rice inside a bottle and taped it against the table, the rice settled, reducing air pockets between each grain. So much so that when Max pushed a wooden spoon...
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Exploring Velocity with a Marble Race
After I have introduced Max to velocity and density with this fun marble race, density became the subject of almost every conversation we have. At lunch, for example, we discussed the density of ingredients in the soup we were eating....
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DIY Cardboard Toy to Learn Fractions
Weekly our postman delivers loads of boxes to us, so I have to come up with creative ways to reuse all that cardboard. Here is a simple recycling idea! I use cardboard to make a simple fraction toy. What do you do with cardboard?
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Creating Stem-and-Leaf Plots: A Real-World Example
In this video, I will guide you through an explanation of a stem-and-leaf plot and give you a real world example to help you learn how to construct a stem-and-leaf plot. As a bonus, I will show you how to construct a stem-and-leaf plot...
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Lesson 49: Things That Look Like Letters (Levels 1&2)
Find out how things in everyday life can help you with spelling from children's eyes exploding to grandad's false teeth... Material covered: Door & floor Were Question Buy Tie The sound 'i' at the end of a word
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History Words (Lesson 38 #spelling #homeschooling )
An easy visual way to remember the word Parliament, and other history words
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Lesson 37–Maths Words & 'Susie's Stories' ( #sirlinkalottime #spelling )
Learn how to spell in a funny, amusing way with Sir Linkalot and Lady Lexicographer in Maths Words & 'Susie's Stories'. .
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Lesson 52: Silent letters + Susie's Stories - Levels 3-5
Material covered:Encourage,Character,Autumn,Tongue Susie's Story - Desperate Susie's Story - Sergeant
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Lesson 46 - Maths words 2.0
Lesson 45. Calculate and improve your average spelling score
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Lesson 45: Foody Words - 'The Second Course' (#spelling #sirlinkalottime #homeschooling)
Tuck into a delicious spread of spelling links, specially prepared to whet your appetite for learning.
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Happy Positive Words & 'Susie's Stories' (spelling for kids, lesson 44)
Happy Positive Words & 'Susie's Stories' (spelling for kids, lesson 44)